8 October 2015
This Government is committed to securing free healthcare for everyone - wherever you are and whenever you need it. We will deliver the NHS’s vision of a better health service for you and your family. The NHS budget will rise in real terms in every year of this Parliament – with an extra £10 billion being spent every year by 2020. We're delivering a truly 7-day NHS by expanding access to GP surgeries and hospital based consultants at weekends and in the evenings. We're also investing in local health facilities, so that better treatment can be delivered closer to homes and away from hospitals. We're hiring thousands more doctors, midwives and nurses to look after patients. There are now over 8,500 more doctors, 1,900 more midwives and 6,300 more nurses working in the NHS than when we took over – meaning people can be confident they will be looked after properly. We're reducing the number of managers – so money goes to the frontline where it is needed. There are now over 6,500 fewer managers in the NHS than under Labour. We're funding new treatments like the £1.16 billion Cancer Drugs Fund. This has helped more than 72,000 people get the most pioneering, life enhancing medicine available. This is the Conservatives plan to look after your and your family’s health, with a properly funded NHS thanks to a strong economy.