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Health, Care & The NHS News from the Liberal Democrats

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Health, Care & the NHS

Shock rise in GP waiting times

Somerset saw a 49% rise in four-week waits for GP appointments last year compared with 2022, House of Commons Library research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.

1 Mar 2024
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Parliamentary candidate Pippa Heylings with Katie Brammal-Stainer, Chair of BMA GP Committee at the East of Rngland Rebuild GP Roadshow
Health and social care

Funding slashed for Cambridgeshire GPs!

“If you have a problem getting to see your GP, then contact your MP” is the advice of a local doctor who sadly left General Practice recently, having been a GP Partner in a local practice in Cambridgeshire.

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6 Feb 2024
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Health, Care & the NHS

NHS waiting lists anger

Taunton and Wellington Lib Dems have called for the government to reverse its NHS spending cuts as it was revealed that waiting lists in Somerset have hit 53,381, up from 36,685 when Rishi Sunak made his pledge to cut them at the start of last year.

15 Jan 2024
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Health, Care & the NHS

Lib Dems criticise lack of dentists taking on new patients

According to the NHS 'Find a Dentist' service, not a single dentist surgery in the New Forest is accepting new adults entitled to free dental care. Local Liberal Democrat campaigners are calling for the Government to publish a dental recovery plan.

19 Dec 2023
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