I have set up a new Health and Care Forum for Leicester West. This brings together patients, family carers, doctors, nurses, social care workers and all the different health and care services in the area. The aim of the Forum is to join up services better so people get the […]
By now, you will have probably heard of the City Mayor’s decision to proceed with an authorised traveller site on Red Hill Way, containing up to 10 pitches, as well as a smaller then previously proposed site of up to 6 pitches on Greengate Lane. Whilst I’m pleased that the […]
Poverty blights the lives and life chances of too many children in our city and is set to increase because of the damaging policies of this Government. Today, the local Child Poverty Commission released a number of welcome recommendations. This very important report is right to say we must all […]
On Tuesday 22nd January I gave a speech to the Society of Later Life Advisers’ conference, in which I spoke about the importance of information and advice, and the need to reform social care funding. You can read my speech here: Liz Kendall MP’s speech to the Society of Later […]
I recently visited the Whittington Hospital in London to see the brilliant work they are doing to improve care for patients with respiratory problems like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD causes frightening breathlessness and disability, and smoking is its biggest cause. So an essential part of the hospital’s […]
On 10th January I took part in the best debate I’ve attended since becoming a Member of Parliament, about the need to improve care for people with dementia. The debate was passionate and constructive. MPs from all the different political parties talked about the problems faced by people with dementia […]
In the past few months you might have read some worrying media reports about the Liverpool Care Pathway – a programme of care designed to help people in the last days and hours of their lives. On 8th January I spoke from the Opposition Front Bench in a Parliamentary debate […]
Following my recent letter to the independent panel reviewing the decision to move Glenfield’s children’s heart surgery unit, I organised a meeting in Parliament with a cross-party group of East Midlands MPs and Peers and the Panel’s chairman Lord Bernard Ribeiro. I was very pleased that Leicester’s two other MPs […]
On Sunday 16th December I took part in the East Midlands edition of the BBC Sunday Politics show. The issues we discussed included the potential closure of children’s heart surgery unit at Glenfield Hospital, food poverty and PFI with a particular focus on Kings Mill hospital. You can watch […]
You might have heard about the scandalous treatment of people with leaning disabilities at Winterbourne View hospital. Following a review into this awful case, on 10th December the Government made a statement on the future of the care for people with learning disabilities. I responded to the announcements from the opposition […]
Clinical networks are groups of doctors, nurses and other specialists that help improve patient care. Over the last 10 years these networks have played a crucial role in increasing survival rates from cancer, heart disease and stroke – Britain’s biggest killers. Ministers have repeatedly promised to protect the funding for […]
As you probably know, the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) is currently reviewing the decision to move children’s heart surgery from Glenfield to Birmingham. I have been leading a cross-party group of East Midlands MPs to campaign against this decision. On 4th December we sent a letter to the IRP setting […]
