MP Helen Jones is calling on Warrington people to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the National Health Service – by sending a message to the Prime Minister.
The NHS today is suffering from an A&E crisis, the Warrington North MP claims.
In Warrington, staffing shortages have left the A&E department overstretched, with experts warning that services across the country could fail by the winter if urgent action isn’t taken, she says.
Ms Jones wants local people to visit www.labour.org.uk/nhs-crisis and join Labour’s campaign calling on David Cameron to keep his promise to protect the health service.
According to Ms Jones, the North West has lost 1,119 nurses since David Cameron became Prime Minster in 2010 and these cuts are making it harder to maintain the services that local people rely on.
The MP said: “I’ve spoken to both patients and health workers here in Warrington and they’ve all told me they are worried about the future of the NHS.
“I know first-hand how amazing our NHS is but it needs protecting so that future generations are able to benefit from our incredible health service.
“Labour created the NHS in 1948, and it is one of our proudest achievements. Its 65th birthday is an opportunity to celebrate, but if we’re going to commemorate further milestones then we need to make sure our NHS is strengthened and protected for the future.”
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At this moment I feel that the NHS is a shambles and it is the people at the top with their wonderful ideas of how to make it more efficient that cause the problems. In October I went to A & E and remained in hospital for three days, every member of staff was wonderful and I was treated well and sorted out quickly. However in March this year, after having to ask my GP for a referral, I went to the orthopaedic clinic at Warrington and was told I needed two knee replacements which would be done one at a time at Halton Hospital. Since I was really struggling to walk I was quite happy to go anywhere really. In April I attended a pre-op at Halton to be told that my BMI is too high so I will have to have my operation at Warrington. Went I made enquiries why I was told there is no high dependancy bed at Halton. Can the person who made the decision that Halton would be the orthopaedic operations centre explain why all operations cannot be done there and why a high dependancy ward couldn’t be provided. No doubt the answer will be cost! But how can it be cost efficient to have most operations done at Halton and some at Warrington. I have gone from being optimistic about having the operation to depressed because my knees have got worse and I haven’t been able to get out under my own steam since the beginning of the year. In the meantime I have had a pre-op at Warrington followed by group physio pre-op at Halton. Having resorted to elbow crutches and no operation on the horizon I have now got myself a mobility scooter to enable me to get out. If this is not classed as a shambles then it is discrimination due to my weight.