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GPS

Record number of month-long waits for GP appointments last year

By Liz Wells 19 February 2025

There were a record 20.5 million month-long waits for a GP appointment in 2024, a 16.3% increase on a year earlier, new data from the Liberal Democrats reveals.

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

One in five think their local hospital is unsafe, poll finds

By Lee Peart 17 February 2025

One in five people (19%) think their local hospital is unsafe, according to a poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats.

NEW HOSPITAL PROGRAMME

Lib Dems call for a 'crumbling hospitals taskforce'

By Lee Peart 07 February 2025

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has called on the Government to create a ‘crumbling hospitals taskforce’ headed by chief medical officer Chris Whitty.

ED DAVEY

Lib Dems demand new hospital construction dates be brought forward

By Lee Peart 29 January 2025

Liberal Democrat MPs have called for new hospital construction dates to be brought forward by the Government.

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

Corridor care becoming 'normalised', say Liberal Democrats

By Lee Peart 13 January 2025

The Liberal Democrats warned corridor care is becoming ‘normalised’ in the NHS as they revealed a record of 518,000 ‘trolley waits’ of 12 hours or more in 2024.

DHSC

Crumbling hospitals lose over 600 days of clinical time

By Lee Peart 07 January 2025

Over 600 days of clinical times has been lost due to crumbling hospitals in 2023/24, new research has found.

GPS

Lib Dems warn GPs must be exempt from Budget tax hike as millions struggle to contact their doctor

By Liz Wells 16 December 2024

More than 5 million people tried to contact their GP in the past month but failed to get through on the day they called, new research reveals.

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

Government confirms scope of Carer's Allowance review

By Lee Peart 10 December 2024

The scope of a review Carer’s Allowance overpayments has been announced by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

PRIMARY CARE

Dentists 'left in the dark' over NICs hikes, say Lib Dems

By Liz Wells 20 November 2024

The Liberal Democrats have revealed that the government made no assessment of its recent tax hike on NHS dentists.

ED DAVEY

Six-month waits for care assessments almost double

By Lee Peart 13 November 2024

The Liberal Democrats have called for more funding for social and an exemption from national insurance hikes after revealing six-month waits for care assessments have almost doubled.

DAISY COOPER

Lib Dems call for health and social care exemption to NICs rise

By Lee Peart 11 November 2024

The Liberal Democrats have repeated their call for an exemption for health and social care providers from the employers’ national insurance rise in the Autumn Budget.