Government announces extra funding of £2,652,000 for the purchase of extra beds in the community to ease hospital pressures

Last week, the Government announced a new £200 million national discharge fund for integrated care boards (ICBs) to fund an increase in the number of beds in care homes and short-term care placements to ease winter pressures on hospital beds. ...

Sir Bill Wiggin MP praises work of local NHS Trust

Sir Bill Wiggin MP was very glad to read the many positive stories in the latest update from Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, highlighting the successful performance of our wonderful NHS locally. As the newsletter reports, the...

Sir Bill Wiggin MP supports Guide Dogs’ Open Doors campaign

Sir Bill Wiggin, MP for North Herefordshire has pledged his support to all people living with vision impairment through Guide Dogs’ Open Doors campaign. At a parliamentary event hosted in December by the charity Guide Dogs, Sir Bill Wiggin MP...

Online mental health curriculum now available for schools

I recently received information regarding The Lily-Jo Project regarding an online mental health curriculum for schools. The information I was given is below: "I wanted to let you know that thanks to recent funding, we are now able to offer...

Sir Bill plants a Remembrance stake in the Constituency Garden of Remembrance

On Monday, Sir Bill Wiggin MP planted a wooden cross to pay tribute to service personnel from his constituency of North Herefordshire who have died in service to our country.  The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle...

Sir Bill holds a Westminster Hall Debate on Airport Parking Charges

Photograph from: parliamentlive.tv On 2nd November, Sir Bill Wiggin MP, Member of Parliament for North Herefordshire, called for consideration of airport parking charges in a Westminster Hall Debate.  Sir Bill argued that airports must provide free and safe drop-off options...

Celebrating Great British Ciders

On Wednesday 2nd November, Sir Bill Wiggin MP, Member of Parliament for North Herefordshire, and Ian Liddell-Grainger MP, Member of Parliament for Bridgewater & West Somerset, co-hosted an event in Westminster with the National Association of Cider Makers (NACM) to...

Sir Bill shows support for British food and farming in North Herefordshire

Sir Bill Wiggin MP has shown support for British food and farming today on Back British Farming Day, recognising the vital role farmers in North Herefordshire play in feeding the nation. The National Farmers Union (NFU) provided the emblem of...

Information on using non-barcoded stamps before 1 February 2023

Information I received from Royal Mail regarding the 100-day countdown for customers to use their non-barcoded definitive stamps: "On Monday 24 October there will be just 100 days until non-barcoded Definitive stamps cease to be a valid form of postage....