Category Archives: House of Commons

Teresa welcomes the Chancellor’s £1 million investment in defibrillators announced in the Budget this week. However, she is restating her call on the Government to make Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillator awareness training a mandatory part of the National Curriculum. … Continue reading →

Teresa this week raised with David Cameron, during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), concerns about the length of time patients are having to wait to make appoints with GPs. Teresa said: “One in four patients is waiting more than a week … Continue reading →

Teresa this week highlighted concerns about Housing Benefit reforms, which are causing hardship for many private renters across her constituency, during a debate in the House of Commons about housing costs. During the debate, Teresa highlighted the lack of affordability … Continue reading →

Teresa this week raised in the House of Commons the lack of GP support for women with epilepsy. Teresa highlighted that there are risks for pregnant women with epilepsy if they take certain anti-epileptic drugs. The most common drug taken … Continue reading →

Teresa has met with Cancer Research UK to discuss how more people can survive cancer if it’s detected and treated early after new  figures for Erith & Thamesmead were announced on World Cancer Day (February 4th 2015). The figures show … Continue reading →

Teresa has called for greater measures to be taken to help prevent cervical cancer, including strategies to combat declining rates of uptake for cervical screening, and to promote the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination amongst teenage girls. Ahead of Cervical Cancer … Continue reading →

Teresa showed her support at a Westminster event this week for Care2Save, the newly-launched shopping site that will help raise funds for charities across Erith & Thamesmead when people shop online. Online spending over Christmas is predicted to reach an … Continue reading →

Teresa this week raised with David Cameron, during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), concerns about the use of agency staff by the NHS, and how full-time nurses could potentially be employed instead. Teresa said: “In the past four years the NHS … Continue reading →