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

I am extremely proud to work with the team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. They are one of the few trusts in the country to have no long-waiting patients and have delivered the 62-day cancer standard each month for four years running.

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A miracle of tech and teamwork at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

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

Maidstone Hospital Oncology Outpatients Suite Opening

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

Kent NHS Urge Over 50s to Book Vaccination This Week

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

Covid-19 Update

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

Covid-19 Update

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

Reopening NHS Services

Being prevented from visiting those we love in hospital has been one of the cruellest aspects of the Coronavirus pandemic.   It was a completely understandable measure, to help contain the virus, but so hard for families and patients, be they Covid or Non-Covid.  It was therefore a g