Urgent repairs are needed for Stepping Hill Hospital, with buildings being condemned, corridors flooded, and light fittings falling out of ceilings. Sign our petition to tell the Department of Health to fund the critical repairs that are needed today, and a long-term plan for tomorrow. With an estimated £130 million backlog of repairs, we need urgent funding today, and a long-term development plan for a new, additional site in the centre of Stockport, located near the transport interchange.
Liberal Democrat MP Lisa Smart has demanded action from the Government over “insurmountable” blocks on dentists wanting to work in the area, caused by their “Certificate of Sponsorship” Scheme.
MP Lisa Smart has written to Health Minister Karin Smyth following the news that closures at Buxton Hospital have seen patients redirected to Stepping Hill, putting even more pressure on the hospital.
Funding the desperately long backlog of repairs at Stepping Hill Hospital must feature in the Government’s Spring Statement, said local MP Lisa Smart, after she wrote to the Chancellor and Health Secretary ahead of the Government’s Spring Statement.
After meeting with Age UK to hear about their corridor care campaign, local MP Lisa Smart has called again for the Government to address the critical problems which are resulting in hundreds of people waiting in corridors for treatment in Stepping Hill.
MP Lisa Smart has said that delivery on changes to special educational needs (SEND) provision is key, after Schools Minister Georgia Gould met with Greater Manchester MPs and parents to hear their concerns.
The desperate shortfall in resources to allow the local mental health trust to carry out autism and ADHD assessments was laid bare by local MP Lisa Smart in parliament – at current rates it would take at least 12 years to clear the waiting list.