The Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, and local MP for Weston-super-Mare John Penrose, visited Weston General Hospital on Wednesday 2 August to hear first-hand from staff about their passion for patient safety and the improvements This was part of a series of informal private…
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John Penrose reclaimed his seat as Weston-super-Mare’s MP a month ago. Since then, Weston General Hospital’s A&E has been temporarily closed overnight. Reporter Sarah Robinson sat down with him to talk about what it will take to regain a 24-hour service. Weston General Hospital’s A&E has been temporarily closed overnight…
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An appeal for a new scanner for Weston General Hospital has reached the half-way point. The League of Friends for the hospital launched the £400,000 appeal in April last year, and it has now hit £237,000. The appeal, which is run in conjunction with Weston Area Health NHS Trust (WAHT),…
Read MoreJohn Penrose has been on BBC to say that the re-opening of Weston’s A&E overnight can’t happen fast enough. He told the BBC’s Alex Lovell that we’ve got to move now to get a permanent answer for this…
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