Health and care

UKIP

Main pledges

Give NHS England £9bn extra year by 2021/22, with £2bn more for social care
Increase nurse training placements and reinstate funding for bursaries
Crack down on ineligible foreign nationals using the NHS
End Private Finance Initiative (PFI) deals in the NHS

Health and care

Labour

Main pledges

Commit to more than £30bn in extra funding for the NHS in England over the next five years
Reverse privatisation and return health services into public control
Guarantee access to NHS treatment within 18 weeks and A&E within four hours
Lay the foundations of a National Care service and put an extra £8bn into social care over the next five years

Health and care

Lib Dems

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Guaranteeing the rights of all NHS and social care service staff who are EU nationals to stay in the UK after Brexit
Using the extra resources from a 1p increase in dividend taxation to help deliver a step change in mental health in Scotland
End the public sector pay freeze for NHS workers and social care staff
Urge the Scottish government to produce a national workforce strategy to prevent shortages of doctors and nurses

Health and care

Green

Main pledges

Roll back use of private providers in the NHS
Scrap NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans
Provide an immediate cash injection to the NHS
Bring mental health care into line with physical health care

Health and care

UUP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the NI Assembly, which is still without an executive after the power-sharing coalition broke down

Key campaign points

Merge the five existing health and social care trusts
Install an operationally independent chief executive of the NHS in NI

Health and care

Lib Dems

Main pledges

Add 1p onto each rate of income tax and ring-fence the money for NHS and social care
Ensuring mental health care waiting time standards match those in physical health care
Ensure that there are more nurses on hospital wards and in the community
Introduce a Welsh NHS whistle-blowing hotline

Health and care

Conservative

Main pledges

£8bn increase to NHS England budget compared to current level by 2022/23
Include value of family home in means test for people receiving social care at home
Cost of care to be capped and people guaranteed to keep £100,000 of assets once care bill paid
Allow deferral of care bills until after death to ensure no-one is forced to sell family home

Health and care

Alliance

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the NI Assembly, which is still without an executive after the power-sharing coalition broke down

Key campaign points

Implement a health service reform programme based on clinical evidence
Direct investment in the health service towards social care
Ensure the role of carers is fully recognised in a reformed health service

Health and care

Conservative

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Increasing the NHS budget by whichever is highest: 2%, inflation or Barnett consequentials from extra cash spent on UK health
A greater focus on mental health with significantly faster interventions for acute problems
Keep up the pressure on the Scottish government to introduce Frank's Law and improve support for dementia sufferers under 65
A new entitlement to child bereavement leave

Health and care

DUP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the NI Assembly, which is still without an executive after the power-sharing coalition broke down

Key campaign points

Implement recommendations in Bengoa Report on NI's healthcare services
Eliminate a "layer of bureaucracy" by abolishing Health and Social Care Board
Fund a plan to reduce hospital waiting lists

Health and care

Sinn Fein

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the NI Assembly, which is still without an executive after the power-sharing coalition broke down

Key campaign points

Implement recommendations in Bengoa Report on NI's healthcare services
Increase all-Ireland co-operation on some health service provisions
Ensure that doctors from EU countries who work in NI can remain in their job after Brexit
Guarantee continued free access to healthcare across the EU

Health and care

Lib Dems

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Welsh assembly, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Put a penny in the pound on income tax, enabling Wales to spend an extra £300m on the NHS and social services
End the public sector pay freeze for NHS workers

Health and care

Plaid Cymru

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Welsh assembly, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Train and recruit 1,000 doctors and 5,000 nurses in Wales over next decade
Introduce a social care rescue plan to help people live independently
Introduce a carers' contract to support those who care for others
Push for Wales' share of £350m a week promised by Leave campaign

Health and care

SDLP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the NI Assembly, which is still without an executive after the power-sharing coalition broke down

Key campaign points

Oppose extension of the 1967 Abortion Act to NI
Protect working conditions for medical staff and increase their pay
Increase co-operation between health and education to tackle mental health problems
Develop a cancer strategy for NI to meet increasing demand for care
Review GP and primary care with a view to increasing their accessibility

Health and care

Labour

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Increase tax on private medical insurance and halve fees to management consultants
Give more money than any other party to Scotland's NHS
Increase medical student places; provide more GP training places and end 1% pay cap for NHS staff
Back the Frank's Law campaign to ensure under 65s with dementia receive free care

Health and care

UKIP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Welsh assembly, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Create a staffing strategy for changes in demand, population and demography to prevent "ludicrous" overtime bills
Ensure students receiving NHS bursaries for university courses work in an NHS setting for at least three years after graduation
Ensure health bodies' highest paid staff earn no more than 10 times their lowest paid counterparts
Give mental health services parity with physical health treatment and reflect this in staffing and budgets

Health and care

SNP

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Scottish Parliament, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Increase NHS spending across the UK by £11bn, meaning an extra £1bn for the NHS Scotland budget on top of existing plans
Implement recommendations of independent pay review for NHS staff in Scotland
Vote to protect the health service in all parts of the UK from privatisation
Maintain and always protect free personal and nursing care in Scotland

Health and care

Conservative

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Welsh assembly, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Cost of care to be capped and people guaranteed to keep £100,000 of assets once care bill paid
Statutory entitlement to carer's leave for working people
Increase funding for the Welsh NHS, prioritising patient care

Health and care

Labour

This issue is devolved/partly devolved to the Welsh assembly, which is next up for election in 2021

Key campaign points

Keep giving the NHS and social care the money they need and continue work to join up services from hospital to home