under labor the n.h.s.urned into a giant merchandize controlled from above responding to politicians bureaucrats and managers. if we win this year's election, andrew lancely and his team are going to give the n.h.s. back to where it belongs. to the people. to the doctors and the nurses and the professionals who work in it, to the patients who get their care from it, to the families who depend on it. every policy we put forward every reform we implement every change that we make will have at its heart this simple idea, that we need to give the n.h.s. back to the people. we'll say to doctors and nurses, those national top down targets you hate because they distort clinical priorities, they are gone. instead of answering to the people in white hall, you'll be answering to the people on the ward for the quality of service you provide and the results you achieve. it is patients that will have the power in our n.h.s. you'll be able to check your health records online in the same way you do your bank account, you'

the staff in n.h.s.rontline. we know that we have to change this year and in the years ahead in n.h.s. to make that happen. we have to ensure that the service is focused on the results for patients as david said, to make sure that instead of saying were patients seen within four hours of a&e, we know pashe are living after a heart attack. they are surviving after stroke of the they are getting the care they require. so we can focus on results. and we are going to focus on patients. we are going to have a revolution in the information in the n.h.s. so patients know what service they should expect, what service is being offered, what choices are available to them, how they can control their health care better. so that the staff working n.h.s. are not only focused on doing what is best for patients, not only accountable for the results that they achieve, but they are also answerable to patients for the service, the quality of service, and the results and patients themselves could exercise greater control. t

are highlighted this morning in a new report by n.h.s. managers and other countries are also facing up to the challenges posed by alcohol. from today. russia has introduced a minimum price for all vodka sales in an attempt to tackle the country's drinking problem. correspondent richard galpin is in moscow. and a very good morning to you richard just give us an idea of the kind of scale of the problem rusher is trying to tackle here. it's absolutely huge officially. there are two and a half million registered alcoholics. but i know many people believe. the figure is much much harder some estimates which are to say that one in three men in this country are alcoholic and if you just look at the figures for example of the number of people who died. die from alcohol poisoning. every year. it's something like thirty five thousand people so an enormous number not just for our whole poisoning because they're drinking. horrific products. horrific moonshine. which kills them. very very rapidly. ok but moonshine not being targeted here this is about