Jamie Reed MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Minister, commenting on Cameron’s reception at the Age UK event today said:

“David Cameron cannot shake off his betrayal of the NHS and older people’s care services. Under him, people are waiting a week or more for GP appointments, A&Es are in crisis and hundreds of thousands of vulnerable older people have lost social care support.

"The NHS can’t afford the Tories’ plan for deeper care cuts in the next Parliament. David Cameron has broken his promises on the NHS and has proven he can’t be trusted with it.

"The NHS as we know it can’t survive five more years of the Tories. Labour has a better plan to invest £2.5 billion extra a year in a Time to Care fund - on top of Tory spending plans - to fund new staff, including 20,000 more nurses and 8,000 more GPs.”