 
                
        
        Rise in dental deserts leaves millions struggling to get NHS dentist appointment
More than three in five local areas in England have seen a rise in the number of people per dentist.
 
                
        
         
                
        
        More than three in five local areas in England have seen a rise in the number of people per dentist.
 
                
        
        Nearly 2,500 burglaries in Avon and Somerset were unsolved in the first three-quarters of 2022, shocking figures show.
 
                
        
        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.
 
                
        
        9,211 burglaries in Greater Manchester were unsolved in the first three quarters of 2022, shocking figures show.
 
                
        
        Liberal Democrats are calling for a new statutory guarantee that all burglaries will be attended by police and properly investigated.
 
                
        
        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.
 
                
        
        The new First Minister should have a wholesale clear-out of a clutch of failed SNP policies, according to local Liberal Democrats. Councillor Robert Brown, Liberal Democrat Group Leader on South Lanarkshire Council said