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To: the government
Increase spending NOW on health and social care to a minimum of 10.6%GDP
increase spending on healthcare to 10.6% of GDP now, (an average of other G7 countries spending )to stop the crisis in the NHS becoming a tragedy. Ambulances wait, for beds which are blocked, because people can't go home, because social care has been cut. The USA,Canada,Germany,France,The Netherlands,Japan, Sweden, Austria all spend more % of GDP on healthcare than we do.
Why is this important?
The NHS is the embodiment of British values, free healthcare to all at the point of access. Social Care is entwined in healthcare. We need to stop the collapse of the NHS and the Social Care system now, and the only way we can do this is by putting enough money into the system to allow it to work. Telling the local councils to raise money through local taxes is not enough. This is a national problem for a national service, and it needs more money raised through taxes.
How it will be delivered
I will send it to out by email, to press and deliver the paper petition in person.
