Campaigning for Better Healthcare

Yesterday evening, I held an adjournment debate on NHS Dentistry in Lincolnshire. Difficulties in accessing NHS dental services is common in my constituency of Sleaford and North Hykeham, and across our rural county.

Having listened to many constituents' concerns about access to local NHS dental services, I have secured an adjournment debate next Wednesday (20th October) to raise this issue in the Commons.

At the moment, IVF treatment on the NHS is being denied to women locally if their partner has a child from a previous relationship as this is the policy of our local CCG. Nowhere else is healthcare restricted to someone with a medical condition on the basis of somebody else’s past history.

Nationally our vaccine programme continues to progress extremely well with over 9.6 million people having received a vaccine by yesterday evening. Every single older residents care home has been visited to offer vaccinations to residents and staff.

The rollout of the Covid Vaccination Programme of both Oxford University/AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines is hugely vital to our national effort to both protect those most vulnerable from COVID-19 and get life back to normal for everyone.

I have been made aware of proposals for Grantham and District Hospital to become a self-contained Covid-safe 'Green site', accessible by appointment only, in order to to cut waiting times for patients who have had treatments delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the A&E Department tur

Gareth Davies (MP for Grantham) and I had a meeting with Andrew Morgan, the interim Chief Executive of ULHT (pictured right) to discuss services at Grantham Hospital.

As a Doctor, I am proud to be part of a Government that is bringing in the NHS Funding Bill, ensuring an increase in funding for our NHS by £33.9bn a year, with more hospitals and more nurses.