South Lakes MP, Tim Farron has welcome a grant of £106,000 for the Kendal-based Manna House by the Homelessness Transition Fund to ensure that no-one spends more than 1 night sleeping rough on the streets.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called for the Hospital Trust to act quickly on Friday's announcement of the quarterly report from health regulator Monitor that under their 'traffic light' system the hospital is deemed as Red.
On hearing news that Professor Eddie Kane has decided to stand down as Chair of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, local MP Tim Farron commented:
With the launch today of Patients First, a group that has been set up to help protect whistleblowers within the NHS, local MP Tim Farron has called on the government to strengthen rules to protect health professionals that raise concerns of patient safety.
South Lakes access to radiotherapy treatment is among the worst in the country, falling close to 20% below the national average for breast cancer.
Local poultry farmers are losing out because of poor regulation on their foreign competitors, says South Lakes MP, Tim Farron. Tim is today calling on the Government to adopt a firmer attitude towards EU member states who are failing to enforce regulations on improved animal welfare and in the process reduce the number of battery-farmed eggs appearing in UK shops and supermarkets.