Can nurses afford not to vote?

02 June 2024
Volume 35 · Issue 6

Abstract

The General Election is on the 4th July, and we need to know what the different parties are saying. What's in their manifestos, and how will this affect primary care and you?

Whether you follow politics or not, we need to take an active interest in the current landscape, whatever your own view might be.

The General Election is on the 4th July, and we need to know what the different parties are saying. What's in their manifestos, and how will this affect primary care and you?

Labour has pledged 24hr primary care, and increasing General Practice access; but where are the staff coming from? If the Conservatives are re-elected, what will their new manifesto deliver – more nurses? It seems unlikely that either party's promises can be delivered.

Nevertheless you have a vote. Many women across the world are not as fortunate.

I've recently returned from the Amazon Jungle. It was a great adventure and a humbling experience. I was privileged to be invited to see where people access healthcare. The nurse and doctor live at the clinic and most non-life threating presentations and a few life threatening are manged with local plants and bark, no antibiotics or conventional medicine on site.

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