Investing in Our NHS

Parliamentary terms tend to mirror those of our schools and this week Parliament has been in recess over half term.  MPs often chose to do different things with this time.  Maybe its an overseas visit, or a chance to catch up with a project, time in the constituency or perhaps a break.   I spent

I was incredibly lucky to have been picked in a ballot of MPs to be able to stand on the pavement outside Parliament during the Coronation procession.   An experience I will never forget.

I have followed issues about online safety for children for many years and it is good news that a new Online Safety Bill is working its way through the Parliamentary Process with a particular focus on strengthening protections for children.  This week I was very honoured to be elected by colleagu

At the start of May 2023, I received an update from Mid and South Essex NHS Hospital Trust on our hospitals including this news on progress cutting NHS waiting lists locally.

People in Chelmsford often talk to me about GP appointments and the challenges there can be when trying to get through to the GP early in the morning. I know a number of our GPs surgeries have been working to improve this.

Have Your Say – on the proposed expansion of the Chelmer Valley Park and Ride

Recently, I visited the Ambulance Operations Centre in Broomfield. I would like to thank all those who work at the centre for their dedication and hard work.

From here, 999 call handlers and ambulance dispatchers coordinate ambulances across the East of England.

There are a number of ways for backbench MPs to raise a constituency issue in the House of Commons.  You can enter the ballot and try to secure a slot at Prime Ministers Questions (I do this every week) or one of the other daily question time sessions with other minsters.   You can try “bobbing”

I was over the moon to get the news just before Christmas that the contract for Beaulieu Park Station had been signed between Essex County Council, Network Rail and the construction company.   Local residents tell me that they were first promised a new station over 40 years ago.  Now it is firmly

They say you wait ages for a London bus and then three arrive at once.   The week before Christmas brought three bits of very good news for Chelmsford.