Health

Health

Lib Dems believe that health is more than just about health services, and choice is more than just where an operation is carried out. Investment in the NHS is vital and when people need health services we believe they should be of high quality, close to home and responsive to individuals. We want people to live healthier lives and we want to tackle the causes of ill health to enhance our freedom to have control over our own lives.

We have supported Altrincham General Hospital (AGH) as a vital community service, and we are disappointed about the closure of local maternity services in Trafford. We would like better services for patients with mental health problems as about a quarter of all families can be affected. Liberal Democrats are proud of the fact that the National Health Service (NHS) concept was the idea of Beveridge, a member of the Liberal Party as it then was. We welcome the recent improvements to make NHS dental services more available to residents in Trafford.

We welcome that, at long last, Trafford Council have decided to make Health & Wellbeing a priority. It took a Red Alert flag on Health Inequalities to make this happen. Liberal Democrats have long been calling for this change as we believe the Health & Wellbeing of our residents should be amongst the highest of priorities.

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