High Peak Lib Dems: NHS report is “wake-up call” to rescue health and care services in High Peak 

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High Peak Lib Dems: NHS report is “wake-up call” to rescue health and care services in High Peak 

High Peak Lib Dems have said the Lord Darzi report into the state of the NHS must be a wake-up call for the government to rescue health and services in High Peak.

The report published last week said that the NHS is in a ‘critical condition’ and that since 2015, the NHS has missed every target for A&E, cancer and hospital treatment wait times.

High Peak Lib Dems said that the new government must urgently invest in local health services with accessing care being the biggest challenge facing the area. The long awaited new health facilities in Buxton and actually providing what was promised in Glossop would be a start.

In the wake of the report, the Liberal Democrats have called on the government to make fixing the NHS and care its top priority and to recruit more GPs, fix crumbling hospitals like Stepping Hill and enter into cross-party talks on tackling the crisis in social care.

Liberal Democrat spokesperson for High Peak, David Lomax said:

“This report must act as a wake-up call to fix our local health and care services on the brink.

“In recent weeks and months we have heard from countless people who are suffering from endless waiting lists, or struggling to see an NHS dentist or GP when they need to. Delays in treatment add up to more costs in the long run.

”The top priority of this new government must be fixing our NHS so people can finally get the care they deserve.”

Liberal Democrat spokesperson for High Peak, David Lomax