Saving The NHS: What The Parties Promise

The NHS has become a key battleground for the General Election with all parties claiming to be the guardians of the health service.

But NHS England is warning of a £30bn shortfall by 2020 and we have now hit the long-predicted winter A&E crisis.

So what are the political parties going to do about it?

Here's how the policies are shaping up for the battle for votes:

Conservatives:

GP appointments from 8am - 8pm, seven days a week

:: Ring-fence NHS Budget with an extra £2bn for the NHS in 2015/16

:: GP access from 8am-8pm including weekends by 2020

:: 5,000 more GPs trained by 2020

:: Named family doctor for every patient

Labour:

:: Extra £2.5bn for the NHS in 2015/16

:: 20,000 extra nurses, 8,000 extra GPs, 5,000 extra care home workers, 3,000 midwives

:: One-week cancer test waits

:: Guaranteed GP appointment within 48 hours 

Liberal Democrats:

£500m for mental health care improvements

:: Extra £2bn for NHS in 2015/16 £8bn extra above inflation per year by 2020

:: £500m for improvements in mental health care

:: Patients to get "care footprint" detailing the cost of their care

:: More power and budget control for health and wellbeing boards over GP services

UKIP:

An end to hospital parking charges

:: Migrants and visitors banned from UK entry without valid private medical insurance

:: Doctors and nurses who cannot speak proper English barred from health service

:: End of hospital parking charges

:: Cuts - middle management named as target

Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang

Saving The NHS: What The Parties Promise

Dengan url

http://cobaagains.blogspot.com/2015/01/saving-nhs-what-parties-promise.html

Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya

Saving The NHS: What The Parties Promise

namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link

Saving The NHS: What The Parties Promise

sebagai sumbernya