NHS

I'm working to ensure residents across Burnley & Padiham have access to world-class healthcare by securing a new radiology centre at Burnley Hospital, and ensuring everyone can access a GP appointment when they need one.

I'm working to support our NHS so residents have better local services when they need them.

  • My mission has always been a whole scale levelling up of healthcare provision in Burnley and Padiham. And in the time I’ve been your Member of Parliament I’ve worked with East Lancashire NHS Trust to secure two new endoscopy rooms, state-of-the-art breast cancer screening equipment, the introduction of surgical robots, and a strategy to improve emergency care.
  • We need to guarantee a long-term future for Burnley hospital through skills, increased diagnostics & investment. And that's exactly where my focus is.
  • Burnley has one of Lancashire's best maternity units. And I'm working with the Trust to build on this and make Burnley an even better place to raise a family.

 

News

Extra Nurses in Our Local NHS

Progress report published this week outlines timing and plans for achieving the milestone of 50,000 extra nurses within the NHS. Extra nurses will help the NHS recover from the pandemic, tackle COVID backlogs and ensure it continues providing world-class care in the years to come. Local MP Antony

North West to receive £7.3 million for extra dental appointments

Dental patients in Burnley and Padiham are to benefit from access to more appointments thanks to a £50 million national government funding injection. The northwest is to get £7,310,000 as part of the funding to secure up to 350,000 additional dental appointments across the country allowing people s

Antony speaks about Integrating Heath and Social Care

Antony raised the important topic of integrating health and social care but with a focus on how technology can help us achieve it. Part of the problem is that we need to get a lot better at the sharing of information between different clinicians, GP's, hospitals and social care settings - because

Health Secretary Praises Burnley and Padiham Residents for Vaccination Efforts

Health Secretary Matt Hancock congratulated Burnley and Padiham residents for the speed at which the borough is administering the Covid-19 vaccinations. In a personalised video message posted by local MP Antony Higginbotham, the Secretary of State said the rollout is going far faster than expected

Mental Health Reforms

Parity between mental health and physical health is so important. It’s something that I not only promised during the General Election campaign but which I am personally committed to.