Letters to the Editor

Thursday, 5th  January 2006

Cameron Health Policies Lack Substance

Tory leader David Cameron is promising to defend the values of the NHS against those in his party who want a new system based on medical insurance. As he announces major changes to Tory health policy, Mr Cameron is saying he will keep the National Health Service "free at the point of need" to all. And he is scrapping the Tory policy of subsidising patients to go private.

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4578440.stm

Once again David Cameron has come up with headline grabbing words that lack detail and deliver mixed messages. It is difficult to believe that he is committed to full scale reform when only ten months ago he wrote the Conservative manifesto that advocated the introduction of patient passports. People will not easily forget the years of damage the Conservatives inflicted on the NHS and will be hard pressed to believe that the Tories have changed more than just their presentation.
 

ENDS

  Stephanie Dearden

  Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Tooting

Notes to editors

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