Kingston NHS Challenge

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While the Government has, at long last, found some new resources for the NHS, I am campaigning to make sure Kingston receives its fair share.

Last year I launched the Kingston NHS Challenge to help me build our case. I have been encouraging people to tell me about their NHS experiences - good and bad.

The Survey

I received replies to the survey from 4000 constituents.

300 other residents responded to my Kingston NHS Challenge campaign with their own specific cases. The majority of these highlighted problems with services at local hospitals.

A summary of these cases and the results of my constituency survey were sent to the Secretary of State for Health with a number of recommendations on how to improve local services.

Findings

To summarise some of the issues that local residents were concerned about:

When asked how long they waited between being seen by their GP and being seen for the first time by a hospital doctor
.. 27% had waited up to 4 weeks to receive any treatment
.. 22% had waited between 1 and 3 months.
.. 34% waited between 4-10 months.
.. 17% waited longer than 10 months.

When asked if there should be more NHS dentists
.. 87% thought that there should be more NHS dentists
.. only 56% said that they had a local NHS dentist.

When given a choice between better NHS funding and income tax cuts
.. 82% felt that the nation’s top spending priority should be on NHS funding.

Recommendations

My main recommendations concerned ...

A&E & bed shortages

Waiting times/lists

Ward cleanliness

Monitoring of loans of hospital equipment

Recruitment of nurses

You can read the full text of my recommendations

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