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The emerging health policies for the main political parties reveal sharp differences in content and presentation - yet all three fail to offer a convincing plan for change.
Labour’s policy is laced with anti-private sector rhetoric and makes ambitious promises on everything from cancer tests to staff recruitment. The Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, have allied themselves to NHS England’s Five Year Forward View by promising to meet the £8bn funding gap it identifies, while placing its health policies in the context of wider public sector reforms and increased local control.
The Conservatives don’t want to fight on this territory at all; their interest is in closing down debate on the NHS and focusing on the economy. Health does not feature in their top six election priorities.
http://www.theguardian.com/healthca...ur-policy-nhs-liberal-democrats-conservatives
Labour’s policy is laced with anti-private sector rhetoric and makes ambitious promises on everything from cancer tests to staff recruitment. The Liberal Democrats, meanwhile, have allied themselves to NHS England’s Five Year Forward View by promising to meet the £8bn funding gap it identifies, while placing its health policies in the context of wider public sector reforms and increased local control.
The Conservatives don’t want to fight on this territory at all; their interest is in closing down debate on the NHS and focusing on the economy. Health does not feature in their top six election priorities.
http://www.theguardian.com/healthca...ur-policy-nhs-liberal-democrats-conservatives