A new dementia campaign has seen support from more than 160 MPs including Sharon Hodgson MP for Washington and Sunderland West. Sharon Hodgson has joined other MPs to launch of Alzheimer’s Society’s new campaign Fix Dementia Care. The campaign calls for improvements in hospital care for people living with dementia. MPs gathered in Westminster […]
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Sunderland MP supports NSPCC’s It’s Time campaign calling on more funding for children services
The MP for Washington and Sunderland West has backed the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s (NSPCC) It’s Time campaign. The national campaign is calling for increased funding for services supporting children who have suffered abuse and want more research into the scale of the problem, as well […]
Sunderland MP backs junior doctors in contracts dispute
A Wearside MP has slammed Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s decision to impose contracts on junior doctors. Sharon Hodgson, MP for Washington and Sunderland West, said it was shocking to hear of the minister’s ultimatum in a long-running row with medics. Mr Hunt has announced in Parliament that contracts would be […]