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SB on ward at SGH with Tim Underwood
SB Ask the NHS Sept 2014
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SB cancer roundtable
SB at Winchester Hospice
SB with Alex Whitfield

Steve Brine made the future of our NHS his number one priority from day one and has focused on the issue since he was first elected as our local Member of Parliament in May 2010.

He says; "I was clear health would be my priority and stayed true to my word, immersing myself in truly understanding the issues. You have to see the health economy across the entire area, to see how that fits together in the context of the NHS for the long-term benefit of patients and tax-payers.

"I always approach the issue calmly and in measured terms, as you should expect from a responsible and experienced Member of Parliament."

Steve is clear that his focus on the NHS is about secondary (ie; hospital) care but also encompasses primary care (GP services and community pharmacy), social and community care and mental health services which he is passionate about.

Hampshire Chronicle columns

Steve has written extensively about the NHS and other health matters via his monthly column in the Hampshire Chronicle newspaper over many years. You can access them as follows; August 2017 | January 2017 | October 2016 | Sept 2016 | Sept 2015 | June 2015 | February 2015 | August 2014 | Feb 2014 | all columns before this date are found here.

Below you can access related articles and content from more than a decade of Steve's work in this area ...

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MP urges Chancellor to protect vital charity research

Tuesday, 21 July, 2020
Steve Brine has signed an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging Government to provide financial support for UK medical research charities. The Life Sciences-Charity Partnership Fund, developed by the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), has the support of other pol
SB HoC June 2020

We must not lose sight of cancer ambitions, MP tells Commons

Tuesday, 23 June, 2020
Winchester & Chandler's Ford MP, Steve Brine, told the House of Commons today we must not lose sight of our hard-fought cancer ambitions as we emerge from Covid-19. The MP, who is a former Cancer Minister, said we were battling to meet the targets set out in the NHS long term plan before the pa
REFORM think tank

MP takes part in special cancer event

Thursday, 18 June, 2020
Winchester & Chandler's Ford MP Steve Brine took part in a special national event focusing on the looming crisis in cancer care created by Covid-19. Organised by the think-tank REFORM, the session saw our MP join a panel that also included Professor Karol Sikora from Rutherford Health
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Hampshire Together focus on maternity

Monday, 15 June, 2020
Local people across north and mid Hampshire are being asked to have their say on the way maternity services are delivered across the area as part of the Hampshire Together programme. The Hampshire Together: Modernising our Hospitals and Health Services programme involves NHS and social ca
SB HoC 08.06.20

How local is local on R rate asks MP

Monday, 8 June, 2020
Winchester & Chandler's Ford MP, Steve Brine, raised the issue of local outbreaks in the House today. He was responding to Statement on the Covid-19 pandemic by Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Steve asked; "The work that PHE has done with Cambridge to understand the R rate at a regional level i
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Trust want to hear views on future of local health system

Monday, 1 June, 2020
Health services across north and mid Hampshire are set to undergo their biggest modernisation programme in 50 years and our local health trust want to hear from us. Hampshire Together: Modernising our Hospitals and Health Services is a new programme that will involve all NHS and social care se
Steve Brine in RHCH

Steve Brine welcomes cancelling of Hospital debt

Saturday, 25 April, 2020
THE trust which runs Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester has been told the Government will write off its debt as part of its commitment to support them during the struggle to fight coronavirus. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) has had its £8 million debt wiped in a pac
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MP hits the road with HIV Commission and some familiar faces

Monday, 9 March, 2020
Winchester & Chandler’s Ford MP, Steve Brine, is working with a high profile Commission that seeks to end new HIV transmissions and HIV-attributed deaths in England within ten years.
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Cool heads and timing are key on Covid-19 says MP

Tuesday, 3 March, 2020
Steve Brine spoke in the House of Commons today to emphasise the need for calm over the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK.  Steve also asked the Health Secretary Matt Hancock, whether the media had some level of responsibility over the outbreak to keep panic and misinformation to a minimum.  The
Steve in the chamber

MP praises response to Covid-19 and makes plea for employer responsibility

Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
Steve Brine has praised the Government’s response to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak, and also made a plea for employers to take responsibility for containing the virus. The former Public Health Minister asked the Secretary of State for Health, Matt Hancock, if employers had a role to play in prevent
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Hampshire Together

Find out more about this major programme looking at the future of health services, including at the RHCH..

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Health Select Committee

Our MP, Steve Brine, chairs the powerful Health & Social Care Select Committee in the House of Commons. You can see more here.

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BrineMinister

From June 2017 to March 2019 Steve was the Public Health Minister working at the heart of Government. See details here of his work across public health, primary care and prevention.

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Steve Brine Winchester and Chandler's Ford

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