Campaigners who want to preserve the future of the NHS took their fight through Enfield.

The People’s March for the NHS reached Edmonton last week, visiting North Middlesex University Hospital, in Sterling Way.

Led by a group of mothers from Darlington who have travelled 300 miles on foot, passing through 23 towns, they then proceeded to Edmonton MP Andy Love’s office, in Fore Street, for a rally.

The campaign was sparked following the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 and its impact on the NHS.

MP Love said: “The Darlo Mums are a fantastic example of a group of people who care so much about something that they’re prepared to take action and shout about it. I share many of their concerns about what is happening to our health service.

“A huge amount of money was wasted in a top-down reorganisation and since then we have seen A&E waiting times increase, ambulance response times get longer, and just recently we learnt that 15 per cent of people in Enfield who tried to book a GP appointment over the past 12 months had to wait a week or more. That’s unacceptable.

“Labour would reverse the marketisation of the health service.  Our NHS should be free at the point of need and we will do everything in our power to ensure that it has a viable future.”

A spokesman for the marchers said: “The message from the mums is a simple one – the NHS is owned by and loved by us and every effort will be made to stop it being sold off.”