article_snippet.sent: Sir David Nicholson said it was crucial that all the main political parties backed the NHS’s five-year plan, which calls for a 7 per cent boost to the health budget by 2020.
article_snippet.sent: But it’s important we get all the main political parties signed up.
article_snippet.sent: I think it will be helpful for NHS if Labour agree to sign NHS.
article_snippet.sent: Labour is the only main party which has not signed up to the five-year plan drawn up by current NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens, instead favouring a £2.5 billion Time to Care fund paid for by a mansion tax and tobacco levies.