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Labour leader pledges free personal care
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has promised that the next Labour government will move the country towards a ‘truly universal’ health service, that will put ‘public health ahead of private wealth’.
Amongst the plans that will help make this a reality, Corbyn pledged to abolish prescription charges in England, ensure that vital drugs are available at prices that the NHS can afford and introduce free personal care to support older people so they can live independently with dignity in their own homes. This is all part of the party’s plans to expand universalism in public services and tackle health inequalities.
Discussing the funding gap on social care, the Labour leader also set out Labour’s plans to more than double the number of people receiving state-funded care and reduce the number of people facing catastrophic costs in old age for their care.
Corbyn said: “Healthcare is a human right. Nobody should be worried about being able to afford the medicines they need, and our NHS should not be priced out of providing the drugs people need because of pharmaceutical companies charging extortionate prices for medicines.
“The right to healthcare extends to the right to dignity and security in old age. Under the Tories, our social care sector is in a scandalous state, with one million people not getting the care they need. Labour will right this wrong and introduce personal care free at the point of use, extending state-funded care to hundreds of thousands more people.
“The next Labour government will make a huge step towards ensuring that our health service is truly universal by scrapping prescription charges, and taking on the big pharmaceutical companies so our healthcare system puts public health ahead of private wealth. Labour will make sure that when the public pay for research the public benefit, and we will create a new publicly-owned generic drugs manufacturer to supply cheaper medicines to our NHS – saving money and lives.”
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