There was another hat-trick of Lib Dems at PMQs yesterday, and this time they tag-teamed to show the Conservatives up for failing to keep key health pledges in their manifesto. Watch here, with the text exchange after the video. First up, Ed Davey on the missing 40 hospitals. The NHS is in crisis after years […]
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3-5 February 2023 – the weekend’s press releases (part 1)
Lib Dem Bill to stop prepayment meter installations blocked by Govt Strike Postponement is Welcome Progress Just a quarter of the “40 new hospitals” have received planning permission Lib Dem Bill to stop prepayment meter installations blocked by Govt A Liberal Democrats Bill to end all installations of prepayment metres over the Winter has been […]
Ed Davey on kinship care and his experience
Ed Davey spoke to Jason Farrell, Sky News’ home editor about his own experience of kinship caring. Ed explained his grandparent’s involvement in his own upbringing and how his maternal grandfather and mother were critical to looking after him after the death of this father when he was just four. Ed spoke movingly, at times […]
Record 350,000 patients waited over 12 hours at A&E last year
Figures reveal 1,000 patients left waiting 12 hours or more in A&E every day in 2022 Analysis shows shocking rise in long A&E delays since 2015, when just 1,300 people waited 12 hours or more Lib Dems set out plan to tackle NHS crisis including recruiting more GPs and allowing pharmacists to prescribe more medicines […]
19 January 2023 – today’s press releases
Record ambulance delays reveal NHS “horror show” Latest NHS figures on delayed discharges reveal “living nightmare” Levelling up: Rural and coastal communities taken for granted Record ambulance delays reveal NHS “horror show” Ambulance response times in Wales have fallen to a record low in December with a staggering 60.5% of red calls (those deemed most […]
Davey: Sunak asleep at the wheel
Listening to Rishi Sunak speak today, you wouldn’t think that the country is in the grip of economic turmoil and crisis in the NHS. You don’t have to go far to read of NHS trusts and boards calling major incidents, or London Ambulance saying they will only wait 45 minutes before leaving patients in hospital […]
Only 40 armed forces paramedics are qualified to work in the NHS
Embed from Getty Images There are only 40 paramedics in the armed forces who would be qualified to work in the NHS, figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. The government has admitted in response to a parliamentary question that the armed forces have 107 paramedics, of which 40 are confirmed as meeting the […]
19-20 November 2022 – the weekend’s press release
Barclay interview: Jumble of jargon can’t hide Conservative failures Responding to Health Secretary Steve Barclay’s interview on the Laura Kuenssberg show this morning, Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said: This Conservative Government cannot continue to blame the coronavirus pandemic for years of neglect and mismanagement of our NHS. Patients are being failed as […]
9-10 November 2022 – the press releases…
Apologies, press release fans, as I got rather caught up in the drama of the US midterms yesterday. So, without further ado… Gavin Williamson anti-bullying video exposes ‘rank hypocrisy’ of Conservative Government Lib Dems: Strip Gavin Williamson of his knighthood if found guilty of bullying Sunak failing the next generation as he refuses to protect […]
Ed Davey calls for legal right to see GP within 7 days
Getting a doctor’s appointment is becoming more and more of a challenge. Whether it means explaining in detail to a non-qualified receptionist who triages requests, or having to grapple with an inflexible online booking system, or having to join a phone queue at 8am exactly, or even filling in an online form just to be […]