Stop Brown's NHS Cuts!

The NHS is an institution which binds our nation together. In cities, towns and villages up and down the country, the family doctor surgeries and local hospitals are part of the fabric of our community. And the doctors, nurses and support staff who work so hard to keep them going are known and trusted.

One of the saddest things about the Government’s health policy in recent years has been their obsession with making the NHS bigger and more distant. They are merging maternity units, concentrating accident and emergency departments in fewer centres and moving family doctors to big, impersonal ‘polyclinics’ where there’s little chance of seeing the same doctor twice. Labour’s plans are ripping the heart out of our health service.

• Gordon Brown’s own Health Minister, Lord Darzi, has said, ‘The days of the District General Hospital are over’

• Dozens of A&E departments and maternity units across the country are being cut

• Over 1,700 family doctor surgeries could be closed under Labour’s plans to impose ‘polyclinics’ – supersized GP practices – on local communities and the distance to your nearest GP could triple. Join our campaign to stop Brown’s NHS cuts by signing our petition today.

One of the main reason for these cuts and closures is that under Labour too much money has been diverted from patient care to wasteful bureaucracy.

Mr. Brown has imposed 101 central targets on the NHS – and as a result, the Government demands 250,000 data returns from all NHS organisations every year. It’s no surprise that the number of NHS managers is now increasing twice as fast as the number of nurses.

HOW A CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT WILL TURN THE NHS AROUND

• We will call an immediate halt to cuts which Labour are making without evidence to support improvements in patient access and care, so that patients have access to high-quality services at their local hospital

• We will protect family doctor services by opposing Labour’s plans to impose impersonal “polyclinics” at the expense of local GP surgeries

• Most importantly, we will set the NHS free from ministerial meddling and allow NHS staff to concentrate on doing what they do best: providing top-quality care to patients

Help us save the NHS by signing our petition against Brown’s cuts today.