Investing in Our NHS

I come from a medical family and passionately support our NHS. Our NHS staff do incredible work. Record number of doctors, nurses and paramedics are being trained in Chelmsford. The first cohort of new doctors have graduated from Anglia Ruskin University Medical School this summer. A new medical centre will be opening soon in Beaulieu soon, supporting the people of North Chelmsford. 


 

 

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A week in the life of Vicky Ford MP

This week, I have been working on a number of different issues to help keep children safe. Artificial intelligence is developing extraordinarily rapidly.

A Week In The Life Of

It was really good to receive the latest numbers from our local police and to see that crime has reduced locally over the past 12 months.   I would like to give a huge thank you to the many hundreds of Chelmsford local residents who have taken their time to fill in my local crime and safet

Essex Air Ambulance

Recently in Parliament, I met with representatives of Essex & Herts Air Ambulance and thanked them for saving the life of a young Chelmsford resident the previous night. Along with other Essex MPs we discussed the need for more and better landing pads for the helicopters at hospitals, and to ma

Moulsham TImes April/May 2024

The expansion of government funded free childcare for two-year-olds started in April and it will be rolled out to younger children over the coming year.    This will be a big help to many families in Chelmsford.  I visited one of Chelmsford’s Outstanding nurseries and was enormou

A week in the life of Vicky Ford MP

I have been working on the issue of car theft, working alongside our Police Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, Roger Hirst.   Whilst serious crime and antisocial behaviour has decreased dramatically in Essex over recent years, levels of car theft have risen in the past two years. 

Update on local GP services compared to pre-pandemic

I recently asked for some data so I could see how our local GP services compared to pre pandemic. In the Mid and South Essex integrated care system there were 65 more full-time-equivalent GPs in December 2023 than in December 2019 and 815,648 more appointments in general practice in the 12 months t

A week in the life of Vicky Ford MP

This week in Westminster I arranged for Essex MPs and the Health Minister to meet with the head of the Mid and South Essex Hospitals Trust which includes Broomfield, Basildon and Southend Hospitals. Performance has improved; waiting lists are falling, time to diagnosis for cancer patients is gettin