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Discuss - Health Doctors Nurses - Increase the number of doctors and nurses


Increase the number of doctors and nurses
Do we need to increase the number of doctors and nurses in the NHS?

Do we need to increase the number of doctors and nurses in the NHS?

Conservative Reducing bureaucracy to pay for more than 8,000 more doctors and 6,000 more nurses on wards so frontline services deliver for you and your family.

DUP The DUP will increase spending on health in real terms, ensure that resources are targeted on the front line through greater efficiency and productivity and expand cancer services.

Labour a future Labour government would pay for 36,000 more doctors, nurses and midwives, partly funded by a tax on tobacco firms http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29310512

Liberal Democrat Improving services across the NHS, with 6,000 more doctors, lower waiting times and giving cancer drugs to 30,000 people. http://www.libdems.org.uk/health

Plaid Cymru Plaid Cymru want "1000 more doctors in Wales and faster GP appointments." Source: Plaid Cymru, http://www.partyof.wales/easy-read-manifesto/

Respect Party An expansion of training opportunities for doctors, nursing and related services.

UKIP UKIP would recruit more lower-qualified nurses into the NHS in a bid to encourage more 'home-grown medical talent'. Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11453107/General-Election-2015-How-each-party-will-tackle-the-NHS.html

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