The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, gave an opening statement in response to my Urgent Question on the vaccination roll-out.

Huw Merriman

Whilst I’m confident we will deliver for the first priority groups by mid-February, we are experiencing a patchy delivery across rural parts.

Local Bexhill and Battle MP, Huw Merriman, has called on the Government to take urgent steps to make it easier for family and friends to visit loved ones.

Local East Sussex MPs have today welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of a new hospital for Eastbourne in addition to new medical wards and major refurbishment at the Conquest at Hastings and a new clinical building at Bexhill.

On Friday 25th October Huw Merriman, MP for Bexhill and Battle, visited the Cottage Hospice site in Five Ashes (part of his constituency), near Mayfield, with Rob Woolley, Chief Executive, and Holly Cowen, Head of Cottage Hospice.

Local MPs, Huw Merriman and Amber Rudd, welcomed the £14M of capital investment which they helped secure for the East Sussex Healthcare Trust

This week, the Government unveiled 21 hospital trusts who will have the chance to make the case for new buildings. East Sussex Healthcare Trust was one of the 21 selected. There is now the opportunity to put a business case together and have our sites in Eastbourne and Hastings improved.

• Huw Merriman MP dresses in pink to support Breast Cancer Now’s flagship fundraiser wear it pink
• wear it pink helps Breast Cancer Now fund vital breast cancer research and support

Huw Merriman has welcomed news that children and young people in the Bexhill and Battle constituency are to benefit from additional mental health support. 

Bexhill and Battle MP, Huw Merriman, joined in with singing activities during a recent visit to Ambleside Care Home in Bexhill to experience how National Lottery funding has enhanced the quality of life for residents and day patients.