Wes Streeting responds to the British Social Attitudes survey

Wes Streeting MP. Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to the British Social Attitudes survey, said:

“After 14 years of Conservative neglect, the NHS has never been in a worse state. Fewer than one in every four people say they are getting a good service, and who can blame them?

“Patients are waiting 18 months for an operation, more than a month for GP appointments, and NHS dentistry barely exists anymore. The longer the Conservatives are in office, the longer patients wait.

“The Conservatives have taken the NHS to breaking point, and if they are given five more years, they will finish the job.

“The last Labour government achieved the highest patient satisfaction in the history of the NHS. We did it before and we will do it again. We will provide an extra two million operations and appointments at evenings and weekends, the first step in our plan to getting the NHS back on its feet.”