Further to my post earlier this week about Paediatric Care at Bassetlaw Hospital, apart from writing to Mike Pinkerton, the outgoing CEO at Doncaster & Bassetlaw NHS Trust, I also wrote to Idris Griffiths, the Chief Officer of Bassetlaw CCG who commission and pay towards the Paediatric Services in our area,  and here is his […]

The closure of overnight Paediatric Care at Bassetlaw Hospital is deeply worrying for many parents across our District. I can remember taking my own children into A3 when needed.  Knowing that we were just a few minutes from home and from friends and my wife & I could share spending time at my children’s bedside, […]

In the last 12 months, nearly 18000 people have joined the Liberal Democrats[1], continuing a resurgence in our party since the 2015 General Election, our own local party has tripled in size Across Britain, we have had people join us who have never been in another political party before but want to fight Brexit, we […]

Tonight I asked this question at the meeting of Bassetlaw’s Cabinet: This week, Jews around the world commemorate their wanderings for 40 years as refugees from slavery & oppression. What is Bassetlaw District Council doing to help today’s refugees fleeing war, oppression & slavery? How many families from the thousands in Jordan, Turkey and across […]

A meeting of the local Executive Committee earlier this week, at Fourways Hotel in Blyth, approved the appointment of Leon Duveen as the Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Bassetlaw in the event of an early General Election. Leon has been active in the local Lib Dem party for a number of years, was the […]

As promised in my post on May 11th , here is a report on my conversation last week with Mike Pinkerton, CEO of Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (DBH)  on why the Trust has had to suspend all Emergency Surgical Admissions at Bassetlaw Hospital. The simple reason why this service has had to be […]

Like many people in Bassetlaw, I was concerned to read that Bassetlaw Hospital would no longer be accepting Emergency Surgical Admissions and that these patients would be sent on to Doncaster instead. Rather than rely on what was in the media, I wrote o Mike Pinkerton, Chief Executive of Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals to express […]

On Saturday 12th March, the Liberal Democrats overwhelmingly voted for a ban on Fracking in England & Wales in a debate at their Spring Conference in York. During in the debate, I was able to give a short speech.   Among other thing I  said that “the reason I am opposed to fracking, and so […]

At their AGM, held at The White Hart in Ollerton on Friday 27th November, Bassetlaw & Sherwood elected their new Executive or 2016. Leon Duveen, who was previously Vice-Chair of the local party and the Parliamentary candidate for Bassetlaw in May 2015, will be the new Chair with Stephen Ware taking over as Vice Chair. […]

“If music be the food of love, play on” William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night Well not if you go to school in Nottinghamshire. Shakespeare’s words seem to cut no ice with the Labour administration at Nottinghamshire County Council. I have been told by staff & parents that the County Council are planning to cut these much […]