I am resigning from the Tory party and joining Labour: only it wants to restore our NHS

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I am resigning from the Tory party and joining Labour: only it wants to restore our NHS

As an MP and psychiatrist, I see the burden that a service near breaking point takes on patients, their families and healthcare colleagues• Read more: Tory former health minister Dan Poulter defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisisAlongside serving my ­constituents as their MP, during the junior doctors’ strike I have spent more than 20 night shifts over the past year or so ­working as a mental health doctor in a busy hospital A&E department. It …