Promoting Health

Environmental threats to health

We propose full investigations into potential harms caused by environmental pollutants which may underpin a panorama of physical and mental health conditions.  These could include: wireless and 5G technology, cloud seeding and other airborne manmade chemicals, heavy metal exposure, toxic mould, household cleaning products, fragrances, food additives, and fluoride.

Furthermore, we share the concern of many about working practices having a detrimental effect on health.  For instance, jobs requiring long hours of sitting and/or using computer screens, with knock-on effects on posture and eyesight.  Children  are not exempt from these issues, with increasing use of computers and other types of screens both in school and outside. Freedom Alliance would work with employers, education establishments and individuals to promote healthier working and study practices including regular breaks, exercise, refreshments, and access to fresh air and natural light.

Access to Healthcare

·         Face-to-face healthcare appointments should be available to all.

·         On the flip side, we are aware of patients being scheduled for appointments an expensive taxi ride away that could have easily been a phone call or teleconsultation.

·         Freedom Alliance would scrap hospital car parking charges for patients and staff.

·         Patients should be able to make appointments in a manner that works for them; they should neither be forced online nor made to wait in a telephone queue at 8.30 a.m.

·         Freedom Alliance would seek to reduce the bureaucracy around the training and recruitment of healthcare providers including dentists, optometrists, etc.

 We would promote an increase in the number of trained GPs in practices, enabling patients to access appointments.  There is no shortage of potential students in the UK wishing to train in healthcare; the issue is that there are insufficient training places for them. Freedom Alliance would seek to remedy this shortfall.

Empowering health choices

·         Health Education: Embed public health education in the health service and in public education to empower individuals to take responsibility for their own health and make informed lifestyle choices.

·         The idea that disease begins in the gut is age-old knowledge, yet the effects of diet are rarely prioritised by the medical profession – we would seek to remedy this.

·         Repeal legislation placing restrictions on vitamins and health supplements.

We would legislate for the labelling of GMO foodstuffs to enable consumers to make choices around the purchase and consumption of these items.

Legislation around smoking - Not sure what this is referring to - many people are concerned about how establishments such as pubs have struggled since bringing in indoor smoking bans. We don’t want to be drawn into “nanny statism”.

A holistic approach to healthcare

·         We deplore the way early treatment protocols, prophylactics, and natural immune boosters were cracked down on and maligned during Covid to promote the idea that alternative treatments were unavailable.

·         We do not accept that allopathic medicine should be the only framework available.  Aside from enabling basic healthy lifestyle choices such as clean living environments and clean water supply, a healthy diet, opportunities for exercise, and so on, we embrace all alternative health paradigms that can present a solid body of evidence. e.g. acupuncture

·         A lack of adequate social care provision means that problems back up onto the healthcare sector, such as “bed blocking”.  Freedom Alliance calls for more joined up healthcare and social care provision, where different services communicate and coordinate with each other to work together for the patient.

Medical Freedom

Freedom Alliance as a party was formed in 2021 as a direct result of the need for a political voice to oppose the medical technocracy being visited upon the population in the form of lockdowns, travel restrictions, social distancing, contact tracing and other social restrictions, medical coercion, and the threat of vaccine mandates.  With constant high-profile figure threats of “the next pandemic” and the other parties ignoring the issue, there is a continued need for a party willing to stand up for medical freedom.

Bodily Autonomy and Informed Consent

Bodily autonomy is a cornerstone of medical ethics and this must be respected – without exception.  Medical mandates or coercion should never be a condition of employment, travel, or participating in society in any way.

Freedom Alliance would:

·         Strengthen the requirement for informed consent in all medical treatments and procedures, ensuring patients fully understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives.

·         Uphold the right of individuals to make their own healthcare decisions, including the right to refuse treatment, vaccinations, or any other medical interventions.

·         Outlaw mandatory medication of any kind, including vaccines and fluoridation of the water supply.

Protecting Lives from Medical Authoritarianism

We take a pro-human life stance and deplore the type of medical authoritarianism that appoints itself the arbiter of whose life is worthwhile.  Freedom Alliance is particularly horrified at the idea of:

·         Do-not-resuscitate orders (DNRs) obtained coercively or even – as happened during Covid – without the knowledge of the patient or their family.

·         Neglectful, inhuman and secretive end-of-life care of the elderly and disabled, e.g. Liverpool Care Pathway still being used in all but name.

·         Proposals for assisted suicide: Right now, this proposal is being touted as an option for increasing patient choice at the end of their lives.  However, as has already been seen in Canada, medically assisted dying has already demonstrated mission creep, with veterans, those with mental illnesses, and even a Paralympian being offered medically assisted dying when reaching out for support to install a wheelchair ramp.

Moreover, we believe that parents, not pen-pushers or judges, should have the final say over the medical treatment of their own child, such as in the cases of Charlie Gard and Ashya King.

Big Pharma Oversight

·         Transparency in Pharmaceutical Industry: Implement strict transparency requirements for pharmaceutical companies regarding pricing, research funding, and clinical trial results.

·         Patented versus Generic Medications: Pharmaceutical profit seeking motivates a constant push for novel drugs that can be patented, when cheaper, generic alternatives or those with expired patents may be available.  Regulation of both supply (what pharmaceutical corporations may sell) and demand (what health providers may purchase) may be necessary to curb this never-ending cycle.

·         We call for an end to corporate lobbying by big pharma interests.

Pandemic Policy

The Public Inquiry into the pandemic response has been a whitewash, with the real threats to a safe and free society being carefully avoided.

During the Covid-19 years, those who elected not to take the shots, wear masks, stay indoors, etc. were subjected to alarming amounts of media-fuelled vitriol.  “Selfish” was a word we heard a great deal.  However, a civilised, libertarian society draws the line between individuals on the age-old harm principle.  If it cannot be proven that harm has taken place, there is no case to answer – that they “might” cause harm to others is entirely conjecture.  The position of expecting others to undergo pharmaceutical interventions or drastically curtail their lives in order to feel safe is also a selfish decision, requiring the sacrifice for others of one’s own judgement, principles, and – as we are now increasingly seeing in the case of the mRNA shots – health.  Indeed, those who took the shots under coercion only emboldened possible future efforts towards medical mandates.

Prevention of future draconian pandemic policies:

·         The pandemic modelling utilised by the Government has now been shown to have grossly inflated the projected figures.  We call for evidence-based policy, rather than policy-based evidence – especially where policy is based on mathematical projections rather than empirical data.

·         The Government already had a pandemic preparedness policy in place – there was no need to tear up the rulebook to institute the type of draconian policies we saw in 2020.  Freedom Alliance would specifically legislate to ensure this never happens again.

·         We reject the influence of supranational bodies such as the WHO.  Freedom Alliance would leave the WHO and reject any attempts by globalist bodies to dictate UK health policy.

·         We oppose vaccine passports on principle and would ban any efforts to introduce them.

·         We deplore the cynical misuse of Gillick Competence to inject minors without their parents’ knowledge or consent.

Redress for Covid policies:

The Covid Inquiry has, as expected, managed to completely circumvent exploring the important issues.  Freedom Alliance would like to see a proper Public Inquiry into the behaviour of government and its advisors during this time and proper redress enacted as appropriate.  Furthermore, we would:

·         Levy a windfall tax on the profits of Covid-19 pharmaceutical interventions and any future opportunistic pharmaceutical profits.

·         Prosecute individuals who committed criminal acts under the guise of the Covid crisis.

·         Recognise vaccinated individuals as clinical trial participants and compensate them accordingly.

·         Repeal the Coronavirus Act of 2020 and all associated regulations.

We support the freedom of speech of doctors and other medical professionals speaking out about the mRNA shots and other medical abuses and deplore the way many have been threatened, disciplined or “cancelled” for speaking out.

·         Quash all Covid-related fines and criminal charges.

Decentralisation and Reform of Healthcare in the UK

Nigel Lawson once said, “The NHS is the closest thing the English people have now to a religion”.  We do not believe, however, that current healthcare provision in the UK should be so untouchable that reform is not possible and in its current state it becomes an anachronism.  We would like to see the parts that work well streamlined while drawing ideas from successful systems abroad that may work more efficiently than our creaking bureaucracy.

Bureaucracy and Waste in Healthcare

There is a place for the NHS in the twenty-first century, and there are things it does extremely well, such as emergency medicine and necessary surgery.  However, it has certain features which lead to poor patient experiences and outcomes which we believe are not so much due to lack of funding as baked-in institutional shortcomings and inefficient use of resources which exist.

We would:

·         Investigate how the healthcare systems of other countries are able to sustain much shorter waiting times for treatment than in the UK.  We reject the use of long waiting lists to promote the concept of resource scarcity to patients, which is ridiculous in a first-world economy.

·         Require providers to publish accounts as a matter of public record in the interests of full transparency.

·         Advocate for removal of bureaucracy around training places, and easier pathways for mature students to retrain in healthcare fields.

Encourage younger people to find training and roles in the social care system.

·         Overhaul purchasing and pricing structures for drugs and equipment to save wasted money (aspirin, when prescribed, costs many times that of the identical product purchased over the counter).

·         Audit the need for expensive managers and advisors.

·         Redirect funds spent on expensive and unnecessary initiatives (e.g. DEI trainings) to patient care.

·         Encourage recycling and reuse of equipment where appropriate, e.g. sterilising and reusing mobility aids.

Decentralisation and Deregulation

The recent discussions regarding the World Health Organisation (WHO) centralising pandemic planning and policy raised important questions about the creeping bureaucracy and increased centralisation of power over our healthcare choices, placing decisions beyond the influence of individual citizens and their elected representatives.  Freedom Alliance would not only resist any such initiative; we would wish to take the repatriation of health decision-making further by making it more accountable to local communities.  We would:

·         Leave the WHO.

·         Decentralise the NHS: Transfer more control over health services to local community providers, reducing the centralised bureaucracy of the NHS.  This aligns with our more general favouring of localism over centralisation.

·         Reduce Regulatory Barriers: Simplify the regulatory framework for healthcare providers to encourage innovation and competition, making it easier for new providers to enter the market.  We question the need for a single government body having a functional monopoly on healthcare.

·         Base government health advice on objective and impartial research free from pharmaceutical influence.

·         Create an independent inspection process for healthcare standards.

Wider Patient Choice in Healthcare Options

Choice is the essence of our healthcare policy.  We would:

·         Maintain free emergency medicine provided by the NHS, while chronic and non-emergency medicine can be opted into a range of providers.  The option to opt out of government healthcare should be possible, along Dutch lines.

·         Encourage Competition: Promote a competitive market for healthcare services, allowing private providers to compete with the NHS and each other. This could involve voucher systems for patients to use with private providers or they may wish to remain exclusively with the NHS.  This picks up on the idea in our previous manifesto of offering use of other providers (but we need to be clear on how to avoid unnecessary bureaucracy).  We could look at something like the Swiss model.

·         Investigate the level of private sector involvement that we’d feel aligns with our values?

·         Transparent Pricing: Mandate transparency in healthcare pricing to allow patients to make informed choices about where and how to spend their healthcare funds.

·         Support for Alternative Treatments: Ensure equal recognition and funding opportunities for alternative and complementary medical practices alongside conventional medicine, empowering patients to choose their preferred treatment methods.

·         Research and Innovation: Encourage research into alternative treatments and new healthcare technologies, reducing the monopoly of big pharma on treatment options.

Depoliticising Healthcare

Healthcare should not be a vehicle for political agendas.  The NHS in particular has long been a hotbed of hard-leftism.  Medical unions have taken action, not out of any tangible concern for patient care or staff wellbeing, but instead have appeared to be driven by political nihilism.  We oppose healthcare being used to promote “trans” ideology, and oppose the use of puberty blockers, hormones, or affirmational surgery for under 18s. 

Mental Health and Wellbeing

There is a mental health crisis in this country.  Freedom Alliance favours a holistic, person-centred approach to mental health, preventive care and wellness programs, access to necessary treatment, but also a depoliticization of the field.  Mental health should never be used coercively.

Access to Services and Wellness

·         Ensure accessible mental health services where required, with a focus on reducing stigma and increasing the availability of diverse treatment options.

·         Assessment should include wellness factors such as physical state of health, toxicity status, sleep, nutritional deficiencies, and lifestyle which may need addressing first before reaching for the prescription pad.

·         Ease of access to and the range of talk therapies should be widened beyond merely offering CBT and a limited number of sessions at that, which is often insufficient to address the issue.

Mental Health Rights

·         Advocate for full informed consent for psychiatric treatment and the right to refuse harmful treatments.

·         Ensure no person is subjected to psychiatric treatment against their will or detained for their beliefs.

·         Protect the rights and dignity of individuals receiving mental health care, including access to proper medical facilities, legal counsel, and personal liberty.

·         Implement greater controls over the sectioning process under the Mental Health Act.

Disability

It goes without saying that a free society needs to have a robust disability policy.  One need only look to relatively recent history to see how individuals with disabilities are treated by totalitarian states.  Freedom Alliance deplores the inhumane attitudes driving such behaviour.  We believe that every individual regardless of their physical or mental make-up should be treated with dignity and autonomy and to be afforded maximal opportunities to make their lives according to their own wishes.

We would seek to improve living standards for disabled individuals by:

·         Enabling access to sufficient care and support where required, including support to carers.

·         Resisting efforts to limit private car use – for many disabled people, a car is the only viable transport option.

·         Addressing crime and discrimination towards the disabled via public education and enforcement of existing laws where appropriate.

·         Remove bureaucracy preventing individuals from accessing services.

·         Enabling unpaid carers to pursue part-time education without sanctions to benefits.

Neurodiversity and Neurodivergence

We affirm the rights of neurodivergent individuals to contribute fully to society in a way that befits their personal strengths, qualifications, interests and ambitions. Indeed, many such individuals are highly talented. However, there remains considerable ignorance, especially in the workplace, of this untapped talent resource. For instance, according to a 2021 report issued by the Office for National Statistics, only 22% of those diagnosed on the autism spectrum are in any kind of employment. Freedom Alliance champions the right for neurodivergent individuals to seek a fulfilling life and career, and to that end we favour an education campaign addressed at employers, recruiters, and human resources professionals focusing on the positive attributes of these unique individuals.

Pregnancy

We would protect against abortion based on sex or colour of skin of the foetus.

We also support education around getting pregnant and the provision of education and encouragement of natural processes such as natural birth and breastfeeding.

Freedom Alliance supports a proactive rather than reactive approach to healthcare.  Empowering individuals through understanding their own physical and mental health, promoting healthful living environments and good nutrition are vital in preventing and treating holistically the underlying physical causes of disease first.