Archive for the ‘NHS’ Category
Posted on: 6th January 2025
Commenting on the declared “critical incident” status across Cornwall’s health system and widening winter crisis across the UK, Health Select Committee member and local MP, Andrew George said: “Resilience must be built into our NHS before it can plan any much-needed reorganisation. The problem is that our hospitals have been set to operate on a […]
Posted on: 29th November 2024
Andrew George voted for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the Commons today, and spoke, explaining early in the debate that this vote merely permitted the Bill to proceed to a stage of examination and scrutiny. Andrew said after the vote: “This is a good outcome. I believe the Bill strikes the […]
Posted on: 28th November 2024
MPs are regularly required to make very difficult decisions on matters where public opinion is often sharply divided; perpetually running the risk of permanently alienating some. Tomorrow, we’re required to decide whether we support the introduction of a new law which would permit someone who is terminally ill – within 6 months of the end […]
Posted on: 22nd October 2024
Commenting on today’s launch of the government’s NHS reform consultation, MP and health campaigner, Andrew George, said: “This is a crucial moment for our NHS. The Conservatives have brought it to its knees. If we cannot restore our NHS in the next few years, I fear it will be on a slippery slope. “Rebuilding staff […]
Posted on: 17th October 2024
Andrew George MP took the local campaign to support 24/7 opening hours of the Urgent Treatment Centre at West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance to health ministers in parliament this week. The service was closed at night over two years ago and Andrew and local campaigners (like West Cornwall Healthwatch) have pressed and petitioned for a […]
Posted on: 9th October 2024
Andrew George MP told Health Secretary, Wes Streeting MP, that rebuilding staff morale and improving staff retention is critical to rebuilding our NHS. His intervention came during a commons debate on the Prof. Lord Darzi Review into the current state of the NHS. The Health Sec. had emphasised: “The NHS may be broken, but NHS […]
Posted on: 4th October 2024
St Ives MP Andrew George will encourage local health campaigners to prepare for battles ahead when he addresses the West Cornwall HealthWatch Annual Meeting on Friday (11th October). Andrew says campaigners must look forward in the wake of last month’s Darzi Review, which outlined severe failings in the NHS and issued a raft of recommendations. […]
Posted on: 4th October 2024
St Ives MP Andrew George will encourage local health campaigners to prepare for battles ahead when he addresses the West Cornwall HealthWatch Annual Meeting on Friday (11th October). Andrew says campaigners must look forward in the wake of last month’s Darzi Review, which outlined severe failings in the NHS and issued a raft of recommendations. […]
Posted on: 12th September 2024
St Ives Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George told the House of Commons today (12th September) that the previous Conservative Government left the NHS and care services “with the worst crisis in their history”. His comments came in a debate on the Darzi report into the state of the NHS. Lord Darzi, an eminent cancer surgeon, […]
Posted on: 11th September 2024
Commenting after a meeting in Parliament, St Ives MP Andrew George said: This afternoon I led a delegation of fellow Cornish MPs to meet Health Minister, Karin Smyth, to address the crisis we inherited from the previous government in Cornwall’s critically important health and care services. This will be an ongoing conversation with the Minister; […]