Conservative MP for Southend West David Amess launched a series of questions into food labelling and obesity yesterday. In a written question, Mr Amess asked the Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, “whether he has made a recent estimate of the cost to the economy of illness, economic inactivity and premature death associated...
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After uncertainty at the start of the month over the future of St Luke’s Healthy Living Centre, Southend Borough Council’s Head of Policy and Improvement has said that the project will go ahead. In early June it was revealed that the plans for the health centre at Temple Sutton Primary School’s playing fields had...
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Southend West Conservative MP David Amess has further questioned the role of Marie Stopes International in delivering NHS reproductive health services. Mr Amess originally questioned Culture Minister Ed Vaizey over adverts for Marie Stopes International on Channel 4. His question revealed that there had been over 600 complaints from the public about the ad...
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Blaine Robin, the Conservative councillor for the Kursaal ward, has spoken out against Health Department plans to make nurses legally bound to inform patients of treatment errors. It was revealed in the Nursing Times last week that as part of the ‘corporate duty of candour’ proposed in the government’s coalition agreement, nurses could be...
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David Amess, Conservative MP for Southend West, asked Culture Minister Ed Vaizey about complaints over a TV advert for abortion services yesterday. Mr Amess, a long time anti-abortion campaigner, asked in a written question: “what representations he has received from members of the public, hon. Members and Members of the House of Lords against...
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By Rachel Charman Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East James Duddridge has asked questions in Parliament about the support for armed forces veterans with mental health care needs. In a Parliamentary debate yesterday, Mr Duddridge asked Kevan Jones, Parliamentary under secretary for veterans at the MOD: “What recent assessment he has made of...
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By Rachel Charman Southend Borough Council has been rated in the top three English local authorities in improving the lives of people with Austism. The National Autistic Society awarded Southend two green lights on its Local Authority Progress Table as part of its ‘I Exist’ campaign. In an effort to build on this success,...
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By Rachel Charman Ian Gilbert, Labour councillor for Victoria, has called for Southend’s Conservative MPs to apologise over recent teenage pregnancy statistics released by their party. The Conservatives recently released “Labour’s Two Nations”, which the party claims is a “comprehensive assessment of the level of inequality under this Labour government:, and “exposes the truth”...
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Various toys have been thrown out of prams this week after the implementation of new grown-up keep fit equipment in Priory Park. The equipment, provided by Southend Borough Council and waste disposal contractor Cory Environmental, is designed to be used by adults to excercise with and is free to use. It’s a pretty good...
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Southend West Conservative MP David Amess has continued his investigation of abortions in the UK. Mr Amess, an outspoken pro-life campaigner, wrote to the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions have been performed in the UK last year where the unborn children in question had cleft lips or palates. Mr Amess received statistics...
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