Demand referendum on better NHS pay, Gordon Brown tells nurses
It is "unbelievable" that nurses are having to rely on food banks, the former prime minister said.
It is "unbelievable" that nurses are having to rely on food banks, the former prime minister said.
"A cautionary tale in using the private sector This was meant to be a revolutionary approach, NHS making use of a private provider Well the private provider has gone bust!"
"'Blockbuster' went bankrupt and Netflix charges keep getting higher and higher."
Writing on Twitter, Wes Streeting described the comments as "a grotesque insult to the people who work for the NHS".
"Whatever is being done is not being done fast enough, or at enough scale to meet the demand," he said.
"The working environment is so toxic many GPs are burning out, retiring early, young Drs are not joining."
North East Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire both have just 37 NHS dentists for every 100,000 people.
"Staff are absolutely exhausted and this is just another thing to discourage them from staying in the NHS. We’re seeing an exodus.”
Trouble is, the picture was taken on 18th March, before coronavirus lockdown rules were introduced.
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