NHS Review - The Tories and Lib Dems vs Everybody Else

Quite funny looking through the list of responses to Dr. Darzi’s review of the NHS today.

The praise has been almost unanimous from the NGO’s, although some of them are tentative (i.e. ‘good, but it needs to be implemented before we celebrate), even the CGI supports it.

So it’s quite funny seeing the Lib Dems and the Tories trying their best to discredit it when everyone else has welcomed it.

The best quote is from Norman Lamb, the Lib Dem Health Spokesman, who claims it ’says nothing’ about the issues surrounding mental health, which is funny because it goes precisely against the views of Paul Farmer who is the Chief Executive of Mind, who says ‘Mental health has finally been given the priority it deserves in this review’.

Better luck next time, Norman!

Get your t*ts out for the babs.

That’s what I think Labour’s new slogan should be to encourage proper breast feeding for mothers. Supposedly 75% of women leave the hospital breast feeding but only about 25% (or less possibly) actually carry on doing it until the full six month recommendation and beyond.

I read about this on the live webchat Alan Johnson did yesterday on mumsnet.