Worcestershire’s Liberal Democrats have slammed the Government’s new dental plan as figures show tens of thousands of children in Herefordshire and Worcestershire have not been seen by an NHS dentist in 12 months.
Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse joined parliamentary candidate Dan Boatright-Greene to launch their General Election campaign on Friday (Thursday 2nd February) at a dinner with activists in the constituency.
Research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed that funding for GP practices in Herefordshire and Worcestershire has been cut by £10,481,206.41 in real terms since 2019.
Last year 74,260 people in Worcestershire waited more than four hours in A&E, up 50.7% since 2019, Liberal Democrat analysis of House of Commons Library research reveals.
Home Office statistics reveal that a whopping 71% burglaries went unsolved across West Mercia in the year ending June 2023. This is equivalent to 10 burglaries going unsolved every single day.
With 2023 becoming the UK's second warmest year on record, Liberal Democrats are calling for the UK to deliver on existing promises fast. Like many other countries, we are not on course to meet our own “nationally determined” target.
