The equivalent of 17,500 GP appointments in the Herts Valleys area are at risk due to the increased cost to GP practices from the government’s Budget, according to Liberal Democrat analysis.
Victoria Collins MP asks her first question in Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons. She highlighted the valuable work of the Swan Youth Project - an organisation supporting teenagers and their families in Berkhamsted.
Local Lib Dem MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, Victoria Collins, has said the extra funding for the NHS announced in the Budget must deliver improved services for local people including through extra GP appointments and reducing cancer waiting times.
100 days since election win: Victoria Collins MP says tackling the health & social care crisis, cost-of-living crisis and stopping sewage remain her “top priorities”
Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden and Berkhamsted, held a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament on tackling sewage discharges into chalk streams.
Hertfordshire one of worst hit areas for having most number of patients per GP: Victoria Collins MP calls for boost in GP numbers
Improvements for local transport and special educational needs in Hertfordshire have been delayed by county council incompetence - with £17 million of vital funds going unspent this year.
“Wrecking tactics” have been blamed after “timewasting” speeches forced the cancellation of a key council debate on special educational needs.
Hertfordshire County Council Conservatives have voted down a Liberal Democrat motion that “the Council believes that the target must be to meet the authority’s statutory obligations”...
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