Strengthening The NHS and Improving Health Outcomes For The Poorest

I think the NHS is a great British institution. I'm forever in its debt for all of the care it has given to me my family. I'm perpetually humbled by the skill and dedication of everybody who works within the NHS. I believe in an NHS free at the point of delivery and an NHS that delivers the best health outcomes in the world. Today's speech by David Cameron made clear that a Conservative Government will be strongly committed to making the NHS even better.

That is why the Conservatives are ring-fencing health spending. It is why we are dedicated to genuinely creating a patient centred NHS - providing detailed information to patients so patients can be clear about the standard of services provided and can make more informed decisions than ever about their treatment. It is why we will free professionals in the NHS from process driven targets.

We will also ensure that the health inequalities that have grown worse under Labour are remedied. Under Labour, the difference in life expectancy between the richest and poorest in society has grown. The gap is now larger than it has been since the 19th Century. Public health funding will be weighted so that extra resources go to the poorest areas with the worst health outcomes. This equals real and decisive action to tackle the health inequalities that Labour have allowed to widen