[accyman]

your probably right margaret that the quality of nursing was better back then.These days its temps or agency workers mostly at the helm but as far as funding goes and getting people treated i would say labour did a better job.I seriously believe that if the torys were in power when i needed urgent treatment i would not be here today because i would have died waiting .The nhs may be like a production line getting people in and out as fast as possible and quality of nursing may suffer but when your led in bed with a tumor getting bigger each day you just want it out as soon as possible.

Under labour surgeries were carried out at weekends getting the waiting lists down and you could even get treated at private hospitals to save waiting for the nhs option which also kept waiting times down.Im not saying labours approach was perfect i havnt worked within the nhs and those who have done will have a better informed opinion but as an average joe looking at it my overall opinion is that labour did a lot more good for ill people than the conservatives ever did.

saying that the shutting down of burnley hospital was a disgrace and a very dangerous move