The party will invest in public health to help people spend five additional years in good health.
“Help people to spend five more years of their life in good health by investing in public health.”
The party will increase GP numbers by 8,000 through recruitment and retention of experienced GPs.
“Increasing the number of full-time equivalent GPs by 8,000, half by boosting recruitment and half from retaining more ex…”
The party will guarantee named GP access for people over 70 and those with long-term conditions.
“Giving everyone 70+ and everyone with long-term health conditions access to a named GP.”
The party will expand prescribing rights for pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and paramedics to free up GP time.
“Freeing up GPs' time by giving more prescribing rights and public health advisory services to qualified pharmacists, nur…”
The party will introduce a universal 24/7 GP booking system.
“Introducing a universal 24/7 GP booking system.”
The party will reduce bureaucracy to allow GP practices to hire staff and invest in training.
“Removing top-down bureaucracy to let practices hire the staff they need and invest in training.”
The party will establish a Strategic Small Surgeries Fund to maintain GP services in rural and remote areas.
“Establishing a Strategic Small Surgeries Fund to sustain services in rural and remote areas.”
The party will reform the NHS dental contract and use flexible commissioning to bring dentists back to the NHS.
“Bringing dentists back to the NHS from the private sector by fixing the broken NHS dental contract and using flexible co…”
The party will introduce an emergency scheme guaranteeing free NHS dental check-ups for children, pregnant women, new mothers, and low-income groups.
“Introducing an emergency scheme to guarantee access to free NHS dental check-ups for those already eligible: children, n…”
The party will guarantee dental check-up appointments before major medical procedures.
“Guaranteeing appointments for all those who need a dental check before commencing surgery, chemotherapy or transplant.”
The party will provide supervised toothbrushing training in nurseries and schools.
“Providing supervised toothbrushing training for children in nurseries and schools.”
The party will remove VAT from children's toothbrushes and toothpaste.
“Scrapping VAT on children's toothbrushes and toothpaste.”
The party will develop fairer pharmacy funding and expand Pharmacy First services to reduce GP pressure.
“Work towards a fairer and more sustainable long-term funding model for pharmacies, and build on the Pharmacy First appro…”
The party will open mental health walk-in hubs for children and young people in every community.
“Opening walk-in hubs for children and young people in every community.”
The party will offer regular mental health check-ups at vulnerable life stages.
“Offering regular mental health check-ups at key points in people's lives when they are most vulnerable to mental ill-hea…”
The party will place a dedicated mental health professional in every school.
“Putting a dedicated, qualified mental health professional in every school, as set out in chapter 8.”
The party will end out-of-area mental health placements by increasing capacity and service coordination.
“Ending out-of-area mental health placements by increasing capacity and coordination between services, so that no one is …”
The party will extend mental health services for young people up to age 25 to prevent service drop-off.
“Extending young people's mental health services up to the age of 25 to end the drop-off experienced by young people tran…”
The party will increase access to talking therapies.
“Increasing access to clinically effective talking therapies.”
The party will take an evidence-based approach to eating disorders and challenge weight stigma.
“Taking an evidence-led approach to preventing and treating eating disorders, and challenging damaging stigma about weigh…”
The party will make prescriptions free for people with chronic mental health conditions and review all prescription charge exemptions.
“Making prescriptions for people with chronic mental health conditions free on the NHS, as part of our commitment to revi…”
The party will transform mental health support for pregnant women, new mothers, and those who have experienced pregnancy loss.
“Transforming perinatal mental health support for those who are pregnant, new mothers and those who have experienced misc…”
The party will support mental health stigma reduction through public education campaigns.
“Tackling stigma through continued support for public education including Time to Talk.”
The party will reduce suicide rates through community prevention services and NHS staff training.
“Cutting suicide rates with a focus on community suicide prevention services and improving prevention training for frontl…”
The party will improve links between mental health services and debt advice.
“Recognising the relationship between mental health and debt, and providing better signposting between talking therapies …”
The party will end inappropriate inpatient placements for people with learning disabilities and autism.
“Ending inappropriate and costly inpatient placements for people with learning disabilities and autism.”
The party will modernise the Mental Health Act to strengthen patient rights and prevent inappropriate detentions.
“Modernising the Mental Health Act to strengthen people's rights, give them more choice and control over their treatment …”
The party will create a statutory independent Mental Health Commissioner to represent patients and families.
“Creating a statutory, independent Mental Health Commissioner to represent patients, their families and carers.”
The party will expand mental health hospital safety investigations to cover patient experience, ward design, and treatment options.
“Widening the current safety investigation into mental health hospitals to look at the whole patient experience, includin…”
The party will guarantee all cancer patients start treatment within 62 days of urgent referral.
“Introducing a guarantee that 100% of patients will be able to start treatment within 62 days from urgent referral.”
The party will replace and increase radiotherapy machines to improve access.
“Replacing ageing radiotherapy machines and increasing their number, so no one has to travel too far for treatment.”
The party will recruit more cancer nurses to provide dedicated specialist support for every patient.
“Recruiting more cancer nurses so that every patient has a dedicated specialist supporting them throughout their treatmen…”
The party will pass legislation requiring government coordination and funding for research into low-survival cancers.
“Passing a Cancer Survival Research Act requiring the Government to coordinate and ensure funding for research into the c…”
The party will expand the MHRA's capacity to halve the time for new treatments to reach patients.
“Halving the time for new treatments to reach patients by expanding the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agen…”
The party will launch a new prostate cancer screening programme for high-risk groups.
“Launching a new prostate cancer screening programme for those at higher risk.”
The party will increase the Public Health Grant with dedicated funding for communities with worst health inequalities.
“Increasing the Public Health Grant, with a proportion of the extra funding set aside for those experiencing the worst he…”
The party will establish a Health Creation Unit in the Cabinet Office to coordinate government action on health and health inequalities.
“Establishing a 'Health Creation Unit' in the Cabinet Office to lead work across government to improve the nation's healt…”
The party pledges to regulate vape use to prevent child access while permitting adult use for smoking cessation, and ban single-use vapes.
“Introducing regulations to halt the dangerous use of vapes by children while recognising their role in smoking cessation…”
The party commits to expanding blood pressure testing availability in community settings.
“Improving access to blood pressure tests in community spaces.”
The party pledges to expand social prescribing and fund community projects to address loneliness.
“Expanding social prescribing and investing in community projects that bring people together to combat loneliness.”
The party commits to creating a certification system for clinically-proven health apps and digital tools.
“Introducing a new kitemark for health apps and digital tools that are clinically proven to help people lead healthier li…”
The party pledges to impose a new tax on tobacco company profits to fund healthcare and smoking cessation programmes.
“Introducing a new levy on tobacco company profits to help fund healthcare and smoking cessation services.”
The party commits to restricting junk food advertising to children through outdoor and TV advertising controls.
“Protecting children from exposure to junk food by supporting local authorities to restrict outdoor advertising and restr…”
The party pledges to expand the soft drinks levy to include sugary juice and milk-based drinks.
“Extending the soft drinks levy to juice-based and milk-based drinks that are high in added sugar.”
The party commits to introducing a Clean Air Act to address air pollution in public buildings.
“Tackling air pollution and poor air quality in public buildings with a Clean Air Act, as set out in chapter 12.”
The party pledges to create an independent pay review body for NHS staff.
“Establishing a properly independent pay review body.”
The party commits to implementing a ten-year plan to improve NHS staff retention.
“Retaining more staff across the NHS through a ten-year retention plan.”
The party pledges to make flexible working a day-one right and expand access to affordable childcare.
“Making flexible working a day-one right and expanding access to flexible, affordable childcare, as set out in chapters 4…”
The party commits to exempting NHS and care staff from the Immigration Skills Charge.
“Fixing the work visa system and exempting NHS and care staff from the Immigration Skills Charge, as set out in chapter 1…”
The party pledges to reduce reliance on agency workers and promote flexible staff banks in the NHS.
“Ending the false economy of spending money on agency workers and encouraging the use of flexible staff banks.”