David Cameron talks to machinists throughout a visit to Westbridge Furniture in Greenfield, north Wales. Photograph: Dave Thompson/PA
The state of hospital treatment method in Wales is a national scandal that has developed a dividing “line of existence and death” on the border with England, David Cameron has mentioned.
In spite of accusations from Labour that the Tories are waging war on Wales, the prime minister produced a fresh attack on the country’s NHS, which is devolved to the administration of first minister Carwyn Jones.
The Conservatives level to statistics showing the Labour-run NHS in Wales has longer waiting instances than in England.
But a research from the Nuffield Trust and Overall health Basis suggests the wellness providers in Wales and Scotland are only marginally underneath-executing England and are actually improving at a more rapidly rate than in England. It located there is no proof that Wales is “lagging behind” any other element of the United kingdom, other than a considerable deterioration in waiting occasions.
In a speech at the Welsh Conservatives’ conference in Llangollen, Cameron criticised the Welsh government for making it possible for one particular in 7 folks to be on an NHS waiting listing.
“When Offa’s Dyke gets the line amongst existence and death, we are witnessing a nationwide scandal,” he stated. “Right after this utter shambles Labour should never dare phone themselves the get together of the NHS once again.”
Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, argued the country was “sleepwalking into a Welsh Mid Staffs tragedy”.
He told the conference: “Unless of course we shout loud ample – alongside brave campaigners like Ann Clwyd, Gareth Williams and other people who tragically lost loved ones in Welsh hospitals – these appalling lapses in care will repeat themselves time soon after time.”
He also claimed the Nuffield Believe in study “covers a time period exactly where we saw horrible failures in the English NHS”, incorporating: “We acted whilst Labour deny there could be this kind of concerns in Wales.” The claims are an escalation of the bitter dispute in excess of health solutions amongst Westminster and Cardiff that has been raging for several weeks.
Jones claimed just lately that Conservatives have been “attacking Wales” with their comments about the country’s NHS. Speaking on BBC Radio 4′s Right now programme, the very first minister accused Cameron of not caring “two hoots about the NHS in Wales” and making use of it to make political points.
Wayne David, MP for Caerphilly and parliamentary private secretary to Ed Miliband, referred to as the “despicable” Cameron and Hunt attacks “inaccurate, untrue, deceitful misrepresentation”.
Tory chairman Grant Shapps will on Saturday hit back yet again, saying the issues with the Welsh NHS are “are not random [or] an accident” but the fault of Jones’s government.
“It has been a Labour government in Wales – a Labour government run by Carwyn Jones – that is slashing the budgets of Welsh NHS companies,” he will say.
At prime minister’s inquiries on Wednesday Cameron also went on the assault above the situation, suggesting the Conservatives are trying to paint Labour as a party ready to reduce the NHS. It is a move very likely to infuriate Labour, which has usually painted the Tories as the party that can’t be trusted with the overall health support.
“We have seen an 8% reduce to the spending budget in Wales for the NHS,” Cameron claimed in the House of Commons. “The last time A&E targets were met was 2009, the last time cancer treatment method targets had been met was 2008 … there is a actually dreadful record when it comes to Labour’s NHS in Wales and you see a large contrast now with the NHS in England – effectively funded, effectively run, meeting the essential targets – and the shambles there is in Wales.”
Wales-England border an NHS line of life and death, says Cameron
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