article_snippet.sent: Labour yesterday admitted Labour cannot match David Cameron’s pledge to provide the NHS with an £8billion cash injection.
article_snippet.sent: The two main parties angrily traded blows over which would provide the most secure future for the Health Service.
article_snippet.sent: Chief executive Nigel Edwards said Labour’s stance was ‘regrettable’, adding: ‘the NHS has a plan, which has been endorsed by all leading organisations in the sector.
article_snippet.sent: Labour are now the only party not to have committed to this £8billion and yet Labour proposals are likely to require more spending on the NHS.
article_snippet.sent: The independent Nuffield Trust also warned that Labour’s ‘health manifesto’, launched at the weekend, suggested a return to the top-down management style
article_snippet.sent: the NHS is complex and often responds best to locally driven initiatives.
article_snippet.sent: There is a risk that elements of this detailed approach could trigger further reorganisation.