That’s it, the elections is over. The Tories have their feet under the table.
Now it’s about delivery…
Election Cut-Out and Keep ’em Honest List
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Here is what has been promised.
| This is the promise | Done ✓ |
| £6.2 billion more this year – ‘getting to the front-line’. | |
| NHS Budget up by £33.9bn by 2023/4 That’s £6.78bn, pa Reportedly, to be enshrined in law in upcoming Queen’s Speech. | |
| £850m for 20 hospital up-grades |
1,2,3,4,5 6,7,7,8,9 10,11,12 13,14,15,16 17,18,19,20 |
| £2.7bn for six new hosptials | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Seed funding for 34 more new hosptials… | |
| Cross-party approach to resolving adult social care crisis, initiated between now and March (Listed as a priority for the first hundred days in office and likely to focus on reshaping the Care Act 2014) | |
| 78 hospitals will receive state-of-the-art MRI, CT and mammography screening machines to detect cancer faster and boost survival rates | |
| +1m staff; ‘nurses, midwives and cleaners’ to get an ‘at least’ 6.5% pay rise | |
| Doctors ‘will see their payrise’ | |
| 50,000 ‘more’ nurses | |
| Students £5,000-£8k annual maintenance grant, ‘every years’ during their course | |
| Everyone will receive at least £5,000 with further funding in regions or disciplines that are struggling to recruit – such as mental health – and help with their childcare costs | |
| Improve staff morale with more funding for professional training and more supportive hospital management | |
| 6,000 more doctors in general practice | |
| 6,000 ‘more’ primary care professionals, such as physiotherapists and pharmacists. This is on top of the 7,500 extra nurse associates and 20,000 primary care professionals already announced | |
| 50 million extra general practice appointments a year, an increase of over 15 per cent | |
| Train and employ ‘tens of thousands more’ NHS professionals here in the UK | |
| Overseas qualified doctors, nurses and allied health professionals, with a job offer from the NHS, who have been trained to a recognised standard, and who have good working English, will be offered fast-track entry, reduced visa fees and edicated support to come to the UK with their families |
Print this page out – stick it on your fridge with a magnet thing, pin it to the notice board at work, fold it up, pop it into your bag or wallet and bring it out every time you see a politician. Send a copy to your MP! Make sure you get what they promised…
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