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The Choice for Britain on Health
11 November 2009 The NHS has made enormous progress in the last 12 years. Waiting times are the shortest since records began; 3 million more operations are carried out each year; there are over 100 new or refurbished hospitals; and more people are surviving cancer, strokes and heart disease. Now, Labour will introduce three legally enforceable rights: To [...]
Continue reading...New improvements to the NHS
17. November 2009
From 1 April Labour is abolishing NHS prescription charges for everyone undergoing treatment for cancer, the effects of cancer, or the effects of cancer treatment. Up to 150,000 patients already diagnosed with cancer are expected to benefit, saving them £100 or more each year in prescription charges. Other new NHS improvements are Health Checks - which [...]
Continue reading...Swine Flu vaccine announcement
17. November 2009
21 October 2009 The Department of Health today announced: The first deliveries of pandemic flu vaccine were sent to England NHS Acute Trusts today, for the start of the vaccination programme. It will take 2-3 days to deliver to all Acute Trusts, with further supplies sent out in the following week. These supplies can be used for protecting [...]
Continue reading...Swine Flu Q & A
17. November 2009
What are the current seasonal flu vaccine clinical at-risk groups? The following are in the seasonal flu risk groups: People with, - chronic respiratory disease; - chronic heart disease; - chronic kidney disease; - chronic liver disease; - chronic neurological disease - diabetes; and - immunosuppression. This list is available in the seasonal flu CMO letter that was sent out on 3rd April [...]
Continue reading...New Child Heath Strategy
19. February 2009
Together with Children’s Secretary Ed Balls, I have recently published the Government’s long term vision of a 21st Century children’s health service aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of all children. The Child Health Strategy includes £340 million to support children with disabilities and their families. Together with funding previously announced this brings the total investment [...]
Continue reading...Extended opening hours for GP surgeries
20. January 2009
Nearly 70% of GP surgeries are now offering patients extended opening hours (including Hull Teaching PCT). When we made the controversial changes to the GP contract (which the Conservatives opposed), we hoped that 50% of practices would be offering extended hours by the end of 2008. We recognise that for many people like self-employed or hourly [...]
Continue reading...Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
20. November 2008
The Act received Royal Assent on Thursday 13 November. The Act updates the 1990 law to ensure that it is fit for purpose in the 21st Century and keeps the UK at the forefront of developments in treatment and research. There are no changes to the 1967 Abortion Act resulting from this legislation. The purpose of the Act [...]
Continue reading...Reduction in hostpital infections
14. February 2008
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) this week published its latest quarterly report on MRSA and C difficile infection figures for the quarter to September 2007. In comparison with the previous quarter the number of MRSA infections has fallen by 18% and in C difficile there has been a 16% fall in the 65s and over [...]
Continue reading...Alan Johnson MP
This site has been put together with you in mind. I receive many letters and e-mails from constituents and I want to be able to help everyone as quickly and efficiently as possible. Hopefully this site will help you, as well as me, receive the best from our relationship.
At the very top of the website you will see a list of the different pages available to you. There is some information about me, a little about Hull West and Hessle, my surgery details and useful links, of course, details for how to contact me.
As well as providing information, the site also contains both News from Westminster and Local News updates. The articles in these sections show some of the policy decisions being taken in London as well as the local news and campaigns in Hull.
I hope you are able to find what you are looking for and I would welcome any suggestions for making the site easier to use.
Alan Johnson MP
18. November 2009
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