Councils can promote allotments, tennis courts, walkways and cycling paths. It’s about social prescribing and understanding community needs.
A more flexible approach would also make independent living easier and let the elderly stay close to their friends and families.
In Sevenoaks District Council we contact people that regularly miss appointments to find out why and how we can help.
There are non-medical solutions to such conditions as loneliness, mental illness, dementia, and asthma.
We also suffered from CCHQ’s campaigning techniques. Only 50 per cent of our targets we planning to back us. We were knocking up Corbynites.
Policies must be adjusted to match the circumstances in different areas.
I think the future could be bright – but we need to go to them, since they won’t come to us.
While UKIP and Reform UK no longer present a credible threat to the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens are building momentum.