Chamberlain: Liberal Democrats will restore public service to our politics

Ahead of the first Scottish leaders’ debate of the general election, Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain hit the campaign trail in Fife, highlighting that her party would ensure better access to GPs and NHS dentists, end sewage dumping and lift up Scottish education.

The party’s deputy leader is campaigning in Dunfermline today, discussing her party’s plans for a fairer deal. Scottish Liberal Democrats would:

• Improve access to GPs by tackling staff burnout and drawing on the wider skills in mental health, physiotherapy, pharmacy and more;
• Address the crisis in NHS dentistry by prioritising workforce planning and speeding up the registration process for qualified dentists from overseas;
• End sewage dumping with a new Clean Water Act to upgrade our Victorian sewage network and create binding targets for reducing sewage dumps;
• Lift up Scottish education by tackling the violence in our schools and delivering more in-class support.

Speaking on the campaign trail, Wendy Chamberlain said:

“I am very much looking forward to highlighting our positive message for change at this election.

“In Fife and across the country, people are tired of both the SNP and the Conservatives. They are both out of ideas and out of road.

“Liberal Democrats want a fair deal for everyone; we will put public service back into the beating heart of our politics.  That means getting everyone faster access to a GP and an NHS dentist, ending the sewage dumping in our rivers and lifting up Scottish education.”