Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, said on reports of Jeremy Hunt’s speech to Conservative Party conference tomorrow:   “David Cameron and the Tories are taking the NHS backwards and this announcement is a major admission of failure and a U-turn of fairly epic proportions.   "Under the Tories, hundreds of GP surgeries are shutting their doors earlier after David Cameron scrapped Labour’s successful extended opening scheme. Patients are also finding it harder to get appointments, and turning to A&E instead, after he removed Labour’s guarantee of an appointment within 48 hours.   "So I sincerely hope Jeremy Hunt isn’t expecting applause on GP hours given they how they have taken the NHS backwards from the position they inherited from Labour. An apology for the inconvenience they have caused to millions would be more appropriate.   "I also hope he won’t claim that this will solve David Cameron’s A&E crisis. It is the collapse of social care that is driving vulnerable older people into hospital in ever greater numbers and this is the crisis they continue to neglect.   "You can’t trust David Cameron with the NHS.”   Ends