Cameron's promise on NHS is 'two-faced', says Unite

4 January 2010

David Cameron's pledge today (Monday, 4 January) that the NHS will be his 'number one priority' is 'two-faced', Unite, the largest union in the country, has said.

Unite Assistant general secretary for the Public Sector, Gail Cartmail said: 'The Tory party faces two-ways on the NHS.'

'David Cameron offers warm words and policies for the NHS, but the chilling truth is that the highly influential Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan would like to dismantle the health service for the benefit of private healthcare companies.'

'Daniel Hannan has made a career touring American TV studios telling audiences that he wouldn't wish the NHS on anybody. He even said that the NHS was 'a 60 year old mistake', which is an affront to the hard working staff and the thousands of people who would not be alive today, but for the NHS.'

'The chances of the NHS flourishing as a universal service free at the point of delivery for all those in need under the Tories is as remote as a heat wave in the next few days.'

'Thirty years ago Margaret Thatcher also promised that the NHS was safe in her hands and what followed was a massive starvation of funds that was only reversed when the Labour government came to power in 1997.'

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