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Health

The NHS represents values which unite us as a nation - a comprehensive health service, which treats all people equally, and is free when we need it.

We’ve all experienced moments in hospitals that change the course of our lives. Liberal Democrats know how important the NHS is and that’s why we will ensure that the NHS provides high quality care and the best possible service long into the future.

A lot of money was invested in health under the previous Government but too much was wasted on bureaucracy rather than investing in frontline services. Doctors and nurses were forced to spend too much time trying to meet government targets rather than caring for patients. And ministers made decisions about closing local services from the comfort of their offices rather than facing the people it affects. 

Liberal Democrats believe that patients must come first and that services will improve if local people have a say in how the NHS is run.

We believe in fairness with entitlements to healthcare guaranteed. We believe access to personal care should be based on need not the ability to pay. And we believe that patients should always come first. 

We will scrap central targets and guarantee that you get your treatment on time. We will put doctors and nurses back in charge of their hospitals and wards. 

Liberal Democrats want a people-centred NHS, fit for the 21st century.