READ AND WEEP The increase in investment in the NHS since 1999 was greater than during any other period in the last 30 years. In 2000, Tony Blair committed his Government to matching European levels of spending on health. After two initial years of relatively modest investment after 1997, the Government increased expenditure significantly making up for cumulative and historic underinvestment in the NHS. This extra funding has been used to pay for more staff, equipment, buildings and medicines, which in turn helped to contribute to better care. The Government has also tackled the difficult area of emergency care. More than 96%of Accident and Emergency Departments ensured that patients were either discharged, transferred or admitted within four hours (a little short of the Government’s own target of 98%). Similarly, the ambulance service answered 75% of emergency (category A) calls within eight minutes. Alongside these improvements in hospital and emergency care, access to primary care also increased. According to the official statistics, the Government’s target that patients should wait no longer than two days to see a GP was met in virtually all practices. Information taken from the Kings Fund an independent audit of the NHS under Labour 1997 -2005 How tragic that all of this has been undermined by unwieldy and unnecessary reforms thanks to the coalition and we are now seeing major incidents declared in so many hospitals throughout the country. … Information taken from the Kings Fund an independent audit of the NHS under Labour 1997 -2005
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