Justin
Madders MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Minister, commenting on the news that NHS
officials have ordered a national review of A&E diverts amid serious safety
fears, said:
“A&E
departments nationwide are under relentless pressure as a result of Theresa
May’s sustained underfunding of our NHS, and it is patients with urgent health
needs who are paying the price.
“Simply
put, it is completely unacceptable for anyone desperately needing treatment to
be turned away and yet under the Tories, ambulance diverts have hit record
highs.
“Patient
safety must be our absolute priority and any streaming system which places
patients’ lives at risk is entirely unacceptable.
“It
is time Jeremy Hunt accepted our emergency care system stands on a crucial
knife-edge. Without urgent and sustained investment to ease these acute
strains, an unprecedented crisis this winter looks increasingly likely.”
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