Simon Stevens is absolutely right to issue this warning - Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, responding to Simon Stevens’ interview in the Health Service Journal on the Government’s NHS funding plans, said:
“Simon Stevens is absolutely right to issue this warning about the pressing need for the Government to address the deepening funding crisis in the NHS.
“It is now clear that unless there is an urgent and significant injection of money into the NHS, then standards of care will go backwards and the promise of a seven-day NHS will never be realised.
“The uncomfortable truth for this Tory Government is that the pressures facing the NHS are of their own making. Cuts to older people’s care have piled the pressure on hospitals, and cuts to nurse training places have forced hospitals to drain resources hiring expensive agency staff.
“Ministers need to stop burying their heads in the sand. They should listen to Simon Stevens and make sure the NHS has the money it needs.”
(via labourpress)
