Improving our NHS, making appointments with GPs and dentists easier, and cutting waiting times at hospitals.

It was great to meet with Dementia UK recently.

April 2023, Maidstone, Kent: The local community in Fant came together in support of a local fundraising effort for the British Heart Foundation (BHF) last weekend, organised by local campaigner Moya Sparrowhawk and supported by BHF fundraising manager for Kent, Lauren Hearnden.   Fant commun

Westminster, April 2024:  The Carer’s Leave Act 2023 came into force this month, on Saturday 6 April 2024.  It gives people who provide care to a family member, friend or relative, the right to up to five days of unpaid leave from work to fulfil their caring responsibilities.   Acco

Hello everyone and may I wish you all a Happy New Year!

Every day, on average, 600 patients enter the doors of the two NHS hospitals serving my fabulous constituency of Maidstone & The Weald.  Be it a life-threatening accident or simple indigestion, and everything in-between, almost all patients arrive at the two A & E departments in Pembury

The past two years have reinforced, more than ever, how much we as a country value the NHS as a centrepiece of our society. It was therefore a great pleasure to be invited, together with my colleague Tracey Crouch CBE MP, to open Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust’s new Oncology Outpatients Su

The NHS in Kent and Medway is urging those eligible for a Covid-19 vaccination to book while supplies are plentiful during the next week. There are many appointments available until the end of March at large vaccination centres as well as at GP-led vaccination sites and pharmacies across the county

The best way to beat this virus, once and for all, is through the widespread vaccination of our population.

Kent, controversially, entered Tier 3 restrictions after the November national lockdown, but sadly the latest figures and trends are vindicating that course of action. In recent weeks, unfortunately, we have seen a marked increase in Covid-19 infections in Maidstone, which at last count had the 7th

In the face of huge challenges presented by Covid-19, the resilience of our communities in Maidstone & The Weald has been absolutely inspiring.