Two weeks to save the NHS - Miliband
The Labour leader pledged to take action to “save” it from day one of taking office with a rescue plan to boost funding and tackle a “crisis” in staffing.
An emergency round of nurse recruitment would be ordered immediately on taking power while plans to raise extra funding through a mansion tax and tobacco levy would form part of the party’s first budget.
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Hide AdMr Miliband contrasted Labour’s promise of instant action paid for with “real money, right now” to what he claims is the unfunded Conservative pledge to find the £8 billion health chiefs say the service needs.
In a speech to students at Manchester Metropolitan University, Mr Miliband said: “For five years, the NHS has gone backwards.”