A National Audit Office report published today (Thursday 26th Jan) has found that across the UK half a million ambulance hours were lost in 2015/16 due to turnaround times at A&E departments taking over 30 minutes. South Lakes MP Tim Farron has reiterated his call for an Urgent Care Centre at Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal, to help relieve this pressure.
The Yorkshire Building Society's Windermere Branch is set to close under proposals announced today. South Lakes MP Tim Farron is due to meet the Chief Executive later this week, and will urge the building society to reverse this decision.
This week, local MP Tim Farron has signed the Holocaust Educational Trust's Book of Commitment, to pledge his commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day and to honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust, as well as to pay tribute to the extraordinary survivors who work tirelessly to educate young people.
Vital plans to upgrade Cumbria's infrastructure to make it more flood resilient are set to be shelved following the government's decision to award Cumbria only a fraction of the funds it had expected. South Cumbria MP Tim Farron has slammed the decision as "a kick in the teeth for local people who suffered under last year's floods".
The government's new Industrial Strategy is in danger of becoming little more than rhetoric unless the government matches it with real action, according to South Lakes MP Tim Farron.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed new NHS guidance which follows a campaign which began in the South Lakes to protect small rural GP surgeries. The new guidance highlights the difficulties facing rural GP surgeries, but Tim added that "words are not enough", calling for extra cash to support these services.