I’m campaigning for better services and support for older people, carers and their families, and a sustainable system for funding our NHS and social care in future.
On Thursday 23 October I appeared on the BBC’s Newsnight programme to discuss NHS England’s five year plan for the health service. This excellent report rightly says there will need to be big changes to NHS and social care services, and extra resources, to ensure our care system continues to meet […]
1 in 3 of us will get cancer at some point in our lives. Late diagnosis of cancer wastes lives and money, and Britain can’t afford either. If early diagnosis rates in this country were up with the best of other European countries, we could save up to 10,000 lives […]
On Wednesday 15 October I spoke in a Parliamentary debate about how access to NHS care is getting worse under this Government. More and more people are struggling to get an appointment with a GP, hospital A&Es have missed the 4 hour waiting target for 63 weeks in a row, […]
On Monday 8 September I spoke at a meeting at TUC Congress on a new deal for older workers organised by Unions21. One of the biggest challenges facing many older employees is juggling work with caring for elderly or disabled relatives. There are more than 6 million unpaid family carers […]
On Friday 5 September, I voted in the House of Commons to support the Affordable Homes Bill – a proposed change in the law which would exempt some people from having to pay the bedroom tax. The Bill passed its Second Reading, despite the opposition of Conservative MPs. Whilst this […]
Liz unveils new proposals for carers.
Parks Pantry is a lovely lunch club based at New Parks Library, I was delighted to be able to visit again last week: beef and vegetarian masala were on the menu, all created by chef Andy Duffin. The Lunch Club runs every Wednesday between 12-1pm. It costs only 75p for […]
A group of mums from Darlington are so concerned by this government’s failure on the NHS, they’re leading “The People’s March for the NHS”, which will follow in the famous footsteps of the Jarrow Crusade. The marchers will cover 300 miles, through 23 towns and cities all the way to […]
It was gammon steaks followed by strawberries & ice cream on the menu at the Manor House on my most recent visit to their lunch club. A group of fantastic volunteers, including Sue Tebbutt, Susan Meadows, Michele Boyle and Arthur Manager are always sure to cook up a real treat. […]
I’m deeply concerned that a recent review into local NHS services found 1 in 5 patients received care that wasn’t good enough. This is completely unacceptable and must change – as University Hospitals Leicester and other local NHS services have rightly acknowledged. Since 2010/11, mortality rates at our hospitals have been slightly […]
Liz calls for the CQC to do more to ensure that Arriva Transport meet their targets.
After the appalling scandal at Winterbourne View, the Government promised to stop people with learning disabilities being sent to Assessment and Treatment Units for long periods of time. At Health Questions in the House of Commons I challenged Ministers to explain why they have spectacularly failed. 2,600 people are still […]
