This could lead to countless missed or delayed diagnoses as people go without the care they need, creating a ticking time bomb for our NHS.
Nearly 600 patients in Somerset waited more than 12 hours in A&E in February, shocking new figures have revealed.
More than three in five local areas in England have seen a rise in the number of people per dentist.
More than 500 children’s operations have been cancelled at hospitals in Somerset Foundation Trust in the past five years, many due to a shortage of staff and beds, shocking figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
655 children’s operations have been cancelled at hospitals in Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh last year, many due to a shortage of staff and beds, shocking figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.
The Liberal Democrats have called for a return to proper local health services, after new figures revealed a fall in the number of GPs in Somerset while patient numbers rise.
Everybody should be able to get the high-quality care they need, when they need it. But across the country, social care services are in crisis.
Everyone should be able to access an NHS dentist if they need one and no-one should be forced to face an impossible choice, between paying hundreds of pounds for private care or going without. Our plan would fix this mess.