These 5,500 medical professionals will allow us to make significant improvements to hospital care. Delayed health treatment for serious conditions imposes significant costs on individuals that spill over to the wider health system, the economy and society. Not only is there the cost of medication for managing untreated illness, there is the cost to hospitals of repeat visits to outpatient departments, the cost to the labour market and the cost to wider society.
supportive of direct government control of the economy, e.g. price control or minimum wages