GENERAL ELECTION: HEALTH ISSUES:

GENERAL ELECTION: HEALTH ISSUES:; ITN ENGLAND: London: Millbank: INT Gordon Brown MP (Chancellor of Exchequer) and Tony Blair (PM) into press conference PULL and PAN TLMS Blair and Brown at pkf table as Alan Milburn MP (Health Secretary) along to podium (2 shots) Alan Milburn MP (Health Secretary) press conference SOT - waiting list figures may fluctuate by the month but consistent trend is downward/ Conservatives claim waiting lists are higher, the claim is untrue/ Hague can take his posters down, they are no more believable than his tax and spending policy Greenwich: INT HOSPITAL MS Tony Blair and wife Cherie shaking hands on arrival at hospital built with private finance London: Dr Liam Fox MP (Shadow Health Secretary) interview SOT - numbers of patients waiting more than a year for treatment have gone up/ patients don't care about how many are on list they judge by how long they have to wait/ patients should judge by their own experience