A Tory MP has praised plans to part-fund key NHS services through car boot sales. With a number of NHS trusts thought to be on the brink of bankruptcy, Stockton South MP James Wharton claimed that proposals by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust to generate cash in this way were “positive” and “innovative”.
Wharton told the Evening Gazette:
“I think it is a positive thing that the hospital is looking at doing whatever it can to bring more money into the services it can provide. It’s welcome that they are looking at additional and innovative ways of raising more funds.”
With the trust facing £40 million in cuts, Scrapbook wonders what Wharton supposes the £5,000 generated by the sales will achieve. And despite the news that the NHS spending has been slashed — in breach of the government’s pledges on health — the north east MP is still spinning that the Coalition was increasing spending year on year.
“Your heart operation is scheduled for next Tuesday at 3:30pm. Please bring a change of clothes and some bric-a-brac.”
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This vile rent “A” quote is often used by the BBC north east news department Look North and is often aloud to spout off government rhetoric(LIES) without being challenged on anything he says. Another case of the BBC being complicit with this government in the privatisation of the NHS.
Misleading headline? The MP is simply praising a local health board for innovation. Nowhere in that quote did he say that the NHS *should* be funded by car boot sales. No-one thinks that.
You are rubbish. More than once now I’ve seen completely ridiculous misleading headlines from Political Scrapbook, and you’re likely to just add fuel to the right’s fire by making stuff up like this…
@Willmill82 & Anonymous: We’re suckers for a link-bait headline, but how are we “misleading” anyone with this as the *first sentence* of the body: “A Tory MP has praised plans to part-fund key NHS services through car boot sales.”?
Not an innovative idea. This is how hospitals were funded before 1948.
This idiot is my MP, and has prooved to be completely useless during the time he has been in office. I have contacted him on several occasions about various matters, and all he ever does is toe the Tory party line. He puts party over his constituants every time. Roll on the next election.
take the tax cuts given to the super rich by the super rich cameran and his super rich cronies and the problem is solved???
They really do not have a clue do they, and people vote for these.