- Social Care Crisis: We need cross party talks now
- Cole-Hamilton: SNP have left A&E in permanent crisis
- Cole-Hamilton comments as thousands wait on social care support
- More than a quarter of kids have tooth decay
Social Care Crisis: We need cross party talks now
Responding to Wes Streeting’s comments on the morning round about the social care crisis, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care Spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said:
The Government must urgently start cross-party talks on social care before it is too late.
The previous Conservative Government turned a blind eye to the crisis for far too long, leaving the care sector in the gutter.
This must be a budget to save the NHS from the brink of collapse, and that cannot happen without a proper plan to fix social care.
Cole-Hamilton: SNP have left A&E in permanent crisis
Responding to new figures showing only 63% of people attending A&E were seen within the 4 hour target in the week ending 20th October, while 3,408 people waited over 8 hours and 1,546 waited over 12 hours, Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton said: