50% rise in people waiting more than four weeks to see a GP in North Cumbria
Shocking new figures have revealed that the number of four-week waits for a GP appointment rose by 50% in North Cumbria last year.
Shocking new figures have revealed that the number of four-week waits for a GP appointment rose by 50% in North Cumbria last year.
Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has written to the Chief Executive of Network Rail after it has emerged that they had been informed of damage to a water pipe on the line just two days before the derailment.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron is stepping up his calls for a tax on the profits of water companies to improve Britain’s sewage system, after the huge scale of sewage dumping in Cumbria was revealed.
Commenting on the report released today by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, that recommended that the Government should compensate women affected, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron said:
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt to lend his support to plans for a memorial to the Windermere Boys – the 300 Jewish Children who came to Troutbeck…
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to the Health Secretary Victoria Atkins, urging here to support rural doctors surgeries after a shocking new report revealed that some of our local GP practices…
On the floor of the House of Commons, Cumbrian MP Tim Farron asked the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Mel Stride, to urgently review the rules which are hampering farmers being able to…
The Liberal Democrats have selected local resident Andy Hull to be their candidate for the upcoming Westmorland and Furness Council by-election in the Grange and Cartmel ward.
On the floor of the House of Commons yesterday, local MP Tim Farron challenged Treasury ministers to invest in reducing the backlog of cancer patients in Cumbria waiting months for vital treatment.
Later this month, South Lakes MP Tim Farron will take on the Coniston 14 road race to raise money for CancerCare North Lancashire and South Cumbria.