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Published 10/31/2009 by Telegraph


Andy Burnham makes NHS private care pledge 'key election battleground'

A war of words has broken out over the future of the National Health Service after ministers launched the right to free private treatment for patients on waiting lists.

In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Andy Burnham, the Health Secretary, declared that a "key battleground" for the next election...

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Labour plays waiting game over waiting lists
The reduction in NHS waiting lists is the most tangible achievement from all those billions of pounds and the years of often heavy-handed reform under Labour. Whereas ... - [10/30/2009 - Times Online]

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Mr Burnham said: "This will be a key battleground for the next election. This is about embedding patient rights and will prevent a return to the days when people languished on waiting lists under a Tory government." He challenged David...
Andy Burnham makes NHS private care pledge 'key election battleground' [Telegraph - 10/31/2009]
...the new targets. "Will the Tories row back on measures that give patients what they have a right to expect?"
Andy Burnham makes NHS private care pledge 'key election battleground' [Telegraph - 10/31/2009]
Mr Lansley said: "This is the latest in a series of unaffordable and uncosted pledges that have more to do with electioneering than improving the NHS. It will be treated with contempt by NHS staff and rejected by patients because it does not put them in charge."
Andy Burnham makes NHS private care pledge 'key election battleground' [Telegraph - 10/31/2009]

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