Ed Davey launches Liberal Democrat general election campaign with call to “save the NHS” 

EMBARGO: 22:30 Saturday 25th May

• Liberal Democrats unveil their general election campaign battlebus in the Blue Wall

• Ed Davey: “A vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to save our NHS after years of Conservative chaos”

• Liberal Democrats pledge to fixing crumbling hospitals after repairs backlog soars under the Conservative party

Ed Davey will today (Sunday 26th May) launch his party’s general election campaign with a new battlebus in a marginal Blue Wall constituency. 

Ed Davey will launch the campaign with a call to “save the NHS”, by announcing his party’s manifesto will include a pledge to invest in NHS hospitals to end the scandal of crumbling roofs, dangerous concrete and life-expired buildings.

The manifesto will include a ten-year rolling repair programme for crumbling hospitals.

Under the Conservative government, the NHS building repair backlog has reached a staggering £12bn. Hospitals across the country have been left with dangerous crumbling roofs and sewage pouring into hospital wards. 

It was revealed last week that the roof caved in the ICU of a hospital in Stockport, which also had an entire ward demolished because it was deemed in a dangerous condition. 

This week the Liberal Democrats also announced their plan to recruit 8,000 more GPs and are pledging to implement a ten-year plan to invest in hospitals to end the scandal of crumbling roofs, dangerous concrete and life-expired buildings.

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: 

“Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to save our NHS after years of Conservative chaos. The NHS will be at the heart of our manifesto with a plan to make sure everyone can see a GP when they need one and repair hospital buildings left in a desperate state.

“The Conservative Party can never be trusted with the NHS after their legacy of crumbling hospitals and soaring waiting lists.

“Conservative ministers have shamelessly broken their promises to build new hospitals and left ageing buildings to fall apart. It has left patients worrying about a roof collapsing over their head instead of being treated with dignity in clean and modern hospitals."

ENDS

NOTES TO EDITORS

Cost of NHS Repair Backlog here