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Scottish Conservative Party Manifesto 2011

The Scottish Conservative manifesto for the 2011 elections has now been launched. To view, please click here.

The Conservatives have pledged:

• To protect health spending, increasing it annually in line with inflation

• Reduce top-level management costs by 30 per cent in the Scottish NHS over the Parliament

• Reintroduce prescription charges at the 2009 level of £5 for a single item and £48 for a prepayment certificate

• Review the list of conditions which are exempt from prescription charges to remove anomalies and widen the range

• Support the further development of the role of pharmacists when it comes to prescribing medication. This will allow more money to be saved through the use of generic drugs

• We propose free universal health checks for those aged between 40 and 74. Working with Community Pharmacy, we will deliver a range of drop-in services catching the early signs of potential problems and saving our NHS substantial sums in the long run

• introduce a Cancer Drugs Fund of up to £10m

• introduce an IVF fund

• To ensure NHS Boards have the freedom to commission voluntary and private sector care and remove the ban on entities other than GP partnerships providing primary care

• To improve access to healthcare, we will pilot walk-in treatment centres in our major cities, which could be set up either by the NHS or by independent providers using their own capital

• Review the provision of out of hours services

• To review the Scottish NHS structure with a view to reducing the number of health boards and health quangos