Coalition’s NHS vision: diluting standards and incentivising profit
Health Secretary Lansley is pushing ahead with dilution of NHS universal standards and promoting risky plans giving GPs total budget control to buy all NHS care.
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Tories and the NHS: end of the phoney war?
There is a range of views amongst Tory MPs about the future of the NHS; the phoney war during the election is likely to turn into something much more visceral.
Threat hangs over medical research following cuts
Today’s cuts were meant to focus on eliminating waste and low priority spending areas. So why was £233m cut from the Centre for Medical Research and Innovation?
Tory misuse of stats is infectious
The Tory manifesto says infections like MRSA now kill more than three times as many people as are killed on the roads, yet the statistics say otherwise.
Lansley’s cancer policy in confusion
The Conservative’s approach to cancer guarantees appeared to be in confusion today. Andrew Lansley said that patients would see a specialist within two weeks.
Under the microscope: Cameron’s cancer drug anecdote
In the leaders’ debate, David Cameron used an anecdote to highlight his cancer drug policy. But his policy would push up drug prices and reduce value for money.
Cameron’s dodgy cancer stats
David Cameron’s selectively used data on cancer death rates last night. The facts support a greater focus on early diagnosis – an approach he opposes.
Tory Cancer Drug Fund is fatally flawed
The Tories’ new Cancer Drug Fund is fatally flawed. It is uncosted, inequitable, inefficient, and subject to top-down political control.
Tory social care policies will hit the poor hardest
All the available evidence of where Tory-style plans have been implemented shows minimal take-up rates where voluntary systems have been introduced.
Cameron’s hypocrisy on “sick” leaflet
David Cameron has called Labour’s cancer leaflets “sick”. But he is hypocritical after the Tories released a leaflet with a blood drenched machete.