We are committed to accelerating the NHS’s recovery from the pandemic, delivering safe and effective services
and ongoing improvements in waiting times for primary, elective, cancer and emergency care.
We will return performance to the levels set out in the NHS Constitution by the end of the next Parliament.
We will invest in and modernise the NHS.
We have taken the long-term decision to train the staff the NHS needs, by backing the NHS’s first ever Long-Term Workforce Plan.
We are also delivering record increases in training places for other clinicians, such as midwives and paramedics
We will improve working conditions for all NHS staff.
We are committed to supporting a high-quality and sustainable social care system, building on our additional investment of up to £8.6 billion over the last two years.
We will attract and retain a high-quality care workforce,
make reforms to shape the market for older people’s housing
and support unpaid carers.
and investing proportionately more in out-of-hospital services over time.
We will modernise NHS primary care services and bring health and care closer to patients.
We will promote good oral health through our ‘Smile for Life’ programme.
and through new dental vans.
The NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan will help shift care away from hospitals and into local communities.
We will protect and promote patients’ right to choose the NHS service that is right for them.
We will support our world-leading life sciences sector,
embracing the opportunities provided by Brexit to pursue nimble and agile regulation,
supported by a well-equipped MHRA.
We will support research into new treatments, including for Parkinson’s and motor neurone disease and secure more commercial clinical trials.
and will align NHS England’s cost-effectiveness thresholds for new medicines indications with those used by NICE.
releasing £550 million for frontline services
and simplifying and streamlining oversight and accountability.
We know that, for most people, poor health comes from living with one or more of six major health conditions: cancer, heart disease, musculoskeletal disorders, mental ill-health, dementia and respiratory disease.
and ensure those living with them receive the best possible care.
We will continue to tackle childhood and adult obesity
We will gather new evidence on the impact of ultraprocessed food to support people to make healthier choices.
Patients will use the App to access their medical records, order prescriptions, book vaccine appointments, access a digital red book and manage their hospital appointments.
Use AI to free up doctors’ and nurses’ time for frontline patient care.
and digitise NHS processes through the Federated Data Platform.
We will prioritise women’s health, following publication of the first ever Women’s Health Strategy in 2022.
Deliver additional funding for maternal safety
and improve access to mental health services for new mums,
improve perinatal pelvic health services to prevent and support women with birth injuries
and postnatal appointments dedicated to checking mums, not just their babies.
and will legislate to permanently prevent their private prescription and supply.
We will not allow the word ‘woman’ to be erased by health services.
Words such as ‘breastfeeding’ and ‘mother’ will not be replaced by ‘chestfeeding’ and ‘birthing parent’.
We will maintain the position that assisted dying is a matter of conscience and will respect the will of Parliament.
Debates on assisted dying should never distract from the importance of delivering highquality palliative care services and we will continue to support children’s and adults’ hospices.
We have made a wholehearted and unequivocal apology, on behalf of successive governments of all parties, for the infected blood scandal.
As one of the last acts of Parliament, legislation was passed that brings the Infected Blood Compensation Authority into existence and we confirmed Sir Robert Francis as its Interim Chair.
Whatever it costs to deliver the scheme, we will pay it.
A scandal like this must never be allowed to happen again, so we will study the Inquiry’s wide-ranging recommendations and provide a full response to the Inquiry.
Mental health should have parity of esteem with physical health.
The Conservatives will always back our brave police and security services with the powers and resources needed to keep our country safe
and we will always work to deliver a justice system that is fair to victims and sees offenders repay their debt to society.
Under the Conservatives, violent crime has fallen by 44% since 2010 and neighbourhood crime is down 48%.
Reoffending has fallen from over 30% in 2010 to 25%.