Government punishes Tory voters by demolishing their hospitals

Hospital in Conservative constituency

Two days ago, we were looking at government plans to save money on hospital budgets by farming out surgical operations to decentralised cheap labour such as GPs. Yet another example of dumbing down healthcare for those who do not have private medical insurance.

Ms Hewitt recently promised a £750 million cash injection to community health services declaring:

“Community hospitals have for too long been viewed as the poor relation of larger hospitals."

Then Dr Crippen discovers that the government is planning to close down large numbers of community hospitals. How can this be? If you are going to decentralise, you need the community services. What is going on? Can the cash injection be to cover the demolition costs? Surely not.

There must be another agenda. A secret agenda.

Indeed there is. The Times reveals that

“…seven times as many community hospitals have closed or are under threat in constituencies held by opposition MPs. There are 62 closed or at-risk hospitals in Conservative constituencies and 8 in Liberal Democrats seats, with 11 in Labour areas.” (The Times)

Seven times as many community hospitals have closed or are under threat in constituencies held by opposition MPs.

Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear.

What can Dr Crippen say? He can only refer you to the ageing and as ever appallingly distasteful Mr Eugenides who describes yet another way to “dispose” of Patricia Hewitt.