Victoria Collins MP: NHS Report is ‘Wake-up Call’
Victoria Collins MP has 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 Berkhamsted.
The report 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.
Victoria Collins MP said that the new government must urgently invest in Berkhamsted’s local health services, with accessing care being one of the biggest challenges facing her constituents.
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, and enter into cross-party talks on tackling the crisis in social care.
Victoria Collins MP also recently spoke out on this issue in a Westminster Hall debate on Health provision in the East of England. Victoria raised the importance of fixing our social care system to relieve NHS pressures, and called for cross-party talks on this issue.
Commenting on the report, Victoria Collins, Liberal Democrat MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, said: ‘This report must act as a wake-up call to fix our local health and care services that are currently on the brink.
‘I had countless discussions throughout the general election campaign with local residents suffering from endless waiting lists, and struggling to see NHS dentists or GPs when they need to.
‘The Liberal Democrats put tackling the health and care crisis at the heart of our election campaign, and we are now putting it at the heart of our work in Parliament.
‘This new government’s top priority must be fixing our NHS so people can finally get the care they deserve. I will continue to push for urgent action to improve social care provision, end the hospital crisis, and increase the number of GPs and NHS dentists.
‘Supporting and improving health and social care services remains one of my top priorities as an MP, and is a cause I will continue to fight for.’
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