01-12-2023, 08:32 PM
The Liberal Party has witnessed the current NHS crisis with heat breaking delays to A&E admissions, ambulance responses, an acute shortage of beds and staff shortages.
An entirely predictable combination of Covid, Flu, and a broken care system has left our national health service on the verge of meltdown.
Whilst we believe urgent short-term funding is needed to fund immediate care and reduce the record backlog of operations, we also appreciate that money on its own will not resolve the lack of staff, resources and long-term planning afflicted the organisation.
This would include investing in specialist accommodation for older people to stay in the community such as sheltered housing.
As a first step the Liberal Party adopted a Health and Wellbeing Policy at a Special Assembly held on 7th February 2015 which lays out a roadmap for community-based health initiatives to improve local health outcomes.
The document can be accessed from the Liberal Library section of our party website.
An entirely predictable combination of Covid, Flu, and a broken care system has left our national health service on the verge of meltdown.
Whilst we believe urgent short-term funding is needed to fund immediate care and reduce the record backlog of operations, we also appreciate that money on its own will not resolve the lack of staff, resources and long-term planning afflicted the organisation.
This would include investing in specialist accommodation for older people to stay in the community such as sheltered housing.
As a first step the Liberal Party adopted a Health and Wellbeing Policy at a Special Assembly held on 7th February 2015 which lays out a roadmap for community-based health initiatives to improve local health outcomes.
The document can be accessed from the Liberal Library section of our party website.