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We believe in fairness with entitlements to healthcare guaranteed. We believe access to personal care should be based on need not the ability to pay. And we would make the NHS more accountable to the people it serves.
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Liberal Democrats debate lift of ban on NHS drug top upsWed, 05 Nov 2008Speaking in the Commons, Liberal Democrat MPs deliver questions to Health Secretary Alan Johnson following the lifting of the ban on NHS 'top-ups'. |
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Lamb: Sharp rise in emergency readmissions to hospitalThu, 30 Oct 2008Norman Lamb branded the sharp rise in hospital readmissions as a "false economy" in the health service. Figures highlighted by the Liberal Democrats show that emergency readmissions for patients aged 16 and over have risen by almost a fifth since 2003. |
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Elderly paying £1.6bn in social care charges - LambWed, 08 Oct 2008Elderly people paid £1.6bn in charges for their social care last year, new figures released today have revealed. These charges, levied on older people by local authorities under the means-tested social care regime, accounted for one fifth of all spending on services for older people, which totalled £8.9bn. |
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