Wendy Maisey and Andy Carter (PPC Warrington South) spent a morning with Health Secretary Matt Hancock at Warrington Hospital, seeing the fantastic work done there and discussing priorities in health care.
Key outputs from Matt were:
โ The NHS is NOT FOR SALE; ๐ฐ We're investing ยฃ34Billion per year by the end of the next parliament; ๐ฉโโ๏ธ We're increasing GP numbers by 6,000; ๐จโโ๏ธ Increasing nurse numbers by 50,000; ๐ Increasing Primary Care Professionals by 6,000; ๐ ฟ๏ธ Free parking for staff and users; ๐ Creating 50 million additional GP appointments; ๐ Offering between ยฃ5,000-8,000 annual grants for trainee nurses; ๐ฅ Building 40 new hospitals over the next 10 years, on top of the 20 upgrades announced in the summer - Warrington is on the list; ๐ Introducing cross-party proposals to tackle social care.
If elected, both Wendy & Andy will work tirelessly to ensure that local health services are properly invested in, as well as campaign for a new hospital here in Warrington.
