Jun 7, 2023 | Healthy Start Scheme, Latest News
Next week I will be introducing a Bill to Parliament that calls on the Government to automatically enrol those eligible for NHS Healthy Start prepaid cards onto the scheme. Currently, around 200,000 babies, children and pregnant mothers are missing out on funding to...
May 11, 2023 | Healthy Start Scheme, Latest News
Last week I led a debate in Westminster Hall to address the issue of stark inequality that has seen our region suffer child poverty levels of 38%, rising to 42% in South Shields. The North East region represents the hardest hit area in the UK with poverty...
