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Published 11/03/2009 by eGov Monitor

Speech Of The Week: Our Health Priorities

Story toolsYour feedback David Cameron pledges increase in spending for NHS every year while at the same time argues that the NHS would be more accountable and responsive to the needs of the patient - should the voters give him the keys to No. 10 Downing Street.

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Foundation hospitals: Private patients, public ... [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 11/07/2009] Tony Blair's critics once dared to hope Gordon Brown had a plan to stop the slide towards the privatisation of public services. When he declared "the town square ...

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