Comments by "Steve Parker" (@steveparker8065) on "'The NHS is ready to collapse': Union boss warns against cuts" video.

Defund, run-down, then when the service is on its knees make a case for private finance as they've done with every other taxpayer-owned service...
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@mrswintersparrow Agreed, the NHS has received funding levels consistently under the rate of inflation for over a decade, during which they have a staff shortage of over 100,000 due to multiple factors, including low pay, lack of bursaries and debt from outsourcing.
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@lecco666 No it hasn't that is easily defeated. The past 12 years since the Tories took power funding has been lower than the rate of inflation meaning a real terms cut.
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@lecco666 PS Annual NHS spending increase under Blair (Labour): 6.1% Annual NHS spending increase under Brown (Labour): 5.4% Annual NHS spending increase under Cameron (Tory): 1.4% Annual NHS spending increase under May (Tory): 1.1%
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@lecco666 Between 2010 when Tories took power and 2019: The rate of extra investment has fallen by 68%. 16,481 fewer beds in hospitals. 66 A&E and Maternity wards closed. 103 NHS Walk in centres closed or downgraded. 60 ambulance stations closed. 1,000 GP practices closed. 5,000 less Mental Health Nurses. The number of NHS beds has halved between 1987 and 2019
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@lecco666 Spending figures are from the IFS.
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@lecco666 Well? nothing to say in response to the figures from the IFS?
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