More evidence, should you need it of #Tory defunding of the #NHS;

At the same time private #healthcare is trumpeting instant access to health professionals, waiting times on #NHS111 have reached nearly half an hour (on average) with nearly a fifth of callers just giving up;

so now the service the Tories pretended would help deal with capacity issues in the main #healthservice is also under staffed;

the wreckers continue to laugh all the way to their backers' bank!
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/10/tory-neglect-blamed-for-36m-abandoned-calls-to-nhs-111-in-england

Tory ‘neglect’ blamed for 3.6m abandoned calls to NHS 111 in England

Callers wait so long that nearly one in five hang up, finds Liberal Democrat commissioned analysis

The Guardian