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The Tories have announced they would cut the rate of spending on the NHS if they win the next general election.> Full Coverage
The Tories have announced they would cut the rate of spending on the NHS if they win the next general election. Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley warned that health spending was "by no means a blank cheque" and NHS services would have to "tighten their belts just to meet demand". The Tories had previously pledged to increase spending on health, education and aid - and suggested the axe would fall on other departments. But Mr Lansley said the Conservatives would only guarantee "small increases" in health spending and could not match Labour's investment.
In a speech to NHS managers in Birmingham, he said: "We've pledged real-terms increases in NHS expenditure to help our health service rise to the challenges of the 21st century. "But if the last 12 years has taught us anything it's that spending more money alone will not guarantee improvements. Our commitment will still mean a significantly reduced rate of expenditure, and it's by no means a blank cheque. "Even with small increases, NHS services everywhere will have to tighten their belts just to meet demand. A real-terms increase in expenditure has to go hand in hand with real savings, which can be ploughed back into front-line services to meet the needs of an ageing population and drag up our health care results." Mr Lansley's speech came a day after Chancellor Alistair Darling signalled that Labour would cut public services after the recession. The Chancellor said he would not flinch from "hard choices on public spending" - but stopped short of announcing specific plans. Mr Lansley said that over the last decade, the increase in public resources had been "greater in the NHS than anywhere else". Tory leader David Cameron's top team has this week stepped up its rhetoric on belt tightening. Mr Cameron has pledged to end subsidised alcohol and food for MPs, and promised to reduce the number of MPs and ministerial cars.
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Diego Maradona in hospital Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona was admitted to a hospital in Buenos Aires after falling ill.
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona was taken to a Buenos Aires hospital in an ambulance on Wednesday after falling ill and was undergoing tests, the hospital said.
Maradona, who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title, has battled cocaine addiction and in recent weeks appeared overweight.
A statement from the Guemes hospital did not specify what Maradona was suffering from, but said his hospitalization was "not related to an addiction to dangerous drugs."
Dr. Alfredo Cahe, Maradona's personal physician, told Radio Mitre the 46-year-old former star was "fine" but "has had problems for some time with food, (alcoholic) drinks and tobacco." Maradona was likely to remain hospitalized for several days, he added.
Maradona's return to a hospital was a reminder of the repeated health problems -- many of them drug-related --- he has faced since retiring from the game in 1997.
Cahe had said just days ago that Maradona had put on weight and smoked too many cigars, and was planning a trip to Switzerland to get himself back into shape.
Television images showed an ambulance pulling up to a back entrance at the hospital. Moments later, Maradona's two teen-age daughters entered the building.
In 2000, Maradona was hospitalized with a severe heart problem while vacationing in Uruguay and tested positive for cocaine before undergoing drug rehabilitation in Cuba.
Four years later, he spent 10 days in intensive care with heart and breathing problems and reentered rehabilitation.
He underwent a stomach-stapling operation in 2005, shedding around 30 kgs (66 lbs) and said he was fully recovered and went on to briefly host his own television program.
Since then, he has played in several promotional soccer games with other retired players from across Latin America.
Maradona was suspended for drugs while playing in Italy in 1991 and kicked out of the 1994 World Cup in the United States after failing a drug test, which he blamed on his coaching team for buying the wrong over-the-counter medicine.
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