Liberal Democrats Our plan for the NHS



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As we gear up for the General Election, we're sharing our pre-manifesto
policies through a series of emails, focusing on the Fair Deal we're
championing in key areas.

Here's a snapshot of our plans for Health and the NHS 🔽



Why we need a Fair Deal for Health



Let’s be clear, our NHS is in crisis.

This Conservative Government - along with the SNP in Scotland and Labour in
Wales - has run local health services into the ground.

With overwhelming pressure on resources, staff shortages, and long waiting
times, patient safety is at risk, and confidence in timely medical help has
eroded.






An NHS for all



There are major issues facing the NHS today, which we must tackle head-on.

Liberal Democrats are committed to ensuring everyone gets the care and
treatments they need.

Our Fair Deal includes:

✅ Accessible GP Services: Ensuring everyone can see their GP within seven
days, or within 24 hours if urgent, investing in the training, recruitment, and
retention of GPs and freeing up more of their time.

✅ Overhauling NHS Dentistry: Ending the rise in “dental deserts” by improving
the availability of NHS appointments and eliminating the burden of private care
costs, both of which are leading to people performing DIY dentistry - with
devastating outcomes.

✅ Boosting Cancer Survival Rates: Establishing a legal right for cancer
patients to start treatment within two months of an urgent referral.

✅ Healthcare Workforce Strengthening: Recruiting, training, and retaining
more doctors and nurses.

✅ Tackling the Ambulance Crisis: Addressing the life-threatening response
times in our ambulance services including by providing emergency funding.

✅ Fixing the Social Care Crisis: Carers should be properly paid and valued
for the essential, skilled work they do. Everyone deserves high-quality social
care if they need it. We’ll be covering our full plan for social care in an
upcoming edition of our ‘For a Fair Deal’ series.





Investing in Public Health



To reduce the burden on our health services, the Liberal Democrats will
address lifestyle-induced health issues by:

✅ Empowering Communities: Progressively restore the Public Health Grant to
2015 levels, with a proportion of these funds set aside for local communities
experiencing the worst health inequalities to co-produce plans on how the money
should be spent in their area.

✅ Promoting Movement: Reverse the government cuts to the active travel budget
and introduce a nationwide strategy to promote walking and cycling, including
the creation of dedicated safe cycling lanes.

✅ Improving Schools and Hospitals: Implement higher food standards in schools
and hospitals to ensure every child and patient receives a healthy, balanced
diet.

✅ Tackling Vaping and Smoking Among Children: Implementing standardised
packaging, advertising restrictions and banning disposable vapes. Reduce vaping
among non-smokers, while recognising the important role vaping plays in helping
adults quit smoking.

✅ Increasing Blood Pressure Checks: Widen access to blood pressure tests in
community spaces like pharmacies and libraries to reach underserved populations.

✅ Social Prescribing: Invest in community projects that counter loneliness and
share best practices across local authorities, the NHS, GPs, and primary care
services.





Taking a Stand for Mental Health



Looking after the nation’s mental health is just as important as physical
health.

No one should be stuck in the awful position of waiting months on end for
mental health services when they are struggling.

We would end this mental health injustice, finally putting mental health on
the same footing as physical health, including:

✅ Walk-In Centres for Young People: Roll out community mental health hubs for
children and young people in every area of the country, to provide early
prevention and support.

✅ A Mental Health Practitioner in Every School: Provide dedicated, qualified
mental health practitioners to every school and roll out a national well-being
survey in secondary schools.

✅ Mental Health MOTs: Checkups at key points in people’s lives when they are
most vulnerable to mental ill-health.

✅ End Out of Area Placements: Increase capacity and coordination between
mental health services so that no one is treated far from home.

✅ Expand Young People’s Mental Health Services Up to the Age of 25: Rapidly
expand effective and age-appropriate mental health support beyond the age of 18
so that all under 25-year-olds are able to access mental health support when
they need it.





This is the fair deal for our nation’s health that we’ll be fighting for at
the General Election.

Stay tuned for the next edition of our Fair Deal series, where we’ll explore
our pre-manifesto proposals for the economy - coming to your inbox in a couple
of weeks!

Best wishes,




Liberal Democrats


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