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Labour to promise patient redress | Labour to promise patient redress |
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Labour would bring in a system to help NHS patients when problems occur, if successful in the assembly elections. | Labour would bring in a system to help NHS patients when problems occur, if successful in the assembly elections. |
In a speech in Swansea, First Minister Rhodri Morgan said he hoped the law would be the first to go through the new assembly. | |
He suggested that what matters most to patients is that their experience is recognised and lessons learned. | |
Opposition political parties also have a wide range of plans for health and education if they win power on 3 May. | Opposition political parties also have a wide range of plans for health and education if they win power on 3 May. |
Mr Morgan outlined plans dealing with education, including reform of the curriculum. | |
The speech was the last of a series of keynote speeches he has been making before the election. | |
Mr Morgan argued that a "new, made-in-Wales system of responding to patients concerns when things go wrong" is in response to an "overwhelming message" from patients and their families in Wales. | |
Crucial years | Crucial years |
He said their motive in raising concerns about the health service was to make the system better for others in the future, rather than simply seeking compensation. | |
Calling himself a "Gareth Thomas rather than a James Hook," Mr Morgan also made a personal plea to be allowed to remain first minister and use his experience at Westminster as well as Cardiff Bay during a couple of crucial years as the Welsh assembly gets used to its new powers. | |
The Liberal Democrats have proposals for a carers rights law and specialist primary school teaching if the party wins the election, while Plaid Cymru plans for wellbeing health centres and laptop computers for all school pupils from 11 years old. | |
The Conservatives are proposing a new network of school nurses and better access to medicines. | The Conservatives are proposing a new network of school nurses and better access to medicines. |
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