The Liberal Democrats and I have called on Woking’s Conservative MP, Jonathan Lord, to back an amendment in Parliament this week calling for a GP and dental care rescue plan.

This call comes ahead of a series of crunch votes on the King’s Speech in Parliament tomorrow.

The Lib Dem amendment would give a patient a legal right to see their GP within a week, and 24-hours if in urgent need.  It also calls on the Government to publish a dental recovery plan as promised seven months after a shocking rise in the number of ‘dental deserts’ leaving people struggling to see an NHS dentist when they need to.

Other measures in the amendment include ensuring the Conservative manifesto pledge of building 40 new hospitals is met, with many currently facing delays and not receiving adequate funding.

The Lib Dems have said that if the Conservative MP for Woking does not back the amendment it would show a callous disregard for those in Woking stuck on NHS waiting lists.

This Conservative Government has brought our local health services to their knees.  Everyday, people in Woking are struggling to get a GP appointment or cannot find a dentist taking NHS patients.

Real action on the NHS was glaringly missing from the King’s Speech.  Woking’s MP needs to back the Lib Dem amendment to it and ensure that local health services are put front and centre of the Government’s agenda.

Anything less would show a callous disregard for those in Woking stuck on NHS waiting lists, unable to get the treatment that they deserve.