{"id":42592,"date":"2024-09-15T11:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T11:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/invest-in-nhs-or-accept-decline\/"},"modified":"2024-09-15T11:08:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T11:08:32","slug":"invest-in-nhs-or-accept-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/invest-in-nhs-or-accept-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Invest in NHS or accept decline"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey is calling for more investment in the NHS<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey is urging the Labour government to \u201cinvest more in the NHS or accept continued decline\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sir Ed is calling for a \u201cbudget for the NHS\u201d in October, with more investment in hospitals and training doctors, nurses and dentists.<\/p>\n

The party says the NHS needs \u00a33.7bn a year extra in day-to-day spending, and a further \u00a31.1bn a year for investment.<\/p>\n

The NHS and social care are the main focuses of the party\u2019s autumn conference in Brighton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The conference comes in the week a report<\/a> by surgeon and independent peer Lord Darzi described the NHS as a \u201cbroken system\u201d that was in \u201cserious trouble\u201d.<\/p>\n

The former Labour minister’s report said the NHS had been \u201cstarved\u201d of funding for hospital repairs and faced a shortfall of \u00a337bn of investment.<\/p>\n

In response, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer promised a 10-year plan for the NHS, but he said there would be no extra funding<\/a> without reform.<\/p>\n

The Lib Dem leader is using his party\u2019s conference to say reform on its own will not be enough, ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to see a budget for the NHS, with investment to fix our crumbling hospitals, replace ageing equipment and ensure people can see a GP or dentist when they need to,\u201d Sir Ed said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government can only deliver the improvements that patients urgently need with additional investment in the NHS alongside reform.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government faces a stark choice: invest more in the NHS or accept continued decline.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sir Ed told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that addressing social care was “the most important part” of health care reform.<\/p>\n

“I don’t believe you can sort out some of the problems in our hospitals where people can’t get discharged, where people keep going back, and there’s a revolving door, unless you sort out social care,” he said.<\/p>\n

“And that means better care homes, more care staff, better domiciliary care services, paying care workers more.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Lib Dems were in a sunny mood befitting of the weather in Brighton, as they celebrated winning 72 seats – their most-ever MPs – in July\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n

Sir Ed – who carried out a series of daring stunts during the election campaign – opened the conference in eye-catching fashion, by riding a jet ski through Brighton Marina.<\/p>\n

Now the third-largest party in the House of Commons, the Lib Dems are positioning themselves as a \u201cconstructive opposition\u201d.<\/p>\n

But this conference is also about carving out dividing lines with Labour, which won a huge majority in the general election.<\/p>\n

Sir Ed told the BBC the Lib Dems “absolutely will challenge the government where we disagree with them” and pledged to be a “better opposition than the Conservatives”.<\/p>\n

At a fringe event, the new MP for Cheadle, Tom Morrison, said \u201cempowering communities\u201d and pushing for reform of social care were ways the party could distinguish itself from Labour.<\/p>\n

Another newly elected Lib Dem MP, Paul Kohler, said his party needed to \u201cchallenge the authoritarian side of Labour\u201d and propose progressive solutions to problems, such as the overcrowding crisis in prisons.<\/p>\n

But they all agreed the Conservatives were still their main opponents in most election battlegrounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sir Ed rode into Brighton Marina on a jet ski<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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In a speech on day one of the conference, chief whip Wendy Chamberlain claimed the Liberal Democrats were \u201cthe party of the NHS and care\u201d.<\/p>\n

The MP said the Lib Dems will use their boosted numbers in Parliament to call for urgent improvement to NHS services.<\/p>\n

The Lib Dems put the NHS and social care at the heart of its election manifesto.<\/p>\n

When asked how they would pay for their policies, the party said the extra \u00a31.1bn of capital investment would come from borrowing.<\/p>\n

The additional \u00a33.7bn a year on day-to-day spending would be raised through closing loopholes in capital gains tax, the party said.<\/p>\n

The Lib Dems claim only 0.1% of the population would see a tax rise under their plans to fund this spending top-up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In her speech, Chamberlain was critical of the Conservatives, who the Lib Dems took most of their seats from in the general election.<\/p>\n

But she also lambasted the SNP, who she accused of taking voters in Scotland for granted and using its platform in Parliament to \u201cgrandstand\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SNP has pursued a decade of division and the people of Scotland have paid the price,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She said the Lib Dems have a chance to \u201ckick the SNP out of power\u201d at the next set of elections to the Scottish Parliament in 2026.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Lib Dems turned their focus to education, with education spokesperson Munira Wilson giving a speech calling for an expansion of free school meals to all children in poverty.<\/p>\n

The conference will continue in Brighton until Tuesday, when Sir Ed will make a speech to the party faithful.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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