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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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Steve Brine MP joins NCT call for improved maternal mental health services

Monday, 30 November, 2015
Steve Brine is joining up once again with NCT in calling for better support for mothers suffering from perinatal mental health problems, backing the #BeyondBabyBlues campaign, launched by NCT, the UK's largest charity for parents.   NCT has released research which found that half of new mothe

RHCH rated 'good' by watchdog

Wednesday, 11 November, 2015
Health watchdogs have given a thumbs up to services at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital – but said work still needs to be done.   An inspection by the Care Quality Commission found that overall the hospital had improved since its last inspection and now the Romsey Road hospital has been gi

Rethink cancer ideas at University

Monday, 30 March, 2015
First year education students from the University of Winchester presented back their ideas as part of the Rethink Cancer campaign today (Monday 30 March 2015).   Steve Brine, who chaired the all-party breast cancer group in Parliament from 2010-2015, was there along with the team from CoppaFe

Steve meets Winchester Befrienders

Monday, 2 March, 2015
Steve Brine recently met up with a fantastic local organisation designed to support the needs of people and families in Winchester affected by Mental Health problems.   Befrienders of Winchester is currently in contact with 70 Service users and 40 volunteer Befrienders, and are linked in with

MP celebrates first birthday of stroke charity

Thursday, 26 February, 2015
Steve Brine took part in a special physiotherapy session on Thursday 26th February as he helped to mark the first birthday of the Chandler's Ford Stroke Support Group.   The Chandler's Ford MP visited the Velmore Centre, on Falkland Road, as he joined the group in celebrating their first year

MP 'impressed' at Westholme hub facility

Friday, 13 February, 2015
Winchester and Chandler's Ford MP, Steve Brine, visited the Westholme residential nursing home in his constituency recently and saw for himself the new 'hub' facility which is helping to ease the pressure on acute beds in the Royal Hampshire County Hospital.   The new facility provides 12 bed

Temporary closure of GP surgery turns out to be ... temporary

Thursday, 5 February, 2015
Residents in Kings Worthy will be pleased to learn their GP surgery, in Pound Road, is to re-open on Monday 23 February.   The facility, which is run by Friarsgate Surgery, closed just before Christmas due to problems with the building and issued a statement on its website which said the move

UPDATED - Temporary Closure of Kings Worthy GP Surgery

Thursday, 1 January, 2015
UPDATED 07 January 2015   It has been a busy week so far with lots of correspondence and calls following the sudden closure of Kings Worthy's GP surgery just before Christmas.

Location named for proposed new hospital

Tuesday, 11 November, 2014
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed the planned location for the proposed £150m new 24-hour consultant-led critical treatment hospital as a greenfield site at North Waltham, near M3 Junction 7.   HHFT bosses say this is the best location to serve local patients, and the sit

RHCH Ward wins national Nursing Times award

Thursday, 30 October, 2014
A ward at Royal Hampshire County Hospital is celebrating after winning national acclaim for its care of older people.   The award winning team from Clifton Ward picked up the accolade of best 'Care of older people' at the national Nursing Times 2014 award ceremony in London's Grosvenor House
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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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