Nick Brown MP

Nick spoke out in Parliament yesterday to defend the Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital. As part of the Government’s “Safe and Sustainable” review of children’s heart services in England, measures have been proposed to concentrate services from 11 hospitals at present to either 6 or 7. Under one of the four options put [...]

Nick met this week with local Newcastle residents who are concerned about the Lib Dem-Tory Government’s proposals for the NHS. Nick confirmed that he would continue to oppose the measures in Parliament. Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has announced a “pause” in the process, but Nick is pushing for the plans to be abandoned altogether. Nick [...]

Labour’s plans for a new National Care Service are a good start towards putting right a long-standing injustice. It’s not right that some older people should have to sell their homes to pay for care as they grow older. The new plans are based on the same principles as the NHS. It will be a [...]

Newcastle East MP Nick Brown today ‘broke the turf’ on the construction of the world leading Institute of Transplantation at the Freeman Hospital. The £30m project will increase the number of transplantations in Newcastle per year by 53%. Nick said: “If you need an organ transplant, there is no better place to live than Tyneside. [...]

A survey published last month by the National Centre for Social Research showed that satisfaction levels with the NHS are at their highest for 25 years. Over half of respondents were ‘very satisfied’ or ‘quite satisfied’ with the NHS, up from 34% ten years ago. The survey found that recent users of the NHS reported [...]

This week marks the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the NHS. The Labour Party is rightly proud of the founding principles of the NHS, paid for by taxation, and free at the point of need. In the last ten years investment in the NHS has trebled to £100 billion. This has paid for 38,000 [...]

Last Friday I had the privilege to speak at a conference of health care professionals at the launch of the North East’s first ever health and well-being strategy. The strategy’s vision is for our region to have the best and fairest health and well-being, and to be recognised for its outstanding quality of life. It [...]

The post-war introduction of universal free school age education and the creation of the National Health Service are amongst the greatest achievements of the Labour Party. These two outstanding events still have a firm place in the hearts of Labour Party members. Like most Labour Party members, I believe that the National Health service should [...]