Health, Social Care and Wellbeing

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Chris Loder MP calls for an end to long ambulance wait times

Chris Loder MP led a Westminster Hall debate today to ask the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) about the process employed when why South Western Ambulance Service has not been able to have greater military support than received last year given the difficult issues with ambulance response

My view on 'Plan B' : Chris Loder MP

It is no secret that I am opposed to the principle of vaccine passports and that is why I shall vote against them in a vote, expected on 14th December. There is a mitigating factor that a negative test will get around the need for a vaccine pass to be presented, but when there is apparently al

MP cheers MIU’s admission of walk-in patients for first time in 18 months

West Dorset MP Chris Loder has welcomed the change in direction from the NHS that the Yeatman Hospital’s Minor Injuries Unit in Sherborne has now re-opened to walk-in patients for the first time since the Coronavirus Pandemic began last year following prolonged discussions with the MP and trust Chie

Chris Loder MP supports Dorset Council on social care

Chris Loder MP supports Dorset Council’s excellent record caring for the people who need it in West Dorset despite spiralling costs of adult social care.   He believes that we need to make sure that, if the public is being asked to pay a further 1.25% of earnings to support health and soc

My campaign to reopen the Yeatman Hospital's MIU

The MIU at the the Yeatman Hospital closed on April 6 2020, during the early weeks of lockdown, a decision taken by Dorset Health Care Trust to manage the impact of covid-19.

My position on the second lockdown

When I was elected, almost a year ago, never did I expect to have to vote on a piece of legislation, as I did on Wednesday 4th November about a ‘national lockdown’. I am not a supporter of the principle of national lockdown.

£62.5m secured as Dorchester hospital plans approved

Dorset County Hospital multi-storey car park plans approved Councillors overrule Council Planners' recommendation of refusal West Dorset MP intervenes to save £62.5 million Government funding Following Chris Loder's statement and letter to Councillors on the proposed expansion of Dorse