Sentence examples for commitment to health spending from inspiring English sources
The thinktank also pointed out that the government's commitment to health spending was tiny by historical standards.
An aide to Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: "Andy Burnham's speech is without any vision or hope for the NHS, unsurprising, given he doesn't support the coalition's commitment to health spending.
This is changing under Tony Blair's Labour government, as taxes are raised in order to finance the commitment to raise health spending to European levels.
The relatively strong political commitment to health has not always translated into more public spending for health.
The Tories were making noises about meeting the Nato target of 2% of national wealth being earmarked for defence but there was no commitment to return health spending to the European average of 9% achieved under Labour.
He will point to a Tory commitment to increase health spending by £8bn and to freeze rail fares in real terms at an estimated cost of £1.8bn.
It was noted that in Africa the relatively strong political commitment to health sector development has not always translated into more public spending for health.
Aid workers and health officials say that without a sustainable, long-lasting donor commitment to health systems, there will be little or no positive legacy from the millions of dollars already spent.
The coalition government indicated in their pre-election manifesto their support for preventive services and community health and expressed commitment to increase health spending from 6 to 15%, (The National Alliance et al. 2013) However, this needs to translate to action as for 2013 14 financial year the Government of Kenya had not budgeted to cover CHEWs salariess.
