NHS report is “wake-up call” to rescue health and care services in Eastleigh

The report said that the NHS is in a ‘critical condition’ and that since 2015, the NHS has missed every target for A&E, cancer and hospital treatment wait times.

Liz Jarvis MP said that the new government must urgently invest in Eastleigh’s local health services with accessing care being the biggest challenge facing their constituents.

In the wake of the report, the Liberal Democrats have called on the government to make fixing the NHS and care its top priority and to recruit more GPs, fix crumbling hospitals and enter into cross-party talks on tackling the crisis in social care.

Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh, Liz Jarvis said:

“This report must act as a wake-up call to fix our local health and care services which are on the brink of collapse.

“I have heard from countless people in my constituency who are suffering from endless waiting lists, or struggling to see an NHS dentist or GP when they need to.

“The Liberal Democrats put tackling the health and care crisis at the heart of our election campaign, and we are now putting it at the heart of our work in Parliament.

”The top priority of this new government must be fixing our NHS so people can finally get the care they deserve. I have heard tragic stories from local people who couldn’t get the treatment they needed, being sent home from hospitals in pain and left to fend for themselves.

“I will keep fighting for more GPs, more investment in fixing crumbling hospitals and more NHS dentists to improve healthcare for our community."