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Andy Burnham makes NHS private care pledge 'key election battleground'

In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Andy Burnham declared that a "key battleground" for the next election will be a Labour pledge to offer patients the legal right to free private care if they do not get the treatment they need from the NHS... Full Article at The Telegraph

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  1. An ambulance arrives at Lewisham hospital in south London November 29, 2009. Twelve National Health Service hospital trusts in England are significantly underperforming on basic safety, according to a report published by a health information body on Sunday.
  2. YORK, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 02: A mock casualty is given medical assistance inside a replica helicopter by volunteers from 256 (City of London) Field Hospital during an exercise at the Army Medical Services Training Centre, on October 2, 2009 in York, United Kingdom.
  3. BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Mugs promoting the National Health Service are stacked on a Labour party stall at the Labour Party Conference on September 28, 2009 in Brighton, England.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 19: Supports for the NHS hold pacards in front of the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square on August 19, 2009 in London, England. The photo-call is intended as a message of support to US citizens, where President Barack Obama is trying to introduce health reform.
  5. LONDON - JULY 24: Prime Minister Gordon Brown looks on during a visit to a National Health Service (NHS) centre on July 24, 2009 in central London, England. Brown's Labour Party suffered another by-election defeat today in the first poll triggered by a scandal over lawmakers' expenses.
  6. Britain's opposition Conservative Party Leader, David Cameron, listens to questions at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference in London November 23, 2009.
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron delivers a speech to the CBI annual conference at the Park Lane Hilton hotel on November 23, 2009 in London, England.
  8. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 18: Prime Minister Gordon Brown (L) and Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron walk through the Members' Lobby of the Houses of Parliament during the State opening of Parliament, on November 18, 2009 in London, England.
  9. WOODSTOCK, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 13: Conservative Party leader David Cameron (R) presents the 11th Duke of Marlborourgh with an environmental award at Blenheim Palace on November 13, 2009 in Woodstock, England.

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  1. David Cameron David Cameron
  2. UK Conservative Party UK Conservative Party
  3. Gordon Brown Gordon Brown
  4. National Health Service National Health Service
  5. Lord Mandelson Lord Mandelson
  6. Tony Blair Tony Blair