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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Cancer Treatment Waiting Times

One in two of us will have to directly contend with cancer during our lifetimes, and all of us will be indirectly affected, one way or another.

KM Column: Mental Health Awareness Week

One of the most fulfilling aspects of my role is the opportunity and responsibility of offering help to my constituents, often at times of their greatest need. In recent years, this has included supporting several people who are suffering with mental ill health.

MP HELEN GRANT VISITS £55m REDEVELOPED BENENDEN HOSPITAL

MP Helen Grant was given a tour of the newly-developed Benenden Hospital near Cranbrook last week. The Member of Parliament for Maidstone & The Weald visited the hospital’s outpatients department, Bensan and Garland Wards and the CT and MRI Suites, accompanied by matrons Ali Curtis and Zoe Andr

NHS Long Term Plan

The NHS has been an integral part of my family for as long as I can remember.  My grandmother was a nursing sister at the Cumberland Royal Infirmary; my mother was also an NHS nurse at the City General in Carlisle for a time; my father trained as a surgeon at the NHS Royal Victoria Infirmary in

KM Column: NHS Long Term Plan

For as long as I can remember our NHS has been a foundation stone in my life.  My Grandmother was a nursing sister at the Cumberland Royal Infirmary, my mother was also an NHS nurse in my childhood city of Carlisle for a time and I have relied upon the service for myself, my children and my hus

KM Column: 2018, A Year in Review

In many ways 2018 has been a difficult year with the all-encompassing nature of the Brexit debate dominating the political sphere.

National HIV testing week

Maidstone & The Weald MP Helen Grant last week took the opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of early diagnosis of HIV and to help de-stigmatise the screening process within public perceptions. Visiting Maidstone Hospital's Rubin Clinic during National HIV Testing Week (17-23 Novemb