Simon Kirby, MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven is urging residents across the city to sign his petition to secure funding to develop the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
Today he promised to continue to put pressureĀ on Treasury officials to invest Ā£420 million to redevelop the Hospital located in his constituency which serves residents city wide.
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Simon said: āI have been actively campaigning for a long time now for the Ā£420 million funding to redevelop the Royal Sussex Hospital. I would urge everybody who supports my campaign for this money to sign my hospital petition at www.simonkirby.org
“It is right and proper that there is detailed scrutiny before the Government commits such a huge amount of money, but through my repeated efforts I have left the Chancellor, Prime Minister and Health Secretary in no doubt as to the importance of this money for patients and staff here in Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven.ā
Simon has been pushing this issue since being elected. Last October he handed over a petition signed by over 1,000 local residents to the Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt MP, he has questioned the Prime Minister about the proposed investment and has personally accompanied Cabinet Ministers around the hospital.
He continued: āResidents can be assured I will continue to push for this money to get the hospital that Brighton and the surrounding area deserves and will continue my lobbying efforts right up until a decision is made. The current facilities predate Florence Nightingale and I am working hard to secure the 21st century facilities that patients and staff deserve.
“Contrary to what some would have you believe, the money was never earmarked by the previous Government and, if approved, will represent a very sizeable investment in much improved NHS facilities in the area. As keen as I am for the work to start immediately, I am aware that it is taxpayers money and therefore the case for the money must be water tight.ā
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