Improving health and social care

Following the public meeting that I arranged on Friday 5 October, I wrote to the Chair of Lincolnshire East Clinical Commissioning Group to raise the concerns that I share with local people about the future of Louth County Hospital.

It was a pleasure to meet Spilsby residents at their Macmillan Cancer Support coffee morning.

I spoke to Macmillan Nurse, Caz Lewis, and event organiser, June Dales, about the crucial support that Macmillan provides for so many people at the most critical time in their lives.

On Friday I chaired a public meeting to give local residents their say on the future of Louth County Hospital.

I hosted an Older People’s Fair in Mablethorpe on Friday at The Dunes Complex.

September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month to #MakeBloodCancerVisible.

My constituent has made a blog about her journey with leukaemia. Such an inspiring story!

It was a real pleasure to join my constituent Jonathan, his mother Mary and his carer Tim in Parliament ahead of Action for Brain Injury Week.

50,000 people are living with diabetes in Lincolnshire and this is rising fast.

Victoria Atkins MP has welcomed today’s Government announcement on a Medical School for Lincolnshire calling it fantastic news for Louth & Horncastle residents.

On Friday Victoria had the pleasure of opening the new joint fire and ambulance station in Louth.

This is part of the national blue light collaboration programme to improve patient services and give our emergency workers better facilities for use when they start and end their shifts.

Today's debate on the use of force in mental health units looked at important measures to make the 1983 Mental Health Act fit for purpose. It recognised the disproportionate rates of detention of black and ethnic minority patients which have persisted for too long.