Justin Tomlinson

Justin Tomlinson

North Swindon

Swindon Advertiser Column - £36 Billion To Fund The Biggest Catch-up Programme In NHS History

Swindon Advertiser Column - £36 Billion To Fund The Biggest Catch-up Programme In NHS History

The pandemic has, of course, placed massive pressures on the NHS, with the treatment of patients with Covid-19 creating huge backlogs in the system. In fact, the number of patients now waiting for elective surgery and routine treatment in England is at a high of over 5 million and, without intervention now, this figure could rise to 13 million by the end of the year. As such, earlier this week, MPs voted for the Government’s plan to address these backlogs in the NHS, along with fixing the brok...

Record £36 Billion Investment To Reform NHS And Social Care

Record £36 Billion Investment To Reform NHS And Social Care

Prime Minister pledges to tackle NHS Covid backlogs and cut waiting times with new £36 billion investment for health and social care Responsible, fair, and necessary action taken to provide biggest catch-up programme in the history of the NHS and reform the adult social care system NHS capacity to increase to 110% of planned activity levels by 2023/24, offering more appointments, treatments, and operations Social care reform plan will end catastrophic costs for people across the country, and inc...

Justin Visits Site Of New Blunsdon Community Shop

Justin Visits Site Of New Blunsdon Community Shop

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson was excited to visit the site where a community shop will soon be situated in Blunsdon Village. Justin had a tour of the new building, set to open in Spring next year. The new shop, which will be situated on Sam's Lane will replace the existing one on the Blunsdon High Street next to Blunsdon Village Hall. The shop is a collaboration between Hayfield Homes and the existing community shop in Blunsdon, and as well as a shop the faciity will feature a café for lo...

Justin Visits New Greenbridge Housing Development

Justin Visits New Greenbridge Housing Development

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson was delighted to visit the ribbon cutting ceremony at Keepmoat Homes’ Greenbridge site earlier this week to mark the conclusion of the first stage of housebuilding on the site. Keepmoat Homes is building a range of two, three, and four bedroom homes, with the first residents set to move in next month. Justin spoke with the team at Keepmoat Homes on a range of topics, including issues in the sector, material procurement, and the current situation in the housing ...

Justin Congratulates Team GB On A Fantastic Paralympic Performance

Justin Congratulates Team GB On A Fantastic Paralympic Performance

North Swindon MP and Minister for Disabled People Justin Tomlinson has praised Team GB Paralympians after an incredible performance at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. Team GB Finished 2nd on the medals table with 124 medals – 41 gold, 38 silver and 45 bronze. The strong performance saw GB Paralympians win medals in a greater range of sports than any other country has before. A number of experienced GB Paralympians continued to build on their incredible careers, such as Dame Sarah Storey, who won h...

Justin Comments On The Government’s Latest Consultation on Tackling Plastic Waste

Justin Comments On The Government’s Latest Consultation on Tackling Plastic Waste

The Government recently announced the UK’s latest steps in the war to end plastic waste, which included one of the most important public consultations on the topic ever. Justin Tomlinson, MP for North Swindon has been outlining his support for new measures that protect the natural environment and wildlife from single-use plastic waste. The impact of plastic waste or plastic pollution is hard to understate. It is estimated that each person uses a staggering 18 single-use plastic plates and 37 sin...

Justin Meets Paralympic Medallist Piers Gilliver

Justin Meets Paralympic Medallist Piers Gilliver

North Swindon MP, and Minister for Disabled People, Justin Tomlinson celebrated Team GB’s Paralympic success by meeting wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver – who returned from Tokyo with three medals. Piers put in an impressive performance in Tokyo, winning a full house of medals – gold, silver and bronze, contributing to the 9 medals won between GB’s three-man wheelchair fencing team. Justin met Piers as part of a visit to the University of Bath’s sports village, where the wheelchair fencing tea...

Swindon Advertiser Column - Talent Spotting And Development Key To Paralympic Success

Swindon Advertiser Column - Talent Spotting And Development Key To Paralympic Success

The GB Paralympic Team have continued to bring home the medals – sitting second in the medals tables with 96 medals. Yesterday I had the great pleasure of meeting one such medallist, wheelchair fencer Piers Gilliver. Between them, the three GB Paralympic wheelchair fencers have won a very impressive 9 medals- with Piers securing a full house of gold, silver and bronze, to add to the two silver medals he won at Rio in 2016. In my role as the Minister for Disabled People, I visited the Team Bath ...

Pattern Church Gets Thumbs Up From Local MP

Pattern Church Gets Thumbs Up From Local MP

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson visited the new Pattern Church on Penzance Drive to learn about their work in the community and their experiences of opening during the coronavirus pandemic. The building which was formerly the Pattern Store building at the heart of the Swindon Railway Works was taken over by the group and launched in time for December 2018, and has been establishing itself in the community ever since. The team at the Pattern Church is led by Reverend Joel Sales. After being gi...

Justin Welcomes Huge Boost To Tutoring Funding To Benefit 6 Million Pupils

Justin Welcomes Huge Boost To Tutoring Funding To Benefit 6 Million Pupils

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson has praised the latest announcements from the Department for Education that schools will have greater flexibility to offer additional 15-hour tutoring courses in schools. In a major expansion of the National Tutoring Programme, the increase is expected to reach up to six million pupils across the UK in total over the next three years, and make sure students that need it receive quality catch up support. The National Tutoring programme is backed by more than £1...