Scaremongering is no way to conduct a General Election

A local resident, made anxious about the future of cancer care by an email from the local Labour Parliamentary candidate, shared with Angie the contents for comment. She was outraged to read that Councillor Bassam Mahfouz has been scaremongering by accusing the Conservative Party of planning to scrap the target of a time limit of two weeks between cancer diagnosis and an appointment with a specialist. This serious misrepresentation needs to be nipped in the bud.

A Conservative Government will NOT stop cancer patients from seeing a specialist within two weeks. It is essential that cancer patients are seen quickly - and they will be under Conservative NHS reforms. But speed isn't all that matters. They also need top-quality treatments. For example, under Labour, many new drugs, which are widely available in other European countries, aren't available here. That's why the Conservatives said they would measure their performance on improving cancer survival rates rather than just looking at waiting times.

Angie said, "It is really depressing that, before the election campaign proper even starts, my Labour opponent is already using scare tactics to frighten voters rather than discussing the real issues.

"If anyone else gets one of these misleading emails from the Labour Party, please forward them to help@angiebray.org.uk and I will be happy to deal with them personally.

And for the record, in case the next email from Cllr Mahfouz attempts to frighten voters further by accusing Conservatives of planning to end free bus passes, the Winter Fuel Allowance and free TV Licences for the elderly, let me again state categorically that all of them are fully supported by the Conservative Party."

Photo caption: Angie with a local GP, Wafik Moustafa and Andrew Lansley MP, Shadow Health Minister

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