Liberal Democrats launch libdemnhswatch.com

2.43.45pm BST (GMT +0100) Thu 15th Sep 2005

Liberal Democrats launch libdemnhswatch.com

The Liberal Democrats have today unveiled a new campaigning website - libdemnhswatch.com - to help paint a true picture of the National Health Service. The website is designed to hear feedback and concerns from thousands of patients and medical professionals. The site will be promoted up and down the country - through local Liberal Democrat constituency parties and specialist organisations.

Launching the NHS whistleblower site, libdemnhswatch.com, today, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Steve Webb MP said "This website will help improve the NHS. It is a website for patients who have difficulty accessing treatment and for professionals prevented from providing the services the community needs. Currently, there are few outlets for people to tell their stories or expose issues that point to larger problems. The Government would rather that these stories do not see the light of day. We disagree. libdemnhswatch.com will allow us to identify which NHS reforms are working, which targets distort clinical priorities and which funding and IT issues those inside the 'Westminster bubble' really need to know about."