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Restore NHS - public funded, provided, accountable Privatisation, competition, bureaucracy, marketisation Reinstate NHS preferred provider Replace market with resource allocation not commissioning |
NHS Funding 4% - match healthcare inflation rate, 1p rise in basic rate of income tax = £1.4bn 10% of GDP to match other G7 countries PFI - no more deals, investigate and renegotiate mis-sold at fair value, remove NHS Trust debt; future infrastructure from government borrowing Prescription Charges - raise < £500m (< 0.5% NHS budget), inapproriate self-rationing, access to meds, health outcomes, exemptions arbitrary, pre-pay doesn't address problem Procurement - reduce non-front line services, best value NHS procurement power |
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DGH good model, care close to home, relative visits, network with larger specialist hospitals Full equality impact assessment before reconfigs Nurses 20,000 short, Safe staffing (1:4?), reduce agency staff Fair pay - real term reduction 15% due to 1% pay freeze Local independent health commissioner under Health Service Ombudsman, patient friendly complaints, strengthen whistleblowing system Reduction in mgmt consultants,, health planning by public health, clinical leads, GPs - traditional model supported by primary care teams in defined area, increase by 10,000, free from financial incentives, Reverse £1bn cuts in 5 years & MPIG Publication of all clinical trials data |
Mental Health - parity of esteem, MH funding addressed, increase staffing levels and training places, end privatisation of MH services
Maternity - 85% increase in births from women aged 40-44 address 4,800 midwives shortfall, 47% hospitals say not enough obstetricians,
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Social Care LA spending cuts 15% in real terms since 2010 40% said care doesn't cover basic needs, 47% don't enable them to take part in community life, 62% spent own money on help - reverse cuts, increase investment to meet needs of vulnerable, elderly, disabled, social services budgets for children & families - introduce free personal social care, provision of LA care homes & oppose closure of existing / threatened - Dilnot commission recommendations - end 0 hours contracts, end 15 min slots, paid for travel time, reverse outsourcing of carers, invest in pay, conditions, training, support Benefits - replace WCA with genuine assessment of need, resource to support back to work - abolition off sanctions, scrap bedroom tax |
Public Health Greater access to exercise & sport Funding of LAs PH education & policies stop outsourcing of PH services |
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Political Reform democratic deficit - independent commission to investigate move to PR - lower voting age to 16 - repeal lobbying bill |
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Economy longest downturn in living history, working poor, slashed public spending, slowed recovery, increased debts, debt bubble
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Progressive Taxation - reinstatement of 50p higher income rate & tax on luxury goods/services Tax avoidance - TJN £70bn (under 1/2 income tax collected 2013/14) or PCSU £120 bn, HMRC staffing cuts reversed, inspectors increased each £ of public spending into health & ed generates several times as much £ (IMF, Oxford, Stanford) Stronger local community banking, national state-run bank for business Better reg of financial sector at EU, G20 Statutory Living Wage - slash billions from benefits, creates jobs, more money in local economy Comprehensive & universal childcare support Gender equality in pay |
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Housing LAs - improve social housing, upgrade current stock, tackle empty homes, free to finance affordable & social by borrowing against income from existing stock Oppose 'regeneration' projects, restore presumption to brownfield Additional tax bands for high property values Low energy, water, waste for housebuilding / modification Re-examine evidence of large infrastructure (e.g. HS2), Land Value Tax effectiveness to deter land hoarding, make tax havens for property ownership illegal Oppose privatisation of Land Registry
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Tenants - protection - better reg, support rent controls, extended tenancy agreements, fit for purpose properties, national register of landlords |
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Education Basic right, public good, free to all - address primary school place shortage - free schools & academies abolished so money spent fairly - greater teacher involvement in policy making - end marketisation, privatisation in FE, HE, Unis, end student fees - increase exercise & sport in schools - genuine apprenticeships esp advanced technologies - review of meded & care-ed, address shortcomings |
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Immigration 0.06% NHS budget on overseas patients, less than cost of policing treatment - greater efforts to recoup money payable to NHS from EU agreement and EHIC - migrants contributed £20bn to economy, do not reduce overall employment opportunities for British nationals, use migration bounty wisely in local communities - oppose NHS staff instructed to refuse treatment to overseas patients
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EU Reform - health & wellbeing not corporate interests at expense of policy making - democractically accountable to voters - EC more accountable to EC parliament - establish lobbyists register - EU health agencies & accountability to public not commission TTIP - oppose entirety, ISDS (tobacco, oil & gas, mining, GM foods) Keep £, don't join euro Examine evidence if EU referendum occurs
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Crime, Law, Order 8m crimes costing CJ system £17bn (excl £12,341 policing), society £24bn, white collar crime costing £73bn. £100k per place at YOIs More frequent where greater inequalities, mostly young men under 25 - support YP greater investment in facilities and YP centres - restorative justice & effective rehab (poor literacy, drug misuse, domestic violence); address ASB through better community resources Drugs - health issue, effective rehab, provide secure units
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Policing funded through taxation, greater focus preventative, low level intervention |
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Transport Integrated & environmentally sustainable policies |
Energy HICC human induced climate change & evidence, halt & reverse effects - support STEM review proposals - examine potential of sustainable dept approaches to release resources to reinvest in services - consult expert advice before forming policies - proactively consult, engage with communities, orgs, groups to review evidence, seek agreement on health issues which affect environment (&VV) - no fracking, further scientific evidence of effectiveness needed |
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World Health - 11m children die p/a from preventable, treatable illness (incl 60% malnutrition related), 8m infants - 1/2 in first month of life - back law to commit 0.7 GDP to foreign aid for genuine humanitarian assistance, invest in health R&D and other global 'public goods' - WHO to co-ordinate massive multi-scaling of donor assistance for health & monitoring |
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