NHS revamp cash ‘could save jobs’
Money earmarked for the costs of reorganising the National Health Service in England could pay to prevent the loss of 6,000 nursing jobs, Labour claims.
Labour leader Ed Miliband will today renew pressure on the government to drop its controversial shake-up south of the border after warning there were just three months to save the NHS.
According to calculations made by the opposition, more than 3,500 nursing jobs have been lost since the government came to power and another 2,500 are under threat.
He is expected to say: “In tough times and with little money around, the very first priority should be to protect the frontline NHS.
“Instead we have a Government blowing a vast amount of money on a damaging top-down reorganisation at the same time as it is cutting thousands of nurses.
He will add: “It is a clear and simple choice for the Government. By stopping this damaging reorganisation we can fund 6,000 nurses.
“In opposition, David Cameron told people he could be trusted to protect the NHS.
“In government he has put Tory free-market ideology ahead of basic patient care.”
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