Why the EU is bad for your health

Monday, 29th October 2012

New reports point to the EU as a key the reason behind closures of maternity units and casualty departments.
UKIP Health spokeswoman Steph McWilliam, pictured above, said: "“All three of the other main parties are determined to sacrifice the NHS to keep us in the EU. Do none of them understand that we cannot stay in the EU and keep the NHS as we know it? Do any of them understand the impact a rising population is having on demand? Or the EU Cross Border Health Directive? Do they realise the effect of not just the Working Time Directive but procurement rules, EU licensing of medical devices and drugs, free movement of people who may not have adequate English language skills as staff or patients?

"The bottom line is that from training to research, from comprehension to basic patient care, the EU harms the Health Service. How many times must the BMA, the GMC and other independent health bodies point this out before out political masters do something?

“The EU is not to blame. It is our Westminster politicians from the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrat parties who have allowed this. If the public think the NHS is a price worth paying, they will keep voting for the same. If they value the NHS and wish to keep it, they need to consider voting UKIP.”