MP Helen Morgan has told the Government to wake up and act quickly to fix “disgraceful” waiting times after it was revealed Shropshire’s A&E departments have some of the longest waits in the country.
Helen Morgan called on the Transport Secretary to pass her Bus Services Bill, which would make sure that people who live in towns of 10,000 people or more can access key services and connections every day of the week.
MP Helen Morgan spent 12 hours on the front line with paramedics in Shropshire to witness the impact of ambulance delays first hand. The Lib Dem MP praised the “top-level professionalism” of crews being undermined by a “failing health system and a failing government” after attending a variety of incidents.
Helen Morgan gives a first-hand account of her 12-hour shift with a West Midlands Ambulance Service crew in Shropshire: It’s midday on a wet and windy Friday afternoon. Normally I’d be in a village hall for an advice surgery with constituents. Instead, I’m hurtling down an A road being deafened by a siren in the back of an ambulance.
MP Helen Morgan returned to a flood-hit community in North Shropshire to meet local residents and business owners and discuss what support and help they need. The North Shropshire MP toured Melverley and the surrounding area before taking part in a public meeting six months after the community was rocked by the latest bout of flooding.
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan has called on Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to set out a plan to fix the ambulance crisis, after new NHS figures revealed record delays for heart attack and stroke patients.
The Government must cancel October energy price rise and save families in Shropshire nearly £200 million, MP Helen Morgan has said. The North Shropshire MP has called on the Government to spare families from soaring energy bills by cancelling October’s price cap increase, accusing the Conservatives of “stalling in the face of a national emergency”.
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan has called out the Conservative Government for its neglect of the health system as new research revealed nine out of ten dentists in Shropshire are not taking new patients.
North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan is calling for rural crime teams to be strengthened after new research revealed that the cost of theft in the countryside has risen by 40 per cent. Rural crime cost Shropshire nearly £1 million in 2021, according to NFU Mutual claims, with the county in the top 10 worst affected counties in the UK.