Derek Thomas MP weekly column May 23rd 2024 Thursday, 23 May, 2024 It was a privilege to visit St Mary’s Hospital on Scilly last week. This was part of a two-day visit to ensure residents can raise any points and concerns with me. As we know, following Prince William’s visit, work has begun on the hospital site to build what is likely to be the first Integrated Care Hub in the NHS. It has been an extraordinary battle to secure the funds for this building. Scilly... Local News
Derek Thomas MP weekly column May 16th 2024 16th May 2024 West Cornwall has recently lost two of our finest residents. In April Ann Jenkin passed away. Ann (Mrs Jenkin at the time) was one of my teachers and introduced... Local News
Derek Thomas MP weekly column May 2nd 2024 2nd May 2024 I spent an enjoyable afternoon with my son at Kellaway Park in Helston on Saturday. This was to watch ‘The Blues’ play their final match of the season in the... Local News
Post-16 Education on Scilly 30th April 2024 I’m working with parents, the Council and Education Department to get a fairer deal for these students - and I raised the issue in Parliament last night. Local NewsWestminster News
Derek Thomas MP weekly column April 25th 2024 25th April 2024 On Thursday 2nd May we have the opportunity to choose the next Police and Crime Commissioner to lead Devon and Cornwall Police Force. The job of a Police and... Local News
Derek Thomas MP weekly column April 18th 2024 18th April 2024 Local Rotarians are backing a Cornish campaign (spearheaded by surgeons at RCHT) to set up a new Robotic Surgery Service on the Treliske site. I’ve received a... Local News
More Police and Community Support Officers 17th April 2024 One of the great privileges of my job as MP for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been to get a really good relationship, develop a really good... Local News
Robotic Surgery in Cornwall 17th April 2024 Robotic Surgery offers the latest development in how we treat those in need of surgery. Despite a brilliant surgical team at Treliske they have not got access... Local NewsWestminster News
Derek Thomas MP weekly column April 11th 2024 11th April 2024 Continuous rainfall is the subject matter of our conversations. We could do with some warmer sunny days to cheer our mood. Just the brief spells of sun we had... Local News
Derek Thomas MP weekly column April 3rd 2024 3rd April 2024 Work is progressing on the Outpatient Department at West Cornwall Hospital. This has been something we have wanted for years so I was pleased to meet the... Local News
