The party commits to reducing ambulance handover delays by increasing hospital bed capacity and fixing social care.
“Ending excessive handover delays for ambulances by increasing the number of staffed hospital beds to end degrading corri…”
The party pledges to publish accessible local reports on ambulance response times.
“Publishing accessible, localised reports of ambulance response times.”
The party commits to creating an emergency fund to reverse and prevent community ambulance station closures.
“Creating an emergency fund to reverse closures of community ambulance stations and cancel planned closures where needed.”
The party pledges to implement a ten-year investment plan to repair and modernise hospital and primary care buildings.
“Implement a ten-year plan to invest in hospitals and the primary care estate to end the scandal of crumbling roofs, dang…”
The party commits to establishing a legal right for patients to obtain a second medical opinion.
“A new legal right to a second opinion.”
The party pledges to create a legal right for patients to maintain contact with chosen individuals in health and care settings.
“A new legal right to maintain contact in all health and care settings.”
The party commits to protecting patient data and ensuring patients can opt out of data sharing.
“Protecting patient data and patients' rights to opt out of data sharing.”
The party pledges to fully implement Infected Blood Inquiry recommendations and provide fair compensation to victims.
“Implement the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry in full, including delivering full and fair compensation to …”
The party commits to establishing independent complaints processes and transparent monitoring of sexual misconduct in the NHS.
“Introduce truly independent complaints processes and transparent monitoring of reports of sexual misconduct in the NHS.”
The party pledges to abolish the GMC's five-year rule limiting patient complaints.
“End the General Medical Council's five-year rule which prevents patients raising complaints relating to matters more tha…”
The party commits to investing in social and community care to enable timely hospital discharge.
“Enable patients to leave hospital when they no longer need to be there by investing in social care and community care, a…”
The party pledges to develop and implement a strategy to support immunocompromised people post-pandemic.
“Develop and implement a post-pandemic strategy for supporting people who are immunocompromised.”
The party commits to ring-fencing NHS budgets for innovative digital tools that improve care and efficiency.
“Ring-fencing budgets to enable the NHS to adopt innovative digital tools that improve patient care and experience and sa…”
The party pledges to replace outdated NHS computer systems to improve clinician efficiency.
“Replacing old, slow computers to free up clinicians' time to care for patients.”
The party commits to requiring NHS IT systems to be interoperable.
“Requiring all IT systems used by the NHS to work with each other.”
The party pledges to ensure all care settings use electronic records integrated into patient health records with consent.
“Ensuring every care setting has electronic records that can feed into a patient's health record with the patient's conse…”
The party commits to expanding virtual wards and investing in technologies enabling home-based treatment.
“Expanding virtual wards and investing in new technologies that free up staff time and allow people to be treated at or c…”
The party pledges to review NHS diagnostic services and implement a ten-year strategic plan.
“Review diagnostic provision across the NHS and implement a new ten-year Strategic Diagnostics Plan.”
The party commits to negotiating a mutual recognition agreement with the EMA to accelerate access to new medicines and devices.
“Improve faster access to new and novel medicines and medical devices by seeking a comprehensive mutual recognition agree…”
The party pledges to transfer drugs policy leadership from the Home Office to the Department of Health and Social Care.
“Moving the departmental lead on drugs policy from the Home Office to the Department of Health and Social Care.”
The party commits to expanding addiction services and specialist youth drug support.
“Investing in more addiction services and support for drug users, including specialist youth support services.”
The party pledges to divert drug possession offenders into treatment to reduce criminal justice burden and drug harms.
“Freeing up police time, reducing court backlogs, tackling prison overcrowding and reducing the harms of drug misuse by d…”
The party commits to legalising and regulating cannabis sales to adults through licensed retailers with potency controls.
“Protecting young people, tackling the criminal gangs and taking 'skunk' off the streets by introducing a legal, regulate…”
The party pledges to treat Scotland's drug deaths as a public health emergency and devolve powers for tailored responses.
“Treating Scotland's drug deaths crisis as a public health emergency, and devolving powers for tailored solutions where n…”
The party commits to providing fair funding for hospices including children's hospices.
“Provide a fair funding deal for hospices, including children's hospices, recognising the valuable services they provide …”
The party pledges to introduce free personal care based on need rather than ability to pay, following the Scottish model.
“Introduce free personal care based on the model introduced by the Liberal Democrats in government in Scotland in 2002, s…”
The party commits to creating a social care workforce plan, establishing a Royal College of Care Workers, and raising the Carer's Minimum Wage.
“Create a social care workforce plan, establish a Royal College of Care Workers to improve recognition and career progres…”
The party pledges to establish a cross-party commission to develop a long-term sustainable funding agreement for social care.
“Establish a cross-party commission to forge a long-term agreement on sustainable funding for social care.”
The party commits to supporting unpaid carers through paid carer's leave and statutory respite breaks.
“Give unpaid carers a fair deal so they get the support they so desperately need, including paid carer's leave and a stat…”
The party pledges to develop a digital strategy to enable care users to benefit from technology.
“Develop a digital strategy to enable care users to live tech-enabled lives.”
The party commits to trialling personal health and social care budgets to give individuals control over their care.
“Trialling personal health and social care budgets so that individuals are in control of what care they receive.”
The party pledges to roll out digital platforms enabling care users to build networks and connections.
“Rolling out digital platforms for care users to develop networks, relationships and opportunities, connecting with care …”
The party commits to improving communication standards to enable carers and users to co-produce care plans.
“Improving communication standards so carers can support care users to co-produce and monitor care plans.”
The party pledges to develop a digital strategy for tech-enabled care.
“Developing a digital strategy for tech-enabled lives.”
The party commits to establishing an Independent Living Taskforce to support people living independently at home.
“Establishing an Independent Living Taskforce to help people live independently in their own homes, as set out in chapter…”
The party pledges to provide predictable, consistent funding for free personal care.
“Providing predictable, consistent funding for free personal care.”
The party commits to increasing transparency and accountability in local authority social care spending.
“Increasing transparency and accountability as to how money is spent through local authorities.”
The party pledges to create a National Care Agency to establish and enforce national care standards.
“Creating a National Care Agency to set national minimum standards of care.”
The party commits to allowing individuals to transfer care packages between localities.
“Enabling individuals to transfer their care package so they don't feel stuck in their current locality due to their care…”
The party pledges to increase Carer's Allowance and expand eligibility.
“Increasing Carer's Allowance and expanding eligibility for it, as set out in chapter 10.”
The party commits to guaranteeing regular respite breaks for unpaid carers by statute.
“Introducing a statutory guarantee of regular respite breaks for unpaid carers.”
The party pledges to introduce paid carer's leave for employees with caring responsibilities.
“Introducing paid carer's leave, building on the entitlement to unpaid leave secured by the Liberal Democrats.”
The party commits to making caring a protected characteristic and requiring employer accommodations for carers.
“Making caring a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 and requiring employers to make reasonable adjustme…”
The party pledges to introduce a Young Carers Pupil Premium to support young people with caring responsibilities.
“Introducing a Young Carers Pupil Premium as part of an 'Education Guarantee' for young carers.”
The party commits to creating a Carer's Minimum Wage with a £2 per hour increase as a starting point.
“Creating a new Carer's Minimum Wage, boosting the minimum wage for care workers by £2 an hour, as a starting point for i…”
The party pledges to establish clear career pathways and pay scales for care workers.
“Creating clear career pathways, linked to recommended pay scales, which put an end to the undervaluing of skills in the …”
The party commits to creating a career ladder enabling staff to work flexibly across NHS and social care.
“Creating a career ladder to allow flexibility to work across the NHS and social care, allowing staff to gain experience …”
The party pledges to establish a Royal College of Care Workers to represent the profession.
“Creating a Royal College of Care Workers to represent this skilled workforce.”
The party commits to expanding the NHS Digital Staff Passport to cover care sector workers.
“Expanding the NHS Digital Staff Passport to include the care sector.”
The party pledges to recruit more care workers through a comprehensive workforce plan including ethical international recruitment.
“Recruit more staff to the sector with a social care workforce plan, akin to the NHS England workforce plan, that include…”