Peter was born in Bromborough and grew up in Hoylake. He has lived in West Kirby since 1991. Peter worked in the insurance department of a shipping company before retraining in IT. He has a degree in Computer Studies from Liverpool John Moores University and works for a Birkenhead-based company. He represented Newton, Greasby, Frankby and Irby during an 11 year period.
Wirral Liberal Democrats are calling on the Conservative government to reverse the NHS spending cuts and invest in fixing local hospitals, hiring more staff and ensuring patients get the treatment they deserve.
Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Wirral West, Peter Reisdorf said:
“These shocking figures show far too many people in Wirral are being left waiting endlessly in pain for treatment. People deserve a local health service that delivers the care they deserve when they need it.
“One year on from when Rishi Sunak promised that waiting lists would fall, thousands of people in our community are still stuck on waiting lists with their lives put on hold or unable to work.
“Now this government is set to do the unthinkable and slash NHS funding even further. Local health services are in crisis but Conservative ministers either don’t get it or don’t care.
“It shows the Conservative Party cannot be trusted with the NHS. We need a general election now so voters in Wirral can finally get rid of this out-of-touch Conservative government and elect a Liberal Democrat MP who will stand up for local health services.”
February 2024: Peter attends the Lib Dems North West Conference
The team discussed issues including the Metro Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner elections in May and the funding of local councils.
Dental plan “too little too late” for 189,820 children not seen by an NHS dentist in Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board.
Wirral’s Liberal Democrats have slammed the Government’s new dental plan as figures show 189,820 children in Cheshire and Merseyside had not been seen by an NHS dentist in 12 months.
The research, commissioned from the House of Commons Library, estimates the number of children who weren’t seen by an NHS dentist in the year to June 2023, based on the latest data from the health service.
It shows a staggering 39% of children who had not been seen by a dentist in Cheshire and Merseyside over the twelve month period.
In Cheshire and Merseyside, 51.3% of adults had not been seen by an NHS dentist in the two years to June 2023. That equates to 973,351 people who went without NHS dental care over a 24 month period.
The Government’s new Dental Plan will see cash incentives for NHS dentists, mobile dental services and dental teams visiting schools and nurseries.
It has previously been estimated that the NHS budget was underspent by a record £400m last year, due to dentists not finding it economic to take on NHS work.
The Lib Dems are calling for a dental healthcare rescue plan to boost the number of appointments. The Liberal Democrats are also calling for reforms to guarantee access to an NHS dentist for everyone needing urgent and emergency care, ending DIY dentistry and “dental deserts”, and the removal of VAT on children’s toothbrushes and toothpaste.
Commenting, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Wirral West, Peter Reisdorf said:
“The government’s plans are too little too late for local families who have been left waiting in pain struggling to get a dentist appointment.
“It is appalling that so many children in our area are struggling to see an NHS dentist when they need to. We know that if children can’t access dental healthcare it can disrupt their eating, sleeping and learning.
“Instead of these half-baked reforms, we need a proper rescue package for dental healthcare. That means guaranteeing access to an NHS dentist for everyone needing emergency care, boosting the number of appointments and removing VAT on children’s toothbrushes and toothpaste.”