Weston’s MP John Penrose has welcomed today’s decision by the Health Secretary Matt Hancock to give Weston over £3.2million towards new primary care services in central Weston. It is part of almost £1billion pledged by the Government to modernise and upgrade a variety of NHS services across the country to…
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Weston’s MP John Penrose has welcomed a significant half-a-million pound investment in North Somerset mental health services for children and young people. The money comes after John noticed an alarming increase in the number of parents contacting him about long delays in getting mental health support for their children. In…
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Health services in Weston and the villages are in line for a share of a £40.3million NHS modernisation fund, as a first step towards a ‘tech transformation’ promised by new Health Secretary, Matt Hancock. Weston’s MP, John Penrose has welcomed the funding, saying: “Last month’s announcement giving the NHS a big…
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It’s been twelve long months since Weston hospital’s A&E had to close at night. The problem isn’t money; they’ve already got the budget to run 24/7. It’s staff, because they can’t hire enough specially-qualified people to work safely during the small hours. To be fair, the hospital and ambulance service…
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