New data from the NHS has shown that more people are waiting a month for a GP appointment than at any time since when records began in 2017.
1,988 people in Washington and Sunderland West faced a wait of 28 days or more to see a GP in October alone.
A further 5,503 people had to wait more than two weeks.
1,988 Patients made to wait over a month for a GP appointment in Washington and Sunderland West.
The damage that the Conservative Party has done to our country has been immense.
While the economic shocks from Covid-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could not be predicted, Britain is lagging in its recovery compared to our G7 counterparts.
ECHO COLUMN: Our communities desperately need stability, something which successive Conservative Governments have denied us for far too long.
Fire Services: North-east England - Westminster Hall debate
Fire services in the North East debate - 23 November, 2022
Sharon Hodgson MP's report - Oct-Nov 2022 number 155
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Sharon Hodgson MP's report - Oct-Nov 2022 number 155
Sunak promised professionalism; his premiership so far is 'a professional car crash'
In another example of the merry-go-round that is Tory government these days, Rishi Sunak, after jumping ship as Chancellor three months ago and personally putting the last nail in the coffin of Boris Johnson’s stint as Prime Minister, has returned to Downing Street as the latest captain of the sleaze and scandal-ridden sinking ship that is this Tory government.
ECHO COLUMN: Sunak promised professionalism; his premiership so far is 'a professional car crash'
Tories are making life harder for people every day they are in office.
The kamikaze budget will have significant repercussions for household bills, budgets and the future of the country.
ECHO COLUMN: Tories are making life harder for people every day they are in office.
Sharon Hodgson MP's report - Sep-Oct 2022 number 154
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Sharon Hodgson MP's report - Sep-Oct 2022 number 154
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.