Category Archives: NHS

Challenging our local Conservative MP on the NHS

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Martin

Our local MP is on the Health & Social Welfare Bill Committee that is driving through the stealth privatisation of the NHS. To date, he has done nothing to stop it. Hence this letter to the Hampshire Chronicle.

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More catching up: a report on ambulance response times from April 2009

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Martin

More catching up. Here’s a BBC South Today report on ambulance response times from April 16, 2009 using the results of an FOI request I did on ambulance response times.

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New dentist places for Winchester

Posted on January 27, 2010 by research

Hampshire Health bosses are now planning a significant number of extra NHS dentist places in Winchester – including a new centre that will be open 7 days a week from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. Winchester’s Prospective Lib Dem MP, …

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Making progress against MRSA and C. Diff at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Martin

I was very encouraged to see today’s Hampshire Chronicle report on how Winchester’s local hospital is making progress in the battle against MRSA. Back in January, following an invitation, I accompanied the RHCH Medical Director, Dr Kevin Stewart, on one …

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Meridian TV report

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Martin

As mentioned on Facebook, I spent much of last week wandering around Lib Dem conference with a small Sony video camera – filming a range of things from fun through to serious on behalf of ITV Meridian’s “Last Word”. They …

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