On Wednesday 5 March, I spoke in the House of Commons in a debate marking one year since the publication of the Francis Report, which looked into the appalling failings at Mid Staffordshire Hospital. In my speech, I talked about the two key challenges facing the NHS if we are […]
On Tuesday 4 March I appeared on the BBC’s lunchtime programme, the Daily Politics, to talk about the launch of the report of the Commission on Whole Person Care. You can watch the programme back here (the section of the programme starts at 27 minutes in).
On Tuesday 4th March I visited Time Court Nursing Home in Greenwich, along with Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham. We were joined by Sir John Oldham to launch the report of his independent Commission on Whole Person Care. Sir John and his Commission have produced an excellent report on how […]
I recently visited the Baxter Patient Education Centre in Kew, London to see how specialist nurses are helping patients to manage their long-term health conditions. People who need kidney dialysis or help with intravenous feeding come to the centre to learn how they can do this at home. Patients and […]
In her regular Leicester Mercury column, Liz talks about the strides made in treating HIV. You can read Liz’s column here.
This week, I hosted a reception in Parliament to mark Rark Disease Day 2014 with Rare Disease UK – the national alliance for people with rare diseases and all who support them. There are around 6000 recognised rare diseases, and although the number of people affected by each one is […]
Community Care reports on Liz’s call for the Government to grip the appalling situation in mental health care, where vulnerable children are being forced on to adult wards or being transported hundreds of miles across the country.
On Thursday 20th January I appeared on the BBC’s Question Time. We discussed the Government’s welfare reforms, ongoing problems with the floods, whether Prime Minister’s Questions needs to change, and how to help children do better in maths at school. You can watch the programme here.
On 14th February, I opened Leicestershire Aids Support Services’s conference at De Montfort University, which brought together over 100 delegates from across the country to discuss the challenges that lie ahead in the fight against HIV and AIDS. We talked about raising public awareness, redoubling our efforts to prevent people […]
February is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History Month. To mark the occasion I met with staff, volunteers and visitors at Leicester’s LGBT Centre. You can see coverage of my visit in the Leicester Mercury here. We’ve made huge progress towards LGBT equality. The last Labour Government introduced civil partnerships […]
Liz comments on the governments refusal to put into law a legal requirement to make sure advice is given by properly trained people when facing significant care costs.
Liz visited Leicester’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender centre to lend her support as February is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LBTG) History Month.
