Save our NHS
High-quality healthcare, free at the point of use, is essential for both individual freedom and national prosperity. Good health gives people the freedom to live the lives they choose, and a thriving economy needs a healthy population.
A Fairer Deal for our NHS
The Liberal Democrats plan includes:
- Give everyone the right to see their GP within seven days, or within 24 hours if they urgently need to.
- Reform NHS dentistry so that no one is forced to pay hundreds of pounds for private care.
- Finally put mental health on the same footing as physical health.
- Invest in public health and prevention so that fewer people get ill and need treatment.
- Recruit, train and retain more doctors and nurses to fill the thousands of vacancies in the NHS and cut waiting times.
- Fix the life-threatening crisis in our ambulance services and provide emergency funding to tackle poor response times.