I think the UK is going to have the biggest anchor tied round its neck over the next 2 -3 years.............. just 2 comments from his latest Q & A
the Guardian mentions that one of the Labour government’s first acts was to put a pause on the previous Conservative government’s plans to build 40 new hospitals by 2030.
Starmer is asked whether this is the “damaging short-term thinking” the report talks about.
He is also questioned whether he is committed to building the hospitals.
The PM explains that the pause is to review the plan, rather than not building them. He says that the government is still committed to building the hospitals with a more realistic plan.
For context: The pledge to build and fund 40 new hospitals over 10 years was in Boris Johnson's 2019 Conservative election manifesto. There's been there ongoing controversy about exactly what counts as a "new hospital".
When will the public start to see changes in the NHS, PM ............
Since the government's plan is a 10-year one, does that mean people will still sit waiting in A&Es for another decade, a journalist from the Mirror asks.
When will the public start to see a difference, they push.
Starmer says A&E is an example of where more technology is needed. People are usually waiting a very long time for test results because the technology isn't quick enough, he says,
Some things can be changed more quickly, he says. While the plan is for 10 years, we've got to show change along the way, he adds.
So in opposition he questions "where are the 40 new hospitals" [ and there are a number of these already in the pipeline and some sorted like Swindon ] BUT HE PUTS IT ON HOLD so that he is not committed to fulfilling the . GOV'S PLEDGE
In opposition slated waiting times [ as we ALL know exasperated by Covid then union actions to bleed the funding by wanting exorbitant wage rises and strikes, bit of a pattern developing now isnt there** ] now intimating will take 10 years or more!
** uses the unions to hinder the operation of the NHS , ........... SEE HOW DOCTORS ONE DAY AMBULANCE another Radiographers another then nurses another prolonged the agony for patients ...BUT BLAMED THE THE "14 YEARS" now happy to Blame the pensioners for the black hole...
sort of a .GOV that gets well paid well heated well fed [ parliament has subsidised food/drink!? ] BUT PICKS ON THE NEEDY AND VULNERABLE ..........THE ILL AND THE OLD!