“We’re heading in the right direction” Rachel has said as new figures show a boost to the NHS workforce.
The latest workforce data from NHS England has found there are now more doctors, nurses and health visitors and midwives working at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust than when Rachel was first elected in June 2017.
There has been a 31% increase in the number of doctors, a 19% increase in the number of nurses and health visitors and there are 10 more midwives working across the Acute Trust’s hospitals.
As part of her Long-Term Plan for the Delivery of Health and Social Care, Rachel promised to support the recruitment of more doctors, nurses and midwives to support her campaign to return a maternity and children’s service to the Alexandra Hospital.
Rachel’s campaign received a further boost recently when the Government confirmed it would be funding medical training places for UK students at the University of Worcester’s Three Counties Medical School.
This comes on top of the Government’s record funding for the NHS and the multi-million-pound investments in the Alex.
Rachel said:
“We’re heading in the right direction when it comes to boosting the NHS workforce – an essential part of my campaign to return a maternity and children’s service to the Alex.
“There are now more doctors, nurses and health visitors and midwives working for our Acute Trust than when I was first elected. That’s real, tangible progress which will improve healthcare for my constituents.
“With this in mind, and with record funding for our NHS, as well as training the next generation of doctors here in Worcestershire, I believe the time is now for the Acute Trust to once again look at providing a maternity and children’s service at the Alex.
“The Alex must be a hospital where women can once again give birth and where children, no matter their illness or injury, can be treated. I won’t stop fighting for this because it’s the right thing to do.”