Weston’s MP, John Penrose, has visited residents of the Locking Deanery’s charitable supported housing provider, Clarence House. The home, in Clarence Road North, is designed for people over 60 who are able to live by themselves but would like their main meal provided each day. After a recent visit to…
Read MoreThis article was originally published in the Weston Mercury 09/11/2017 Weston’s maternity unit is ‘trapped in a self-fulfilling downward spiral’ because pregnant women do not believe it can offer safe emergency care, according to the town’s MP. John Penrose has asked whether more sophisticated procedures could be offered at Weston…
Read MoreWeston MP John Penrose has sent a file of evidence to local health chiefs about maternity services in Weston-super-Mare, after being flooded with testimonies from local parents who wanted to have their babies at Weston hospital but were advised to choose Bristol instead. Mr Penrose first wrote to the Clinical…
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A huge ‘thank you’ to all the Mums (and Dads!) who’ve been emailing and flooding my Facebook page with comments about why so many families go to Bristol when they’re expecting a baby, rather than using our local maternity services instead. Everyone always assumed it was because parents, understandably, didn’t…
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