I stood in the 1992 election in Bristol West against health secretary William Waldegrave for the Struck Off & Die Junior Doctors Alliance (SODJDA). My campaign manager @Tonygardner hired an ice cream van for our campaign vehicle. We didn’t get many votes, but we sold lots of 99s. I got to make a speech at the count and said “if we want a better health service, we need to look after the people working in it.” It’s as true now as it was then. Unless we improve the pay, training, employment prospects and working conditions of the staff, the NHS and social care will sink. Equally important is a massive focus on public health and eradicating poverty to prevent people getting sick in the first place.