The Australian analyst Ross Wilson thinks that Labour's plan to reward high performing hospitals could be as important as the Tories' plan to channel money into the private sector

When British voters go to the polls in May they will be able to choose between the parties on the basis of health policy posted on their websites. My discussion is based on the documents available on those sites and does not make any assessment of the likelihood of implementation of these policies.

All the three main parties presume that the current clinical performance in the NHS can be improved, although Labour asserts that current performance has already improved substantially during its tenure. Its claims …