Doctor chosen as Labour candidate for Shrewsbury and Atcham
A former Armed Forces medical officer has been chosen as Labour's Shrewsbury and Atcham prospective parliamentary candidate to take on the Conservatives at next year's General Election.
Laura Davies is a hospital doctor working in the West Midlands and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.
She said: "I intend to campaign hard to protect the future of the NHS. Under the current government £3 billion has been wasted on an NHS re-organisation that David Cameron promised wouldn't happen, there is a crisis in A&E with waiting lists at their highest levels for five years, and it's becoming increasingly difficult to obtain an appointment with a GP.
"As a doctor myself I work day-to-day with NHS professionals and I am proud to be one of them. The NHS remains a unique and wonderful institution that deserves better than David Cameron.
"Labour has rescued the NHS following Tory government before and we can do it again. As an MP I will vote to repeal the NHS changes that place private profit ahead of patient care. I will work to see the introduction of an NHS that combines physical health, mental health and social care into a single whole service care system."
Laura met Labour leader Ed Miliband at the party's annual conference in Manchester this week.
