There has been a worrying decline in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in recent years sparked, it no small way, by the impact of the lockdowns during the Covid pandemic and the vastly increased use of smartphones and social media by young teenagers.I am proud of the previ
In the last couple of weeks I have visited Kelvedon Hatch Primary School and Brentwood Town Football Club, to meet young students and some of our local footballers.The Kelvedon Hatch Primary School pupils showed me some of the activities they do, including within a forest school environment where li
Several constituents have been in touch to raise concerns about the Government's support for a new research study that will see up to 226 children under the age of 16 being given puberty blockers to examine the impact on their physical and mental health. In her 2024 review, Baron
Spending time with like-minded politicians and activists at the annual Conservative Party Conference is a key part of my year, and none more so than this year.Since Kemi Badenoch became the leader of the Conservative Party last year, I have been part of a small team working with her on a review of a
It was a great pleasure it was to be invited to Ardtully Care Home in Ingatestone last week for a tour of the home and to have the opportunity to meet some of the residents, and enjoy a wonderful afternoon tea.Manager Merjury Clavadetscher runs the home with great warmth and passion and her and her
As children get back to nursery settings following the long summer holiday, the age old decision about whether they have a packed lunch or eat a nursery lunch needs to be made.Last year, Essex County Council Public Health commissioned ‘Nourishing our Future’, researched by Anglia Ruskin University t
The MP for Brentwood and Ongar, Alex Burghart, has welcomed the decision by the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board to keep Intermediate Care beds at Brentwood Community Hospital, with 25 specialist strokes beds staying on site too.Alex led a campaign of support for the hospital by local resid
When Brentwood Community Hospital was under threat of being closed for local services, and turned into a stroke unit, one of the side issues to come up through the consultation was the difficulties older people living in Brentwood would have – and do have – in getting to any of the other hospitals i
I was absolutely delighted to be invited to open St Clare Hospice’s latest charity shop in Ongar on Saturday 14th June. With more and more people keen to embrace recycling and sustainable fashion and homewares, the shop offers a great opportunity for the local community to support hospice care
There have been some wonderful events in the constituency over the last few weekends, not least the opening of the new St Clare Hospice charity shop on Ongar High Street, and the ever-wonderful Strawberry Fair in the King George’s Playing Fields.
