More money for the local NHS to help our GPs and hospitals do their job

As the coronavirus situation continues to develop, I would strongly urge all constituents to follow Government guidance and pay attention to the Prime Minister’s daily press conferences.

Pictures of supermarket shelves in Brentwood emptied of toilet paper, pasta, tinned goods and hand sanitiser have been sent to me this week by constituents who are rightly baffled how the Government’s message of “wash your hands” has been interpreted by some as “stockpile now”.

Businesses and individuals trading and living in the Brentwood and Ongar constituency will be better off after a bold Spring Budget from new Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon. Rishi Sunak, according to local Member of Parliament, Alex Burghart.

There’s been a nasty strain of the common cold virus doing the rounds since the beginning of the General Election campaign last year which laid many people low over Christmas and well into the New Year.

The Conservatives are protecting the future of the NHS.

We are planning an enormous investment in the NHS - £33.9bn, 20 hospital upgrades and 40 new hospitals. We will also deliver 6,000 more GPs by 2024-5 to improve services and reduce the wait for appointments.

My regular column for the Vision magazine this month feature two great local groups who support young people with special needs and their parents, and older people needing a bit of company and fun in their lives respectively.

Emails from constituents who are members of environmental campaign groups have been arriving in my inbox this week, urging me to do all I can in Parliament to promote the protection of our environment. 

The Chief Executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, David Ramsden,  has written to thank me for the role I played in the campaign for access to cystic fibrosis medicines.

NHS England has today announced it has secured a definitive agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals to make available all three of their UK-licensed cystic fibrosis medicines. 

After a full day in the constituency recently, it was good to kick back and try out Brentwood's latest attraction - free-to-play table tennis.