Lavender Hills welcomes local MP
Last week, Lavender Hills welcomed local Labour MP Andy MacNae to their home.
Home Manager Kala Morton hosts monthly coffee mornings with residents, providing a space to discuss changes they’d like to see in the home or activities they’d like to do more often. These conversations inspired Kala to reach out to local organisations and individuals on behalf of the residents, inviting them to visit the home.
Last week’s visit provided residents with a valuable opportunity to share their concerns with Andy regarding the NHS. Topics discussed included challenges with hospital transport, difficulties in obtaining appointments, and long GP waiting lists.
The MP’s visit was the second following these meetings, with the first being a palliative nurse. Kala has also connected with the Blind Society in response to a request from one of the residents.
Andy listened to the residents’ questions and concerns, stating, “It’s my job to take all of these issues back to Parliament.”
One of the residents, Maureen, a former nurse, also shared her positive experiences of working in the NHS, offering a heartfelt perspective. While Andy acknowledged the current challenges facing the National Health Service, he emphasised that we, as a country, should also take pride in the NHS’s successes.
“It was massively important for me to come today. It’s very easy to get removed from the real world. Parliament, Westminster is a weird place, so having proper conversations with people who are well informed, have really thought it through and are coming up with practical issues and practical solutions is brilliant.”
“It’s really nice that we can give the residents that voice. It keeps them part of the community as well, it gives them that community spirit. Having Andy in to speak to them has made the residents feel heard and I think that’s really important. It was lovely to see them having such strong views and personalities. It’s made me want to do more for them, to be able to get more people in.”
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