,
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care will
say that the failure to prioritise prevention, tackle health
inequalities and improve the health of the nation is a scandal that
must be addressed.
Ashworth will say Labour’s “mission is more profound than a
health service that just cures the sick. Our ambition is to
tackle the causes of ill health”.
Criticising the failure to tackle the causes of ill health –
poverty and inequality - Ashworth will say that good health
“depends upon the conditions in which we live”.
Addressing Labour Party members in Brighton, the Shadow Health
and Social Care Secretary will take aim at the Government for
failing to put in place a plan to improve NHS waiting lists or
fix the crisis in social care.
Ashworth will also highlight the growing numbers of people forced
to pay for their own hospital care as waiting lists grow.
, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social
Care is expected to say:
“The NHS is in crisis not simply because of covid. The NHS is in
crisis because of the Conservatives.
“A crisis that sees NHS services collapsing, the army called in
to the aid of ambulance trusts.
“Hospitals ration chemotherapy.
“And more and more people taking our loans, crowd sourcing for
donations in pain and desperation.
“To pay for an operation because the wait too much to bear.
“£12,000 for a hip replacement, £9,000 for knee replacement,
£3,000 for a hernia.
“A two-tier health system. This is the Tory threat to the future
of a universal NHS"
