Fighting for the Alex

Rachel is continuing her work to improve access to local GP services.

This is the story of Rachel's successful campaign to return the Garden Suite to the Alexandra Hospital.

Following the announcement that the Chief Executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Matthew Hopkins, is leaving the Trust, Rachel said:

Rachel has met with the Health Minister to discuss the Three Counties Medical School.

She joined MPs from Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire at the meeting with the Minister for Health and Secondary Care, Will Quince, today (March 15th).

Rachel is calling on residents to submit nominations for the official 2023 NHS Parliamentary Awards.

The awards recognise staff who have gone above and beyond the call of duty and they are even more special this year as they mark 75 years of the NHS.

Rachel has welcomed a 32% increase in the number of doctors, nurses and other patient care staff working in general practice in Redditch and the Villages since 2019.

Rachel has welcomed a £1.5 million Government funding boost for local mental health crisis services.

It is part of a £150 million investment in NHS mental health urgent and emergency care services up to April 2025.

The Garden Suite is “back at the Alexandra Hospital where it belongs” Rachel has said as the service reopens.

From today (February 28th), cancer patients can once again receive their chemotherapy treatment at Redditch’s hospital.

Keen to build momentum behind her fight to get services back to the Alexandra Hospital following success in securing the Garden Suite’s return, Rachel raised her campaign with the Prime Minister.

Rachel has welcomed a major NHS and Government plan to improve urgent and emergency care services, reduce waiting times and improve patient care.