On Thursday I visited Fairfield Hospital with the Shadow Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley. We met with the Chief Executive of Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and a group of senior clinicians. After discussing the latest position on the proposed closure of Children’s Services we toured the post-natal ward and the paediatric unit.
Archive for June, 2008
To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the founding of the NHS at Trafford General Hopsital in Manchester by Nye Bevin the Conservatives have launched an online Bithday Card where anyone can leave their own message.
The website can be accessed here
Music in the Park 08
Published June 25, 2008 General Leave a CommentTags: Music in the Park, Tottington
Sunday saw Tottington’s annual Music in the Park event take place in weather more like Autumn than Summer. There was a strong wind blowing in the morning which actually damaged one of the tents in the course of erection. Fortunately other than a couple of brief showers the afternoon was quite dry and relatively warm, the sun even appeared briefly. I know how much work goes into organising this event and I would like to thank all those who gave up so much time to make this event happen and I hope all those who attended enjoyed themselves.
North West Conservative Clubs
Published June 23, 2008 General Leave a CommentTags: Dunscar Conservative Club, North West Conservative Clubs
On Saturday I was the guest speaker at the half-yearly meeting of North West Conservative Clubs. It was actually held over at the Dunscar Conservative Club in Bromley Cross which is in the Bolton North East constituency but even so it was only a short journey for me from Tottington. It is an excellent Conservative Club with great facilities and a very good sized car park. Despite the very heavy rain there was a good turnout with representatives coming from Conservative Clubs all over he North West. After a substantial buffet lunch I spoke for 20 minutes or so about the current political situation and then I answered questons which were many and varied. It is clear that people are becomingly increasingly worried about the state of the economy. A couple of years ago you would just have an occasional question on the economy on Saturday there were several questions about different aspects of the economy and the fears of a recession. I explained that for many people especially in the private sector who had not had a pay rise for two or three years and were now seeing price double-digit price increases in food and fuel for them it would seem like there was a recession now.
I was pleased to be able to welcome Michael Gove MP to the Constituency yesterday when we visited Elton School. Michael is the Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families ( ie Education ). Michael was able to hear at first hand from the Headteacher and Chairman of Governors about the achievements the school has made and the challenges it faces.
