I am resigning from the Tory party and crossing the floor. Only Labour wants to restore our NHS

As an MP and psychiatrist, I see the burden that a service near breaking point takes on patients, their families and healthcare colleagues

When beds finally became available, they would often be with a private healthcare provider hundreds of miles from their homes and the vital on-hand support from their friends and families. I saw countless people at potential risk of suicide and others in crisis with a dual diagnosis of alcohol or drug dependence, together with severe mental illness.

and more than 250,000 people are waiting over a year for their operations. More than one in three cancer patients wait more than two months to start treatment after an urgent referral, and the UK has some of the. In a major A&E department, 44% of patients wait more than four hours for their care, and 235,835 people a year wait more than a month for mental health treatment.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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