All three main political parties have laid out their plans for the NHS
LABOUR
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No more real term increases in funding
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£15bn to £20bn efficiency savings over next four years
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A personalised NHS
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All targets scrapped
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Personal health budgets
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Publish data about performance of doctors
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New National Care Service for elderly
CONSERVATIVES
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Retain Labour's spending plan for 2010/2011
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Increased spending in following years
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All targets scrapped
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Reduced bureaucracy
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More control by doctors and nurses
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Performance tables on every medical person
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Personal health budgets
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Residential care costs for the over-65s in England to be paid in return for a one-off £8000 fee
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Cut cost of NHS quangos and management by a third in England
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Reform dentistry
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Dental check-ups at school
ANALYSIS
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Who-ever wins, the NHS will have to reduce what it does
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Efficiency savings can only do a small amount
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Private health and other insurers will have to fill the gaps
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Do not dismiss Lib-Dem policy, if is a hung parliament they will have a loud voice
