“No Truth in Cameron’s NHS Crusade” (says Tory MP)

A Conservative MP has suggested that David Cameron’s campaign to save emergency and maternity services at 19 district hospitals is a scaremongering exercise exploiting older people and the vulnerable. Henry Bellingham, Conservative MP for Norfolk North West said, “As a local MP I wasn’t consulted on this and I apologise unreservedly to the staff of the hospital”.

He then went on to add there was no threat of closure of the maternity unit. He said, “I do think there’s a lesson for all opposition parties, all parties actually and the government, if they are issuing a statement that affects an organisation, be it a hospital, the police, some school, they should always consult the chief executive or the headmaster or whoever it is.” To read the full story please click here. 

This reminds me very much of Lib Dems in Hull Road in York, claiming post offices are shutting when they weren’t. To read the full story please click here.