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.
Liz has unearthed shocking figures that show an increase in the amount of elderly people that are admitted to A&E from care homes.
Liz pledges her support for the Daily Mirror campaign for better standards in care homes.
I recently visited the Tunstall centre in Doncaster, to see how simple technology can help elderly people and patients with long-term health conditions stay healthy and living at home. Jane Smith is 70 and suffers from a heart condition. She showed me how measuring her oxygen levels and blood pressure […]
I was delighted to visit Leicester’s Carers Centre as part of Carers week, which champions the needs of Britain’s 6.5 million unpaid family carers. Speaking to the families at the Centre highlighted, once again, that we need to do much more to help families who are looking after elderly […]
I’m passionate about improving care for elderly and disabled people. Since I was elected as the MP for Leicester West, I’ve been campaigning hard to improve care standards, make sure families get the help they need, and ensure care workers get decent pay and are properly trained. So I was […]
Liz comments on ill-thought through Better Care Fund
Over the past few months, I’ve been appalled to hear from constituents about some terrible failures of NHS Continuing Healthcare. This includes a terminally ill 21 year old man who needed a new care package at home after 10 weeks in hospital but ended up being discharged without the right support; […]
On Friday 9th May, I visited the heart failure team at Glenfield Hospital to show my support for European Heart Failure Awareness Day. Heart failure is a serious condition that affects more than 750,000 in the UK. It’s caused by the heart failing to pump enough blood around the body at […]
Residents in Mowmacre have set up a new lunch club with funding from the Abbey Ward Community Fund. The club will offer healthy, low cost meals for around 50p every Friday from 12 – 1pm at the Tudor Centre on Bewcastle Grove. It was great to see so many people […]
On 1st April I attended a training session organised by the Alzheimer’s Society to become a Dementia Friend. The Dementia Friends programme is an initiative that aims to improve people’s understanding of dementia and teach them how small things they can do that can make a difference to people living […]
On Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 March I helped lead Labour’s scrutiny of the Care and Support Bill, which was having its final stages of debate in the House of Commons. We pushed votes on a number of really important issues including putting a new duty on the NHS to […]
Liz reacts to the Age UK report which shows about 168,000 older people have stopped receiving help with essential tasks , you read the article here.
