At a glance – our simple interactive chart shows the political parties’ plans for YOUR healthcare
With the general election Now, less than 48 hours later, promises and commitments from all parties are coming in at a rapid pace.
The figures come at a time when public satisfaction with the health service, which has been hit hard by Covid, is at its lowest level since records began 40 years ago.
More than a million appointments and surgeries have been cancelled due to a seemingly endless wave of NHS Strikes that began in 2022 caused further delays.
The crisis has even led some patients to withdraw their pensions and use their family accounts to switch to private health insurance, in order to avoid the long queues at the NHS.
WorkThe 131-page manifesto has promised to NHS waiting lists, the endless dentist appointment crisis and failing maternity care. Two out of three maternity units in England are considered unsafe.
Sir Keir Starmer has urged Labour to ‘get back to NHS performance standards’, double the number cancer scanners and 8,500 new mental health staff in the NHS.
The Conservatives have meanwhile pledged to provide 2.5 million extra dental appointments in the NHS, reduce waiting times for cancer patients and ban disposable e-cigarettes altogether.
Rishi Sunak’s party has also pledged to build or modernise 250 GP surgeries if it wins the election.
Sir Ed Davey’s Liberals have promised to prioritise mental health and give everyone the right to see their GP within seven days.
Meanwhile, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is offering a 20 percent tax break on private healthcare and insurance to encourage more people to use alternatives to the NHS.
And the Greens have pledged to increase the budget for the English NHS by £8 billion in the first year, and by a further £28 billion by 2030.
Do you find it difficult to keep track of which party makes which promises in the field of healthcare?
MailOnline has put together a handy tool below to help you see what each major political party plans to do with your health care.