In the year when we celebrate the 75th birthday of the NHS, the greatest achievement of this country and of Labour, we are seeing a return to the piecemeal, fragmented, chaotic and two-tier health service that existed before then, where private profit is put before people’s needs.
I was pleased to speak in the Westminster Hall debate called by my colleague, Margaret Greenwood MP, in defence of the NHS where I called for the repeal of the 2022 Health & Care Act, dismantling of the Integrated Care Boards, and a return to a publicly owned and accountable health service, free at the point of need, equal provision for all.