- Davey on PM speech: “we’ll never fix the NHS unless we fix social care”
- NHS England: welcome steps but won’t matter unless Streeting “stops ignoring the elephant in the room”
- Findlay should say if he agrees with Badenoch on maternity pay
Davey on PM speech: “we’ll never fix the NHS unless we fix social care”
Responding to the Prime Minister’s speech this morning, Ed Davey, who is also in Hull and East Yorkshire today, said:
There’s no doubt we need big changes like this to fix the NHS after the Conservatives left it on its knees. Now we need to see the Government take the action patients desperately need: making sure everyone can see a GP when they need one, cutting waiting lists, and fixing our crumbling hospitals.
We’ll never fix the NHS unless we fix social care – and I’m afraid the Government still isn’t treating that seriously or urgently enough. Liberal Democrats will keep pushing for the cross-party talks to finish this year, so the Government can get on with it.
The Prime Minister badly needs to read the room. People don’t want more speeches about civil service reform and government machinery, they want bold action that will turn things around for them now.
NHS England: welcome steps but won’t matter unless Streeting “stops ignoring the elephant in the room”
Responding to Wes Streeting’s statement in the Commons on scrapping NHS England, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
The NHS is clearly broken – patients are suffering through dangerous corridor care and unable to get basics like a GP appointment. The health service is in need of major reform and we welcome this step in the right direction.
The sad fact remains that none of this will matter unless the Health Secretary stops ignoring the elephant in the room: social care. You cannot fix the NHS without fixing social care, no matter how much unnecessary bureaucracy is slashed.
It is time for Streeting to show the same urgency on social care and complete his review by the end of the year.
Findlay should say if he agrees with Badenoch on maternity pay
Speaking ahead of Kemi Badenoch’s visit to Glasgow, Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie said:
The Conservatives are lurching from one out of touch extreme solution to the next.
Russell Findlay says 14-year-olds should quit school and get a job, and Kemi Badenoch says mum’s maternity pay is excessive. At this rate, the Tories will have toddlers on zero-hours contracts!
Russell should tell the public whether he agrees that maternity pay is too high and Kemi should do the same about whether she thinks young people should be able to leave school after just three years of high school.