Shocking figures show that on average, Northumbrian Water discharged raw sewage every 23 minutes, devastating the North East’s tourism and leisure hotspots.
On average, Northumbrian Water discharged raw sewage every 23 minutes.
The doctor can’t see you now – 15% of people across the North East and North Cumbria who try to make a GP appointment don’t get one, whilst 59,947 are forced to wait over a month.
The doctor can’t see you now.
After all the sleaze, the scandals and the failure, it’s time for proper change.
At long last, Boris Johnson has announced that he will be stepping down as leader of the ruling Conservative party. And yet, this disgraced, law-breaking Prime Minister is trying to cling to power and wait until autumn to resign as PM.
ECHO COLUMN: After all the sleaze, the scandals and the failure, it’s time for proper change.
Labour will sort out backlog and put patients at core of NHS.
When my constituent Adam (his name has been changed to protect his privacy) asked for an appointment with a doctor, he was made to wait three months. At the consultation he was told he needed a full hip replacement and that he would have to wait another nine months for a surgery date. Six months later, he called the hospital to ask when that date might be. The hospital told him that he would have to wait a further twelve months.
ECHO COLUMN: We will sort out backlog and put patients at core of NHS.
Sharon Hodgson MP's report - May-Jun 2022 number 151
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Sharon Hodgson MP's report - May-Jun 2022 number 151
Sharon Hodgson MP's report - Mar-Apr 2022 number 149
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Sharon Hodgson MP's report - Mar-Apr 2022 number 149
Echo Column: Office closure makes it clear levelling-up rhetoric is hollow.
ECHO COLUMN: Office closure makes it clear levelling-up rhetoric is hollow.
You can read Sharon's latest Echo column below, or on the Sunderland Echo Website
Inflation is at the highest level that it has been in three decades, food costs are soaring, and fuel bills could increase by another 50% in the next few months. We are in a cost of living crisis.
ECHO COLUMN: Labour would bring down the cost of living to give families security
You can read Sharon's latest Echo column below, or on the Sunderland Echo Website
One hundred and fifty thousand Britons have died of coronavirus,
and this could be as high as 175,000 if the 28-day marker is not used.
ECHO COLUMN: Tories play fast and loose with your safety but want yet more.
Sharon Hodgson MP's report - Mar-Apr 2017 number 94
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