Tag Archives: waiting times

12 June 2019 – the overnight press release

By Mark Valladares | Wed 12th June 2019 - 7:00 am

Missed waiting time targets put lives at risk

Responding to a report conducted by the Public Accounts Committee which concludes that the failure to meet waiting time targets is putting lives at risk, PAC member and Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran said:

This report provides a vital contribution at a time when the Government is reviewing waiting time standards. The delays we are seeing not only put lives in danger, but extend the time patients and families are struggling with worry, stress and pain.

With waiting times being missed on this scale, the Conservative Government must not scrap waiting times, but ensure

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19-20 January 2019 – the weekend’s press releases

By Mark Valladares | Sun 20th January 2019 - 10:30 pm

GP postcode lottery shows vital need for a national workforce strategy
Lib Dems: Car insurance rise shows cost of Brexit
Labour failing their duty as Official Opposition on Brexit
Fox’s failure to sign trade deals shows Brexiters’ ‘Global Britain’ does not exist
Corbyn isolated as over 100 Labour MPs set to back Lib Dem call for a people’s vote

GP postcode lottery shows vital need for a national workforce strategy

Responding to the analysis done by the BBC which shows the huge variation in the availability of GPs in different parts of England, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Judith Jolly said:

Getting access to your GP should never

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Paul Burstow MP writes: Getting better at waiting

By Paul Burstow | Mon 7th November 2011 - 12:53 pm

Most of us know what it feels like to sit in a hospital waiting room, and it is not often a pleasant experience. The time spent waiting can be worrying, stressful and uncomfortable. Indeed, waiting for any kind of treatment is never going to be easy – which is why the Liberal Democrats are committed to keeping waiting times low. We aim to do this while engaging in the difficult task, set in motion by the last Labour Government, to find £20 billion of efficiency savings by 2015.

Last year I said that people needed to be seen and diagnosed …

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