NHS budget: What we aren't being told

[Northerner]

Last week Labour was promising extra money for the NHS. This week it's the Tories' turn - and no doubt the Liberal Democrats will have something to say when they gather in Glasgow next week.

With all these pledges, the NHS should be in fine fettle shouldn't it? Well, no, not necessarily.

While both parties have said there will be more funding, they have been very careful not to be pinned down on the exact details.

In some ways, that is understandable. Detailed spending plans can only come after an election. But that doesn't mean that questions shouldn't be asked now.

At the Labour party conference Ed Miliband said there would be £2.5bn extra a year - to be funded from the mansion tax, a crackdown on tax dodgers, and a levy on tobacco firms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29440133

 

[ypauly]

£2.5 Billion would represent the very same type of cut the Labour party have moaned about. We know that £17 Billion more has been spent in the term of office by the coalition where Labour promised £20 Billion less.

It wont continue though, it can't and will be a case of who promises to cut less in the next parliament.

There is a protect the NHS political party who I would vote for if they find a local candidate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Action_Party