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| Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is due to outline his ideas for the NHS, which are expected to focus on a "care guarantee" for the elderly. | Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg is due to outline his ideas for the NHS, which are expected to focus on a "care guarantee" for the elderly. |
| On a visit to an Age Concern centre in Kingston-upon-Thames, Mr Clegg will unveil proposals that will be put to the Lib Dems' spring conference. | |
| Mr Clegg has called the NHS one of the world's "most unequal health services". | |
| He would scrap central tragets; allow fund-raising via a local income tax; and introduce local health boards. | |
| Mr Clegg, who became Lib Dem leader in December, has said NHS patients should have a guarantee of treatment within a specified time - and if that is not met, they should have private treatment, paid for by the NHS. | Mr Clegg, who became Lib Dem leader in December, has said NHS patients should have a guarantee of treatment within a specified time - and if that is not met, they should have private treatment, paid for by the NHS. |
| And he said the NHS was currently failing the people "who need it most" - as illustrated by varying life expectancies in neighbouring areas. | And he said the NHS was currently failing the people "who need it most" - as illustrated by varying life expectancies in neighbouring areas. |
| He has also said people need to be able to take more control of the management of the NHS and their own care - including their own health budgets to spend on treatment for long-term and chronic conditions, particularly mental health problems. | He has also said people need to be able to take more control of the management of the NHS and their own care - including their own health budgets to spend on treatment for long-term and chronic conditions, particularly mental health problems. |
| Two weeks ago Conservative leader David Cameron said he wanted his party to replace Labour as "the party of the NHS" - the Tories have pledged to put the NHS at the top of their agenda, in the health service's 60th anniversary year. | Two weeks ago Conservative leader David Cameron said he wanted his party to replace Labour as "the party of the NHS" - the Tories have pledged to put the NHS at the top of their agenda, in the health service's 60th anniversary year. |
| He axed his party's previous proposals to subside patients to go private and said he would set up an NHS constitution. | He axed his party's previous proposals to subside patients to go private and said he would set up an NHS constitution. |
| Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he wants a more "personalised" NHS with a bigger focus on prevention - in a speech earlier this month, he said he wanted patients to see "the doctor you want at the time you want and the hospital you want". | Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he wants a more "personalised" NHS with a bigger focus on prevention - in a speech earlier this month, he said he wanted patients to see "the doctor you want at the time you want and the hospital you want". |
| He has also signalled that he will press ahead with an NHS Constitution. | He has also signalled that he will press ahead with an NHS Constitution. |