The current Conservative government has cast blame on sick and disabled people for systemic failings. This government has been quick to characterise disabled people and those experiencing ill health as scroungers.4 Those of us who are “economically inactive” because of ill health are an easy target. Rather than blaming a group for whom life is already difficult, the incoming government could tackle an NHS which is failing to get those people well enough for employment. This disdain for sick and disabled people that politicians are successfully fostering in the general public also seems to permeate our NHS. NHS investment alone isn’t enough to improve the health of the UK.
