Huw recently spoke in parliament on the topic of social care reform.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Rt Hon Matt Hancock, accompanied by the Rt Hon Amber Rudd, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Huw Merriman MP for Bexhill and Battle, made an informal visit to Bexhill and Conquest Hospitals to meet staff and patients.

Huw spoke up for a constituent whose employment was terminated due to a spent conviction. He urged the Work and Pensions minister to ensure that public sector employers take a risk on ex-offenders and do not continue to punish them long after their sentence has been spent.

The newly appointed Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, has accepted an invitation from local MPs to visit their local NHS and Social Care teams in East Sussex.

Local MPs, Huw Merriman and Amber Rudd have welcomed the today’s news (6 June 2018) that East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is no longer in special measures.

Bexhill and Battle MP, Huw Merriman, has helped Alzheimer’s Society to launch their new report, Dementia – the true cost as part of their Fix Dementia Care campaign.

I believe that we have to add extra funding and reform to the NHS. I am no fan of increased taxes; but, in House of Commons yesterday, I called for income tax to be raised to fund services that may be being abused.

Today in Parliament, when debating the NHS I talked positively about what the last Labour Government and current Conservative Government have done.

Speaking this week in Parliament, local MP Huw Merriman welcomed the offer of a 6% per cent pay rise over the next three years for NHS staff and called for an increase in pay for teachers in East Sussex.

Today in the chamber, the Secretary of State for Health welcomed Huw's question about treating those who work in the health service with respect and deference. You can watch Huw's question here: https://goo.gl/NsePh6 and read below. 

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