Health campaigner, Tim Farron MP has reiterated his call for more doctors to be appointed to Westmorland General Hospital following a report from the Independent Health Experts to the County's Health Committee.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has expressed his concern about the number of operations being cancelled at Morecambe Bay due to a shortage of hospital beds.
Local MP Tim Farron joined hundreds of other MPs to defeat the Government on Gurkha settlement rights in Parliament last week. The Liberal Democrat-led debate saw the Gurkhas securing the support of Parliament for their right to settle in the UK.
Six of the eighteen beds in the new renal unit at Westmorland General Hospital are lying vacant despite the fact that there are dozens of south lakes patients who are desperate for treatment.
Rural businesses are struggling to take advantage of apprenticeships according to South Lakes MP Tim Farron, who today called on the Government to increase funding for rural businesses to allow them to recruit more apprentices to help businesses survive the recession.
Liberal Democrat Defra Spokesperson Tim Farron has accused the Government of being complacent in its handling of the UK's bluetongue crisis after it was revealed that millions of doses of vaccine could be thrown away. This means that the number of animals that have been immunised is much lower than the government's targets - leaving the door open to dangerous outbreaks this summer.
