The NHS at the Heart of the Election Campaign.

The 2015 general election in the UK saw the emergence of the health service and its future as one of the key points on the election battleground. This is because the NHS was flagged as one of the key issues of public concern. This is not just because of a commitment to the NHS but also the recogniti...

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Main Author: Louise Dalingwater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2015-12-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/568
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description The 2015 general election in the UK saw the emergence of the health service and its future as one of the key points on the election battleground. This is because the NHS was flagged as one of the key issues of public concern. This is not just because of a commitment to the NHS but also the recognition of the pressures and strains on the public health service, widely publicised in both the popular and the quality press. The main issues of debate in the run up to the election were funding, stealth privatisation of health services, quality of health services and governance issues.
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The NHS at the Heart of the Election Campaign.
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UK General Election 2015
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title The NHS at the Heart of the Election Campaign.
title_full The NHS at the Heart of the Election Campaign.
title_fullStr The NHS at the Heart of the Election Campaign.
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