Anger and disbelief over claim service in England has money to cope with surge in winter illness
Rishi Sunak
Sunak’s spokesperson acknowledged that many people were having great difficulty trying to see a GP, get an ambulance and seek help in A&E, amid intense pressures on the NHS. Dr Vishal Sharma, the chair of the consultants committee at the British Medical Association, which represents most of Britain’s doctors, responded with amazement at the remarks.
Anyone who seeks care or treatment these days “can see that NHS is quite clearly broken”, he added. Its rapid deterioration “did not happen overnight but is a direct result of the government underspending on health and ignoring repeated warnings from staff about workforce shortages, soaring demand and crumbling infrastructure”, he said.