Torbay residents who are caring for sick and elderly relatives are currently liable to be charged double council tax as a second home premium by Conservative-run Torbay Council. These charges can add up to nearly £1600 a month!
The Lib Dems are demanding the right to see a GP in 7 days as waiting times for a GP appointment in Devon have spiralled since Labour has been in power.
Torbay MP Steve Darling will next week share a new national campaign to improve access to defibrillators and save lives as part of his role as Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Defibrillators.
Devon MPs Liberal Democrat Steve Darling (Torbay), Caroline Voaden (South Devon) and Martin Wrigley (Newton Abbot) have responded to the Government’s new hospitals league table, warning that they reveal a stark postcode lottery in NHS care.
There have been 14,462 A&E attendance in Torbay and South Devon through June and July NHS figures reveal, up from 13,228 a decade ago, with Torbay’s MP warning that local health services have faced a summer crisis.
The Lib Dem MP for Torbay says they are “furious” and has accused Royal Mail of “betraying their customers” after the company confirmed they had returned a profit for the first time in three years, despite announcing that they are cutting key services.