South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) provided a stakeholder update yesterday, 7th March, regarding their plans to reconfigure local NHS services.
It has been decided that Paignton Hospital is to stop taking in-patients from 3rd April 2017.
Local MP Kevin Foster was today granted a House of Commons debate on unfair private car parking charges.
Kevin has been inundated with complaints about the aggressive and unfair practices of car park firms at Crossways and Torquay Marina car park, and will use the debate to present evidence to a Go
GIVEN the recent stories about closures in our NHS, it was welcome to attend the opening of the new critical care unit (CCU) at Torbay Hospital last week, writes Torbay MP Kevin Foster.
The new unit has technology that could not have been imagined when the previous CCU was
Last Friday, local MP Kevin Foster had hoped to see his Animal Fighting (Sentencing) Bill pass its Second Reading in the House of Commons, however it unfortunately did not get any time for Debate in the Chamber.
The Bill, which aims to increase the maximum sentence available for those who h
Torbay MP Kevin Foster recently visited British Forces in the South Atlantic to meet those tasked with protecting the Falkland Islands and to hear more about their day to day work.
Since the Argentinian Invasion in 1982 the UK Military has maintained a permanent presence on the islands.
Meetings with Ministers
The most important part of my work as an MP at Westminster is representing my Torbay constituents.
Since Christmas, I have held face-to-face meetings with senior Government Ministers on a number of subjects relating to Torbay.
Local MP Kevin Foster was today in the Chamber to see his own Private Members' Bill, the Broadcasting (Radio Multiplex Services) Bill, pass the Report Stage and Third Reading.
The Bill aims to ensure that small community radio stations, that currently can only access FM and AM services, are also ab
MP’s yesterday voted by an overwhelming majority of 498 to 114 to back the European Union Bill, which gives Parliament’s consent to trigger Article 50.
Local MP Kevin Foster voted to trigger Brexit, and to respect the majority of voters both nationally and in Torbay, who clearly voted last June to
South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group's Governing Body met this morning at Newton Abbot Racecourse to approve their plan to close Paignton Hospital.
