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We believe in a truly National Health Service providing:
a comprehensive and geographically equal level of health care
from the cradle to the grave.
a wide range of treatments from both small local hospitals, which will
be preserved, to large centres of excellence.
Cutting bureaucracy wherever possible and injecting finance saved by
withdrawal from the EU will allow waiting lists to be reduced, while
older people will have their treatment restored.
There has been a constant state of change in the NHS for a long period, with the latest changes being implemented in April 1999. The DP will consolidate and develop the good practices from this period, to avoid disruptive revolution.
Local hospitals - maintain and improve quality for communities
and achieve reductions in travel.
Ensure equal access for all to family doctors, opticians, dentists and pharmacists.
Maintain and improve local services, eg chiropody, health visiting,
audiology, ante-natal care, speech and language therapy and physiotherapy
and ambulance services.
Develop more specialist units for the treatment of particular
types of illness, e.g. cancer or kidney disease.
Mental Health care will be reviewed and changed to protect both patient
and public. 'Care in the Community' will apply only to well proven low
risk patients.
Prescription charges and updated processing system to prevent
fraudulent claims by some pharmacists.
Tax relief on Medical Insurance for the over 60s will be re-instated.
Improve NHS/SS co-operation to provide treatment and support as needed.
Improve links between hospitals, social and local police services to deal with
security problems, mental health, protection of children.
Issues for national debate will include:
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