General election 2017: The NHS

Increase NHS funding With many hospitals and other services stretched to breaking point, UNISON wants to see a major funding boost for our NHS. All of the main parties have committed to providing extra funding for the NHS in one form or another. In England, Labour will commit to over £30bn in extra funding over the next Parliament. The Conservatives will increase NHS spending by a minimum of £8bn in real terms over the next five years. The Lib Dems will put a penny on income tax to raise an extra £6bn for health and social care. Based on these headline statements, an analysis by the Nuffield Trust think tank estimates that, by 2022-23, Labour would be spending £135.3bn on the NHS, the Lib Dems £132.2bn and the Conservatives £131.7bn. In addition, both Labour and the Conservatives have pledged to boost capital spending, and Labour and the Lib Dems have suggested the creation of an Office of Budget Responsibility for health (or similar) to oversee spending. The Green Party says it will close the NHS spending gap and provide an immediate cash injection. With health being a devolved matter, the parties’ attitudes to austerity and overall public spending will affect what levels of funding are allocated from Westminster to the devolved nations’ health services, with the Labour Party offering to substantially increase overall public spending. For its part, the SNP will call for an increase in frontline health spending and additional money for Scotland’s health and soci...
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