Accident & Emergency units nationwide have endured an unprecedented summertime strain, that is set to continue this winter. Patients are facing growing waiting lists as A&E departments are overstretched, with patients paying the price. The Government’s response is to ask “what A&E crisis?”

Labour recently called an Opposition Day Debate to demand the Tory-led Government confront an A&E crisis of their own making and to highlight the harm their policies are doing to our health service. David Cameron promised to protect our NHS, but the A&E crisis is further proof that the NHS isn’t safe in his hands. The Prime Minister has presided over the worst year in A&Es in living memory: Continue reading →