Helen Morgan has arrived in Westminster to take her seat after her stunning by-election win in North Shropshire.
Here she is with some of her new parliamentary colleagues:
In her first act as North Shropshire’s new MP, Helen will write to the Health Secretary Sajid Javid calling for an urgent meeting with the West Midlands Ambulance Trust, which asked to see him over four months ago.
The Trust asked to meet with Sajid Javid after declaring long waiting times posed a “catastrophic risk” to patients. Patients have been left waiting hours for ambulances to arrive, and in one case, a 95 year-old woman in Shropshire was left waiting 11 hours for an ambulance to take her to hospital.
In recent months, four local ambulance stations have closed in Shropshire despite the crisis.
The crisis has also been worsened by the surge in Covid cases due to the Omicron variant, which has seen ambulances being taken off the road across the country due to staff absences.
Ahead of her swearing in,Helen said:
I am here in Westminster to make sure the people of Shropshire are no longer taken for granted by this Conservative government.
The ambulance crisis is a life and death situation in Shropshire. I can’t think of many other meetings which are more important than this one. The Health Secretary cannot ignore this request any longer.
Despite thousands of local people signing petitions warning against local health cuts and distressing stories from those in need of emergency care, we have seen no action from this Government.
I am determined to hit the ground running on my first day and ensure the concerns of people in our local community are no longer ignored.
Ed Davey MP, said:
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