SOS for the NHS

2.37.44pm UTC (GMT +0000) Sat 30th Jun 2007

Ten years ago, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair told us we had 24 hours to save the NHS. Yet today our health services are facing the worst round of cuts since the last Conservative Government.

"It's clear that Labour can no longer be trusted to look after our national health service," said Lib Dem Health spokesman Norman Lamb MP, as he launched a major national campaign to save the NHS from Labour's cuts and incompetence.

The SOS for the NHS campaign has three main parts:-

• Stop the cuts - Local hospitals are under threat, staff made redundant and services slashed. It's no way to run the NHS and the cuts should be halted.

• Cut the waste - While services are being cut the Government is spending millions on computer systems that have yet to deliver and botched reforms which don't help patients.

• Give us back our NHS - Under Labour it is Government ministers that have ALL the say while local people have NO say. The Lib Dems want to see more control of the NHS in the hands of local people.

These are just the start of what Liberal Democrats believe needs to happen to deliver the kind of NHS our country needs in the twenty-first century. More policy proposals will be announced in the coming months.

You can support the campaign at www.nhssos.com

Related Links:

Our campaign for the NHS.

The Liberal Democrats on Health Issues.