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. Party officials and delegates are gathering in the seaside coastal resort for their last conference before the general election in 2010. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

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. Party officials and delegates are gathering in the seaside coastal resort for their last conference before the general election in 2010.

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  1. 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. Over 200 territorial army NHS staff and regular medics are taking part in HOSPEX to prepare them for their imminent deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The training centre is a mirror of the facilities there with actors and volunteers playing the role of casualties with typical war injuries.

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  1. 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. Party officials and delegates are gathering in the seaside coastal resort for their last conference before the general election in 2010.
  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. Over 200 territorial army NHS staff and regular medics are taking part in HOSPEX to prepare them for their imminent deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The training centre is a mirror of the facilities there with actors and volunteers playing the role of casualties with typical war injuries.
  3. YORK, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 02: A mock casualty is given medical assistance 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. Over 200 territorial army NHS staff and regular medics are taking part in HOSPEX to prepare them for their imminent deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The training centre is a mirror of the facilities there with actors and volunteers playing the role of casualties with typical war injuries.
  4. YORK, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 02: Volunteers from 256 (City of London) Field Hospital wait to recieve casualties during an exercise at the Army Medical Services Training Centre, on October 2, 2009 in York, United Kingdom. Over 200 territorial army NHS staff and regular medics are taking part in HOSPEX to prepare them for their imminent deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The training centre is a mirror of the facilities in there with actors and volunteers playing the role of casualties with typical war injuries.
  5. YORK, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 02: Volunteers from 256 (City of London) Field Hospital wait to recieve casualties during an exercise at the Army Medical Services Training Centre, on October 2, 2009 in York, United Kingdom. Over 200 territorial army NHS staff and regular medics are taking part in HOSPEX to prepare them for their imminent deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The training centre is a mirror of the facilities in there with actors and volunteers playing the role of casualties with typical war injuries.
  6. YORK, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 02: A mock casualty is given medical assistance 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. Over 200 territorial army NHS staff and regular medics are taking part in HOSPEX to prepare them for their imminent deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The training centre is a mirror of the facilities in there with actors and volunteers playing the role of casualties with typical war injuries.
  7. YORK, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 02: Mock casualties wait to be given medical assistance 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. Over 200 territorial army NHS staff and regular medics are taking part in HOSPEX to prepare them for their imminent deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The training centre is a mirror of the facilities there with actors and volunteers playing the role of casualties with typical war injuries.
  8. YORK, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 02: A mock casualty is given medical assistance 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. Over 200 territorial army NHS staff and regular medics are taking part in HOSPEX to prepare them for their imminent deployment to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The training centre is a mirror of the facilities there with actors and volunteers playing the role of casualties with typical war injuries.
  9. Britain's Health Secretary Andy Burnham speaks at the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Britain's Labour Party is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.
  10. Britain's Health Secretary Andy Burnham speaks at the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Britain's Labour Party is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.
  11. Britain's Labour Party Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman, speaks at the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Labour is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.
  12. Britain's Labour Party Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman, speaks at the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Labour is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.
  13. Britain's Labour Party Deputy Leader, Harriet Harman, speaks at the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Labour is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.
  14. Britain's Business Secretary Peter Mandelson listens during the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Britain's Labour Party is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.
  15. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown listens during the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Britain's Labour Party is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.
  16. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown listens during the Labour Party Conference, in Brighton in southern England September 30, 2009. Britain's Labour Party is holding its annual conference in Brighton this week, seeking to revive its poll ratings before an election due by next June.

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