Health and Social Care

Conquest Hospital visit

Ensuring that constituents receive the best Health and Adult Social Care for their needs, has been a huge priority for me since my election in 2015. With a proportion of elderly constituents way above the national average, I speak regularly in Parliament as to the needs of the constituency. In East Sussex, our local NHS and County Council teams have taken the bold step to move their health and social care budgets together to ensure that the money is following the patient. This ‘Better Together’ programme should mean fewer hospital stays and faster discharges. My support for this programme, and the other changes being made nationally and locally, features heavily in all that I say and do on this subject.  Please do let me know if you wish to share your experience of Health and Social Care provision (be this positive or negative). 

News

Huw Joins Breast Cancer discussion in Parliament

This week I was pleased to join the All Party Parliamentary Group for Breast Cancer for a discussion with the Health Minister, Steve Brine, and the Chief Executives of Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now about cancer treatment and prevention.

Huw meets SUDEP Action

Michelle Samuel of Heathfield met with her local MP Huw Merriman to express her gratitude to local Business’ of Heathfield who have gone to great lengths to turn Heathfield purple to raise awareness of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) and other epilepsy-related deaths for Purple Day.

Health Secretary Praises East Sussex NHS Staff in Parliament

Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, this week spoke in the House of Commons chamber to recognise the efforts made by local East Sussex NHS staff in delivering improvements to local hospitals. Responding to praise from local MP, Huw Merriman, Mr Hunt stated that he joined Mr Merriman in

Local MPs Welcome Hospital Improvements

Local MPs, Amber Rudd and Huw Merriman, have welcomed the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) review of hospitals in Hastings, Bexhill and Eastbourne.

Sussex MPs Discuss NHS Changes

MPs from across Sussex met this week with local NHS leaders from Sussex and East Surrey to discuss proposed changes to the area's health service.  During the meeting in Parliament, chaired by Bexhill and Battle MP Huw Merriman, local MPs received an overview of the NHS Sustainability and Trans