by Sam | 8 Oct 2014 | General Election 2015
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will today announce coalition plans to improve the standard of treatment of mental health patients in the NHS, the Guardian reports. Clegg will set new waiting time targets as part a £120m project over the next two years. He will say...
by Sam | 30 Sep 2014 | General Election 2015
The BBC reports that Everyone in England will have access to GP services seven days a week by 2020, Prime Minister David Cameron has promised. The prime minister has unveiled a further £100m from April 2015 for a fund set up last year to improve flexibility. The...
by Sam | 24 Sep 2014 | Health
The NHS, as expected, has taken centre stage at this year’s Labour Party conference, with a number of the Shadow Cabinet talking extensively about the Labour’s health plans, which promise to be at the centre of the Party’s general election campaign. Shadow Chancellor...
by Sam | 23 Sep 2014 | General Election 2015, Politics
Ending speculation over how a Labour Government would divert funds to the NHS, having ruled out tax increases, Labour leader Ed Miliband will today pledge to invest the proceeds of a windfall tax on the profits of UK tobacco companies and a mansion tax on homes worth...
by Sam | 22 Sep 2014 | General Election 2015, Politics
In an interview with the Guardian, Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, despite stating that he wants the NHS “at the heart of the Labour election campaign”, has once again ruled out tax increases to secure funding, adding: “I want to do whatever it takes to save the NHS under...
