A Joint Media Event for Press & Social Media was launched on Thursday 19th March 2015 at the Barrow Boy and Banker Public House, Upstairs Dining Room, London Bridge.
The Organiser of this event was Mr John Hellings, Chairman of UKIP Southwark Branch & the Election Agent for David Kurten, for Camberwell & Peckham , Andrew Beadle, Bermondsey & Old Southwark, Rathy Alagaratnam, Dulwich & West Norwood, Bruce Machan for Streatham and Ace Norom in Vauxhall.
Rathy Alagaratnam’s Constituency covers both Southwark and Lambeth.
Gerard Batten UKIP MEP for London Chaired the Media Launch for the Five
Parliamentary Constituencies based in South London.
Graduate Rathy gave up her work to become a Carer for her diabetic mother, giving her unique insights into health care and the challenges facing an overstretched NHS.
UKIP will ensure the NHS remains free at the point of delivery with an extra £3bn more in to NHS frontline services.
Rathy Alagaratnam UKIP PPC for Dulwich and West Norwood, spoke movingly about the extra reason why the NHS was more precious to her because of the 150 years in total service by her family members. Rathy stated that close relatives and family friends of hers have contributed to the NHS.
UKIP supports the merging of Health and Adult Social Care as a priority to enable more joined up integrated patients management. Elderly Social Care
safeguarded with £1bn per year.
Rathy Alagaratnam stated that UKIP will protect it and vowed to put a stop to record levels of unpaid NHS bills for treating Health Tourist.
As the result of a nationwide investigation by ‘The Sunday Times’ newspaper using the Freedom of Information Act. Kings College Hospital had the higest bill of nearly £18 million owned from the 100 NHS Hospital Trusts were owed since 2010. With one patient alone racking up a debt of £207,482 for renal treatment at this Top Hospital in Denmark Hill.
Neighbouring Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust was shy of £7.64 million for treating Health Tourist.
“The money wasted by failing to collect payment from Health Tourist at King’s and other Hospital Trusts has impacted on waiting times of long suffering patients and could pay other much needed NHS Staffing costs” said Rathy
Alagaratnam. ” We see this – over the weekends and public holidays, ,where we are always having hospitals having serious staff shortages “.
“UKIP is clear about this – to stop this NHS precious resource being abused
in this time of austerity and growing national debt by supporting a condition of entry to the United Kingdom by paying upfront through a valid insurance policy or private funds and for migrants who have paid National Insurance,” said Rathy Alagaratnam UKIP Candidate for Dulwich and West Norwood.
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