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I welcome services returning to Crawley Hospital, a stark contrast to the previous decade where we lost our maternity unit in 2001 and A&E department in 2005.

Emergency services are now returning to Crawley Hospital with the Urgent Treatment Centre now able to see the majority of cases an A&E can 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round.

In 2017, Crawley Hospital saw the opening of a new Clinical Assessment Unit (CAU) and the new 26 bed Piper Ward, as part of the Crawley Clinical Commissioning Group’s work to improve urgent care in our town.

The new CAU has a large reception and waiting area, six assessment trollies and four treatment chairs, three consultation rooms and a discharge area for patients awaiting transport back home.

This facility provides rapid assessment and treatment for a number of conditions which do not need admission to an acute hospital including chest infections, breathing problems, asthma attacks, falls, severe headaches, urinary tract infections and non-passing of urine, stomach pains, diarrhoea, vomiting, deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and cellulitis.

The new and extended CAU will treat more patients in a modern environment closer to home.

The dementia-friendly Piper Ward has also opened. I visited Crawley Hospital while this work was taking place previously and was struck by the care shown by the lead architect in ensuring a more pleasant experience for patients in every way possible.

Funding confirmed at the Spending Review and the long-term settlement in 2018 have ensured the NHS resource budget in England will increase to £157.4 billion in 2023-24 and reach £162.6 billion in 2024-25.

The Government’s commitment to an additional £39 billion for the NHS and social care over three years, announced in April 2022, is additional to the 2018 pledge.

Funding for the NHS Sussex Integrated Care Boards continues to increase, and will reach £3.21 billion in 2024-25.

I am an active member of a number of All-Party Parliamentary Groups, which are made up of cross-party MPs and Peers to scrutinise and make recommendations to Government. I chaired the APPG on Blood Cancer since establishing it in June 2016 until May 2022, and remain a proud Vice Chair. Additionally, I am a Vice Chair of the APPG on Cancer and the APPG for Radiotherapy.

In December 2022, the Department of Health & Social Care confirmed approval of Crawley as the location of one of 19 new Community Diagnostic Centres, which will see patients benefit from quicker access to treatment and lifesaving diagnostic tests close to home.

January 2023 saw further boots for healthcare in Crawley. It was announced that Sussex would be included in the Government’s Discharge Frontrunners programme to lead the way in exploring new long-term initiatives to free up hospital beds.

Improvements of over £1 million for Langley Green Hospital, secured to enhance mental health crisis services, were also confirmed.

There are now almost 1.24 million full-time equivalent staff working in the NHS in England: an increase of over 34,000 compared to September 2021.

The Government have also confirmed 48 more doctors, nurses and other patient care staff working in general practice in Crawley: an increase of 40 per cent from September 2019 to September 2022.

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Henry Smith MP welcomes new measures to improve patient choice

Henry Smith MP welcomes new measures to improve patient choice

Friday, 26 May, 2023

Henry Smith MP has welcomed the Government’s announcement to introduce measures to empower people to choose where they receive their NHS care under new plans to help cut waiting lists, one of the Prime Minister’s top five priorities.

The Primary Care Plan will make a difference for patients

The Primary Care Plan will make a difference for patients

Friday, 19 May, 2023

Henry Smith MP column, Crawley Observer, 24th May 2023.

Working for Crawley and looking ahead to the Coronation

Working for Crawley and looking ahead to the Coronation

Wednesday, 3 May, 2023

Henry Smith MP column, Crawley Observer, 3rd May 2023.

Easter reflections

Easter reflections

Wednesday, 5 April, 2023

Henry Smith MP column, Crawley Observer, 5th April 2023.

Henry Smith MP welcomes £1.3 million to improve housing support for drug and alcohol recovery in West Sussex

Henry Smith MP welcomes £1.3 million to improve housing support for drug and alcohol recovery in West Sussex

Friday, 10 February, 2023

Henry Smith MP has welcomed confirmation that £1.3 million will be made available for housing support for people in drug and alcohol treatment in West Sussex through a range of programmes.

Henry Smith MP welcomes rise in general practice workforce in Crawley

Henry Smith MP welcomes rise in general practice workforce in Crawley

Monday, 6 February, 2023

Henry Smith MP has welcomed news that there are 48 more doctors, nurses and other patient care staff working in general practice in Crawley: an increase of 40 per cent.

World Cancer Day 2023: We need to Catch Up With Cancer

World Cancer Day 2023: We need to Catch Up With Cancer

Saturday, 4 February, 2023

Henry Smith MP column, Crawley Observer, 8th February 2023.

Henry Smith MP calls for world-class radiotherapy in the UK

Henry Smith MP calls for world-class radiotherapy in the UK

Thursday, 2 February, 2023

Henry Smith MP has joined Radiotherapy UK and the #CatchUpWithCancer campaign in Parliament to reiterate his support for enhanced radiotherapy care ahead of World Cancer Day.

Henry Smith MP welcomes new plan to recover urgent and emergency care services

Henry Smith MP welcomes new plan to recover urgent and emergency care services

Wednesday, 1 February, 2023

Frontline NHS capacity will be boosted further thanks to 800 new ambulances, including 100 specialist mental health vehicles, and 5,000 more sustainable hospital beds backed by a £1 billion dedicated fund.

Henry Smith MP welcomes Langley Green Hospital improvements as part of Government £150 million investment in NHS mental health urgent and emergency care services

Henry Smith MP welcomes Langley Green Hospital improvements as part of Government £150 million investment in NHS mental health urgent and emergency care services

Monday, 30 January, 2023

Henry Smith MP has welcomed confirmation from the Department of Health & Social Care that Langley Green Hospital will see improvements to mental health crisis services worth more than £1 million.

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