Starmer not claiming that patients are dying now?

So, with the Conservative Government’s approval as it worries about meeting its target of giving a booster to all adults by the end of January 2022, NHS England tells doctors they can defer ‘some services’ and get on with the jabbing There’s not a word from any opposition politician, nor from a patient worried about his cases. As for the BMA, regular critics of the Scottish Government:

Dr Farah Jameel, the GP committee chair of the British Medical Association, said the measures would release GPs from “filling out paperwork” and chasing “unnecessary” and often “undeliverable” targets.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59528615

Imagine if the Scottish Health Secretary did anything like this? We’d hear from all the opposition leaders and our media along these lines:

And the UK media? Not a word, just the Steps concert and horrific infanticide: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cpml2v678pxt

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2 thoughts on “Starmer not claiming that patients are dying now?

  1. Aye, this is where, unfortunately for the public, propaganda prevails, it’s not about the outcome but the optics, and thus far in England myopia is rife.
    Dr Farah Jameel’s “release GPs from “filling out paperwork” and chasing “unnecessary” and often “undeliverable” targets” is far removed the health system in Scotland – Unlike England, Scotland’s NHS was not deliberately designed to fail.

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