NHS doctors respond to the government’s failure to address the problems raised by the petition for a vote of no confidence in Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt
The NHS has been one of the UK’s greatest achievements. For 65 years it has provided a cost effective, universal health service, free at the point of need to all people irrespective of their background, circumstance or ability to pay, but it is now under greater threat than ever before.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has been caught on camera calling for the replacement of the NHS with a privatised healthcare system, despite UKIP’s claim that they want to protect the NHS.
Health bosses have outlined a new five year plan for the NHS, which calls for drastic changes to services and billions in added funding.
The government is to proposes plans to sentence doctors and nurses found guilty of “wilful neglect” to jail.