Stephen Morgan MP has called on the government to adopt Labour’s plan to reduce ambulance wait times which have become the worst on record under the Conservative government.
After 13 years of Conservative mismanagement, the NHS has been left without the doctors, nurses, and care staff that it needs.
Across the country, people are struggling to get an appointment with their GP, and A&E waiting times are higher than ever.
City MP, Stephen Morgan, has shared his concern that victims of urgent, possibly life-threatening incidents, are waiting over three hours for an ambulance.
Recent statistics have revealed that, in December, the average wait time for Category 2 ambulance calls – emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes – was 1 hour and 33 minutes. The target is 18 minutes.
Furthermore, 50.4% of patients attending major A&E departments were not seen within the target time of four hours.
Speaking on the long-term impact that the Conservatives have had on the NHS, the Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South, Stephen Morgan, said:
“Our NHS is in the biggest crisis in its history. The terrifying truth is that patients in an emergency can no longer be sure that the NHS will be there for them when they need it most.
“We have waited too long for this Government to act – costing lives, living standards, and the health and wellbeing of our NHS workforce.
“Only a Labour government can fix this, getting patients seen and treated sooner by making the NHS fit for the future, training and recruiting more doctors, and reducing wait times.”
Labour is committed to delivering the biggest expansion of NHS staff in history to treat patients on time, and reform the health service.
A Labour government would train 7,500 more doctors a year, 10,000 more nurses and midwives every year, double the number of district nurses qualifying, and 5,000 more health visitors, paid for by abolishing the non-dom tax status.
