Labour’s party election broadcast released today (Wednesday)
details Keir Starmer’s personal relationship with the NHS, and
his call to voters to protect it by backing Labour in the
upcoming local elections.
In the broadcast featuring frontline health workers affected by
the Conservatives’ pay freeze, the Labour Leader talks about the
support the health service gave his mother throughout her
illness, and the love and dedication she had for it during her
time as a nurse.
outlines Labour’s plan for the recovery for our
health service - tackling waiting lists, paying our NHS heroes a
decent wage, ensuring that our children get the mental health
support that they need and fixing the broken social care system.
‘Our NHS’ will be aired on BBC One in England this evening at
1855.
On what the NHS means to him and his family, will say:
“I’m very grateful to the NHS, and my mum was very grateful. She
loved the NHS, right through the many decades she absolutely
depended on them. My mum sadly passed away. But now, my wife
works in the NHS, so we’re still part of that family.
“And I can see everyday that in the NHS. People go to work, not
just because it’s a job, but with a deep, deep sense of public
service and helping other people, and it’s really profound.”
On how Labour would protect the NHS, he will say:
“Our plan for recovery would tackle waiting lists, pay our NHS
heroes a decent wage, and ensure that our children get the mental
health support that they need. And we’ll end the scandal of a
social care system that’s been left broken. Because the
generation in our care homes deserve the same commitment from us
that they showed in rebuilding our country after the Second World
War.
“If you care about something, you protect it. Through Labour
councils and Labour councillors, we will fight on the ground to
keep your community healthy. A vote for Labour is a vote for our
nurses. A vote for Labour is a vote for our NHS.”
The broadcast features NHS frontline workers, who will say:
“We do our jobs because we love the patients and we work for the
patients. And we get 1%. It just makes us feel worthless.”
“We are, as nurses, the backbone of the NHS. We need support. We
could lose the NHS, and that would be devastating.”
Ends
Notes to Editors
• Screening and reporting of the broadcast can take place from
17:00 on Wednesday 7 April. It will be broadcast on BBC One in
England at 1855 this evening.
• The broadcast can be embedded from 17:00 at https://labour.org.uk/nhs-elections-broadcast/
• An embargoed version of the broadcast can be viewed here:
https://labour.org.uk/nhs-elections-broadcast-download/
- strictly embargoed until 1700Hrs, 7 April.
