19 November 2016
NHS A&E
Plans to shut down Lewisham’s A&E and maternity units sparked protests in 2013 [Image: Telegraph].
There is nothing “sustainable” about the Tory “transformation plans” for the National Health Service.
A commenter on This Blog’s Facebook page made this excellent point yesterday:
“So what’s the Tory solution to overstretched A&Es in two Shropshire hospitals? Shut one of them down!
“Currently both of these hospitals are understaffed, underfunded and overstretched. If only one is kept open, most patients from the other area will have a minimum of an extra 20 minutes on their ambulance journey.
“Patients will die en route and the remaining A&E department will be even more overstretched and fail.
“Cynical, even sociopathic!”
