“After five long years, the announcement that Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is finally out of special measures is a huge milestone.”

“I believe we have made a big step forward in fighting for what’s best for the Alex.”

Plans to return services to the Alexandra Hospital have been bolstered after Rachel’s lobbying efforts secured £3 million for the expansion of medical training facilities in Worcestershire.

The NHS is already protected by specific carve outs, exceptions and reservations in these trade negotiations. So I didn’t vote to not protect the NHS because our National Health Service is already protected.

We were making progress and huge strides in unlocking Redditch’s full potential – but we must now redouble our efforts in the wake of coronavirus.

In Dudley today (June 30th), Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure investment at the heart of the Government’s economic recovery post-coronavirus.

As you know, I’m fighting hard to return services to the Alex – that’s what you re-elected me to do – and I’m as determined and more committed than ever to achieving this for you.

Rachel is working on her strategy to return services to the Alex. This comprehensive and evidence based strategy will be published to ensure Rachel’s constituents understand how she intends to return services to the Alex.

This will mean people who cannot work from home and those aged 65 and over can know for sure whether they have coronavirus and need to continue isolating. Members of their households with symptoms – a new continuous cough or high temperature – will also be eligible for testing.

A number of issues were discussed including the ramping up of staff testing, acute & intensive care bed capacity and PPE for hospital staff.