New figures released on the 12/01/23 have revealed the extent of the NHS crisis in Medway. In Medway NHS Foundation Trust 1,217 people waited over 4 hours to be seen in December. Even more alarmingly, 560 waited over 12 hours to be seen in December during the winter crisis.
Local Lib Dems campaigner, Alan Wells is concerned that the location at the back of Sun Pier House and B & M's car park and to the entrance to Sun Pier itself, has become dangerous and poses a risk of injury to walkers. Medway Liberal Democrats have set up a petition to repair the walkway, you can sign here: https://medwaylibdems.org.uk/en/petition/repair-pathway-on-sun-pier
'Davis Estate bus service needs improving, protecting and saved' - says local Lib Dem campaigner
Medway Liberal Democrats have slammed the Government for not providing a single penny to improve and protect local bus services - while other areas have received hundreds of millions of pounds.
Viv Parker, Medway Liberal Democrats candidate for Fort Horsted welcomes the news of the £2 fare cap in England that starts this month. Chalkwell bus company are among the companies which will introduce the upper limit for single fares from the start of January to the end of March. The cap will help passengers with the cost of travel for education, work and medical appointments amid the cost-of-living crisis.
The sewage scandal has been one of the biggest issues of the past 18 months. Wanting clean rivers and beaches is an issue that really resonates with people in Medway. In 2021 alone there were over recorded 466,000 sewage overspills into UK rivers - constituting almost 3.5 million hours of sewage discharge into our rivers. Recent studies by the River's Trust have found that only 14% of UK rivers are in good ecological health, and none are in good overall health.
