Video: The Shadow Health Secretary on challenges for UK healthcare
Contributed by Economist Intelligence Unit -
Published 13 January 2010
Andrew Lansley discusses patient choice and responsibility, access to information and the latest treatments, and why basic care should remain free.
In 2010, Britain goes to the polls to vote for its next government. Healthcare looms as a big election issue—a 2009 survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that it trailed only the economy and crime in terms of its importance to citizens.
In November, Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, spoke at the Economist conference, “A UK Vision for ‘Patient-Centric’ Care”—which was sponsored by Philips—about some of the issues he believes are important in developing a sustainable healthcare system in the UK in the years to come.
At the event, we interviewed Mr Lansley, who has held the shadow health secretary role for six years, about a range of topics including patient choice, citizens’ responsibility for their own health, the provision of information, access to the latest medicines, and why he believes basic care should remain free.
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