NHS poll raps Labour
VOTERS no longer feel the NHS is safe in the hands of the Labour Party, a poll claimed last night.
Fewer than one in five people believes the party has improved services, despite the doubling of the NHS budget since 1997.
The Harris poll says 19 per cent of voters think Labour has not improved the health service at all and 56 per cent feel not enough had been done to justify the enormous budget increases.
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Meanwhile, it emerged that Nick Clegg believes NHS finances should be radically altered.
In an interview before he became Lib Dem leader, Mr Clegg said the system should be replaced with a European-style insurance system, which would mean healthcare was no longer free at the point of service.