Rebuild NHS in working-class communities
People living in working-class communities and areas where medical resources are desperately needed are set to benefit from a huge boost in support, with billions of pounds diverted to deprived areas, as the government’s 10 Year Health Plan takes unprecedented action to tackle the nation’s stark health inequalities. After years of neglect, areas where people need the NHS most often have the fewest GPs, the worst performing services and the longest waits. People in working-class areas and coastal towns spend more of their lives in ill health, and life expectancy among women with the lowest incomes has fallen in recent years, after decades of progress. More…..