Health manifestos compared – how do the parties rank on the NHS?
After the Tories reneged on their promises last time, what happens to the NHS has become a question of trust for many voters
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Tory MP: Make overweight people pay to use NHS
A Tory MP who sparked fury by insisting A&E patients should wait longer than four hours has previously suggested the NHS should charge for smoking, obesity and alcohol-related illnesses
King’s Fund reports ‘alarming deterioration’ in NHS finances
Quarterly report paints a bleak picture, with an £800 million overspend in 2014/15
Racist dog-whistle and bogus statistics in the Mail’s ‘health tourism’ story
Digging up an old case for a cheap picture stunt recycles racial prejudice
NHS in crisis: A&E waiting times in England hit record worst level
This is the worst three-month performance since the target was introduced in 2004
NHS problems ‘worst since 1990s’ says King’s Fund
NHS services in England are deteriorating under the coalition in a way not seen since the early 1990s
Another Tory government could mean 8.4 million people don’t have access to a GP
House of Commons data shows that, over this parliament, 505 fewer GPs have been trained
Poll shows public want new legal rights over privatisation
Half of all respondents think there is too much outsourcing to the private sector
NHS in crisis: Government misses A&E waiting time target for twenty-second week in a row
NHS A&E departments in England have once again failed to meet a target of seeing 95 per cent patients within four hours
The NHS has never been in more danger
Private sector providers want to down-skill medical staff to make them easier to fire, more biddable, and above all, cheaper