Health Secretary visits Somerset
The Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunty will be in Weston-super-Mare on Friday to open a new NHS dental practice.
Weston MP welcomes extra hospital funding
The Conservative MP for Weston-super-Mare has welcomed today's decision by the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to give Weston General Hospital's Accident and Emergency Department an additional £4.8m to deal with expected increases in demand this Winter.
John Penrose said he had campaigned for better health funding for Weston and the villages for years, and so have hospital staff and GPs too:
But Mr Penrose also said; 'It may not solve all our health funding problems, but it’s a huge step in the right direction, and it shows our message is getting through in Westminster.'
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