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Liz speaks to media about strikes and Labour’s plan for the NHS

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Earlier today I spoke to a number of programmes about upcoming strikes in the NHS, what the Government should be doing to avoid them, and Labour’s plans to provide the health service with the support it needs.

These strikes will be terrible for patients. The Government can and should be doing much more to get around the table, negotiate a fair deal, and prevent them from happening. This past weekend the Royal College of Nursing offered to call off the strikes if the Secretary of State for Health met them for negotiations over pay. It is unforgivable that he has so far refused to do this. 

If Labour were in Government we would be doing everything we could to prevent strikes causing further disruption to a health service where patients already can’t get seen on time.

More widely, Labour would provide our NHS with the support it needs. Using money raised from scrapping non-dom tax status, we would deliver one of the biggest workforce expansions in the history of the health service.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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