#ideologybeforehealth — Public Fediverse posts

#HealthSpending: a broken promise that #voters are unlikely to forget or forgive

The #Tories’ record in office undermines their claim at the last election to be the party of the #NHS
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/14/the-guardian-view-on-health-spending-a-broken-promise-that-voters-are-unlikely-to-forget-or-forgive
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #ToryLies #IdeologyBeforeHealth #Health

#LowTrafficNeighbourhoods

#UK government seeks to limit low-#traffic schemes as part of its ‘plan for #drivers’

Exclusive: #DepartmentForTransport has already cut #funding but now seeks to block #councils’ ability to fine drivers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/uk-government-seeks-to-limit-low-traffic-schemes-as-part-of-its-plan-for-drivers
#LTN #AirPollution #ToryPoliciesInAction #Pollution #DirtyParty #IdeologyBeforeHealth #PublicHealth
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/08/health-gains-of-low-traffic-schemes-up-to-100-times-greater-than-costs-study-finds

Record #LongTermSickness bodes ill for #UK #EconomicGrowth

Years of #austerity, followed by #Covid19, have left #Britain with an unhealthy #workers and #businesses struggling to recruit, but the road to recovery, of all kinds, will be long
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/17/record-long-term-sickness-bodes-ill-for-uk-economic-growth
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Health #IdeologyBeforeHealth
#IdeologyBeforeEconomy

#Hospital admissions for easily treatable #STIs rise amid funding cuts in #England

#Council spending on #SexualHealthServices down by more than a third since 2013, #Guardian analysis finds
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/16/hospital-admissions-for-sexual-health-conditions-rise-amid-funding-cuts-in-england
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Austerity #UnderfundingPublicServices #ToryFinancialIncompetence #IdeologyBeforeHealth

‘Huge human and economic toll’: one in seven people in #England waiting for #NHS treatment

Prolapsed organs and paralysis among conditions patients are left to endure as a result of ballooning waiting lists
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/08/huge-human-and-economic-toll-one-in-seven-people-in-england-waiting-for-nhs-treatment
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHSEngland #BreakThenPrivatise #IdeologyBeforeHealth

#CrumblingHospitals cause over 100 care disruptions a week, #NHSEngland figures show

Exclusive: 27,545 incidents in five years in #England because of #fires, #leaks and #infrastructure problems
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/26/crumbling-english-hospitals-cause-over-100-patient-care-disruptions-week
#ToryPoliciesInAction #NHS #BreakThenPrivatise #UnderfundingPublicServices #IdeologyBeforeHealth

#Councils in #England inspect only half of all #mould reports in #PrivateRentalHousing -

Budget cuts mean local councils are inspecting about just half of all reports of #damp and mould they receive about the #PrivateRentedSector (#PRS), the Observer can reveal.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/jan/20/councils-in-england-inspect-only-half-of-all-mould-reports-in-private-rental-housing
#ToryPoliciesInAction #UnderfundingPublicServices #Austerity #PublicHealth #ToryIndifference #IdeologyBeforeHealth