Rosena Allin-Khan  shares Labour ’ s vision for mental health

The final day of UNISON’s 2023 national delegate conference opened with a speech from shadow minister for mental health, Rosena Allin-Khan MP (pictured). Both a politician and a doctor, she opened her speech saying: “I am an NHS worker like so many of you in here today.” “I want to thank you for all that you do. All the hours that you put in, even though you’ve been going through your own, personal, daily struggles. You are an incredible, powerful force for good. “As a proud NHS doctor, when I’m able to, I put on my scrubs, I turn up and do my shifts at A&E.” Drawing on her experiences in the COVID-19 pandemic, Ms Allin-Khan said: “While we gave our all to patients and their families waiting in line for PPE, Tory donors were lining their pockets. “I remember the NHS staff I saw lying on ventilators when I worked in the ICU in hospitals. “People like you and I who had gone in to save lives, but it cost them their lives. It was us who provided solace to terrified people. It was you and the people you support. And now we know as the country suffered, the Tories partied.” Labour’s vision for mental health Ms Allin-Khan went on to describe mental health as ‘core business’ for trade unions, explaining the systemic drivers of poor mental health, and what a Labour government will do about it: “It is so important that we tackle the root causes of ill health: poverty, ill housing, polluted air, unhealthy food, overwork and stress. “We need a syst...
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