[Guinness]

So..now the tories are blaming the GP's for the NHS crisis...

I'm sure everyone would agree that there is a reasonable argument that GP surgeries should be open at weekends and after 5 o'clock...GP's and dentists etc..are the last bastion of 20th Century working hours, where the working man knocked off on Friday and went back in on Monday. Where Accrington shut down during 'wakes' week and between Christmas and New Year.

But...this is NOT the reason why our hospitals are in crisis..and I use the word 'CRISIS' because I've seen this first hand at BRH this week. There really are people on trolleys in corridors, lying in ambulances outside. 4 hours waiting to be seen by an A&E doctor, 3 hours in a corridor waiting to be assessed for a ward and another 2 hours before getting a bed and appropriate medication.

You get on a ward... and guess what...the beds are full of people who want to get out...but they can't..because there is no support for them if they did get out...for the last 10 years the tory government has eroded social care to breaking point. There is no-one to look after you at home so you stay in a bed that could be best used by someone with a more serious issue.

You'd think that something like this would be a godsend to an opposition politician...

And do you know what Jones is bleating about....internal politics, Yemen and bleedin' betting terminals..oh yeah and something from the paper pushing job title 'director of public health for lancashire' about the evils of having a fag...

Just take your free pension Jones and give me an alternative to the tories!