Stephen Lawrence. Simon Saggers.
The Green Party is committed to the provision of free health and dental care at the point of delivery. Choice should mean choice of access to treatments for All, not just those who can pay.
The relentless drive to introduce internal markets and pricing into the nhs as set out by the Conservatives, have failed to provide the promised patient choice or improvements in health provision and dentistry, despite massive government investment, due mainly to the Medical Profession's perverse incentives to privatise health services.
Choice should mean access for all. For the introduction of free markets to work you need an Open economy which the health service clearly is not. The Medical Profession is a Monopoly.
If you cannot afford to buy or run a Jaguar car, you have the choice to buy a cheaper and less pollutant Mini or the choice of public transport (much better for the environment). But if you do not have private health insurance or cannot afford the fees charged by the Medical Profession in their Private Hospitals, Private GP & Dental Practices, then you cannot access health care, unless you have an nhs offering services free at point of delivery. Then why introduce perverse internal markets and pricing which limits and reduces patient access into the NHS.
The Green Party - Local Regional National & international Goals
* Local
- transport: cycling, A14, integration across modes
- planning: green belt development, affordable housing
- recycling and waste management
* Regional
- transport: motorways, east west rail link, Stansted airport
- planning: proposals for half million homes on M11 corridor
- management: floods, energy & measured development
* National
- democracy: House of Lords reform, voting reform
- energy: targets for renewables, eco-taxes
- transport: aviation industry, sustained rail investment, haulage
* International
- war: arms trade, conflict over scarce resources (oil, water, land)
- EU: democracy, enlargement, euro, asylum, immigration
* Global
- climate change: Kyoto & Rio protocols, car use, CO2 emissions
- food: population growth, famine, agricutural sustainability
- water: an increasingly scarce commodity in the 21st century
- energy: renewables vs nuclear vs fossil fuels, carbon tax
- biodiversity: destabilised ecosystems, farm inputs
- pollution: human health, 'polluter pays' principle
The Green Party has seen Real Progress in Cambridgeshire promoting sustainable development, and cleaner (low emission) public transport.
Simon Saggers - Green Party Membership Secretary Eastern Region and South Cambridgeshire Parliamentary candidate.