Following today's statement laying out the Government's response to the recent Francis Report, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the Health Secretary's announcement that more compassion and a change of culture surrounding reporting failings needs to be injected into the NHS.
Following a chaotic 'soft launch' of the new NHS Direct call centre last Thursday, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has raised his concerns and insisted that 'these mistakes must be corrected' before the official launch of the new call centre in April.
In my latest monthly column for the Times and Citizen newspaper, I took the opportunity to say a big 'well done' to our local schools for the truly remarkable run of Ofsted school inspection outcomes they have achieved in this academic year.
An eight month campaign to save Hinckley's Ambulance Station has ended successfully. A meeting of the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) Board this morning agreed to back plans to have 28 Hubs and Ambulance Stations in the East Midlands including an Ambulance Station in Hinckley. This follows an eight month campaign to save the Ambulance Station, since last July, when EMAS first proposed to close it.
Councillors back shop keeper in parking call
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on local residents to email him a picture of the worst pothole in their area. Tim plans to give all the pictures to the county council and demand that they fix our roads!