Dear Editor,
I find it distressing to read that an 86 year old woman who “has had
three heart attacks, heart surgery, cancer treatment and can hardly walk” has
been told she no long qualifies for free NHS patient transport. Surely this
goes against the entire point of the NHS if we refuse services to the most
vulnerable in society?
I am passionate about defending our free NHS, but changes are desperately
needed to make sure that money is spent where it should be spent: on patient
care. I am fundamentally opposed to the privatisation of the NHS (including
Labour’s PFI project to privatise by stealth) but it is time we had a serious,
grown up, constructive conversation on all sides about how to improve patient
care.
Jonathan Arnott MEP
UKIP, North East
