Great to be at 10 Downing Street with Rishi Sunak and health influencers to discuss how we are backing the first NHS Long Term Workforce Plan with more than £2.4 billion over five years to:
Ahead of the publication of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan this week, it was great to visit Anglia Ruskin University Medical School with Vicky Ford MP to meet Nursing, Medicine and Physician Associate students.
We secured nearly £20,000,000 in government regeneration grants for Colchester. Saving and transforming the old Lexden Hospital building is a project I’m delighted to see is progressing with new green space planned to improve the setting of this fantastic building we know so well.
It was a pleasure to meet Zach on Friday, who works at the Co-op as a Customer Service Assistant and is an individual that has benefited from the Inclusive Employment initiative, which is a collaboration project between Essex Care provider, ECL and Essex County Council.
A pleasure to meet with Chief Supt Weaver and Supt Taylor at Colchester Police Station today. We discussed policing in the Colchester District and it gave me an opportunity to thank them and all at Essex Police for the work they do fighting crime and keeping our community safe.
An interesting visit to visit Buzz Bingo Colchester on Osborne Street today to learn more about the club’s work in the local community and the measures being taken to promote safer gambling.
I’ve seen first-hand just how hard Essex Police officers and staff work to keep Colchester safe. We now have 3,750 Police Officers and that is by far the largest number of serving officers the force has ever had.
It was humbling to hear from representatives of Ukraine’s Superhumans Centre in London last night and set out support. The inspirational centre provides vital prosthetics and recovery services to frontline soldiers and civilians maimed or injured by Putin's illegal war.
I was delighted to attend and speak at the official launch of the government’s 10-year partnership with Moderna.
Vital research and development of new vaccines in the UK is critical in strengthening our health resilience and cementing the UK as a global science superpower.
It was an honour to address the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London today. The conference brings together a global coalition of governments, financial institutions, and private sector investors to secure Ukraine’s long-term economic future and ensure its recovery.
