“This is what five years of David Cameron has done to the NHS. It shows you can’t trust the Tories with it. David Cameron has presided over a growing postcode lottery, with many people either waiting longer for cataract operations or denied them altogether.

"At the same time, he has encouraged hospitals to fill half their beds from treating private patients. This has left thousands of older people facing the appalling choice of suffering in silence or paying to use NHS beds.

"The NHS as we know it can’t survive five more years of the Tories. Their extreme spending plans threaten its future. Only a vote for Labour will stop Cameron’s destruction of the NHS and put patients before profits. We will invest an extra £2.5 billion a year - on top of Tory plans - to recruit 20,000 more nurses, 8,000 more GPs.”