In a letter from the Department of Health and Social Care this month, I learnt that there were 47 more full-time equivalent GPs in December 2023 in the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes area than there were in December 2019.
South West Bedfordshire MP, Andrew Selous, is delighted to hear that two local social workers – Fareed Malik and Rebekah Pocock – have each received a national award in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the social work profession.
South West Bedfordshire MP, Andrew Selous, visited the Synergy LMS laundry on Dunstable's Woodside industrial estate last week. Synergy LMS launders about a third of all NHS laundry, providing a vital service for patients.
The Home Office has announced today that it is terminating its contract with The Old Palace Lodge as a venue for asylum accommodation and has confirmed that the hotel will cease housing asylum seekers before the end of June this year.
There are 57,000 public charging devices available in the UK, an increase of 47% since this time last year.
This puts us on track to reach 300,000 chargepoints across the country by 2030.
In a letter to Felicity Cox, the Chief Executive of the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board (ICB), from 28th March, the Primary Care Minister, Andrea Leadsom, committed to holding a summit on primary care expansion locally.
Central Bedfordshire Council has been allocated almost £1.5m in Government funding to support families in the area. The funding is from the Government's Household Support Fund, which has been extended for a further six months after originally being due to end in March 2024.
