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SB on cancer ward SGH
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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Hospice service

Special service held to welcome Hospice

Monday, 4 October, 2021
Winchester Cathedral held a very special service this evening to celebrate the opening of our new hospice. Steve Brine and his son, William, attended alongside the Lord Lieutenant, Mayor of Winchester and all the team who will run Winchester's first adult hospice.
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MP backs Macmillan’s cancer nurse campaign

Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
Steve Brine was one of over 200 Members of Parliament who came together to support Macmillan Cancer Support’s latest campaign this morning. The charity used its well loved World’s Biggest Coffee Morning reception in Parliament to launch a new report “Cancer Nursing on the line”. The report calls f
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MP supports new NHS and care investment

Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
Winchester & Chandler's Ford MP, Steve Brine, supported proposals that will bring an additional £36m into the NHS and create a new Plan for Health & Social Care in England. After much rumour in recent days, the Prime Minister outlined his intentions in a Statement to Parliame
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Vaccination centre volunteers rewarded

Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
Volunteers at the Badger Farm vaccination centre have been rewarded after administering more than 60,000 jabs. Members of the team were invited to a ‘thank you’ event where they each received a generous John Lewis voucher. This came towards the end of second jabs and the possible start of the Autu
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Hampshire Chronicle column - a new Health Bill

Thursday, 22 July, 2021
Parliament has, in the past week, debated a major new Health and Care Bill and I was pleased to make a contribution. Drawing on my experience, I highlighted the need to address long term structural gaps in staffing to back up commitments made in the NHS ten-year plan and to tackle the NHS Covid bac
ASKtheNHS May 2021

ASKtheNHS returns as new hospital looms

Thursday, 27 May, 2021
Steve Brine held the latest in his ASKtheNHS series with a public meeting this evening, focusing on the future of the local NHS. The event heard from a top panel of key local clinicians, Alex Whitfield, HHFT Chief Executive, Lara Alloway (Chief Medical Officer at HHFT) and Dr Matt Nisbet; Associate
Pictured; Steve with the temperature gun at the entrance to Park Surgery

MP pitches in at Chandler’s Ford Vaccination Centre

Friday, 14 May, 2021
The Member of Parliament for Chandler’s Ford spent this morning at Park Surgery for another stint of volunteering. The team put Steve to work checking in patients as they arrived for their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Speaking afterwards Steve said, “I enjoy these sessions greatly.
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MPs ASKtheNHS returns

Monday, 26 April, 2021
Winchester & Chandler’s Ford MP, Steve Brine, will hold the latest in his ASKtheNHS series next month. Thursday 27th May (6pm) will be a chance for constituents to hear from Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust – and local commissioners – about future services at the Royal Hampshire County Hosp
SB House Feb 2021

Must be bold on prevention says MP

Thursday, 11 February, 2021
Winchester & Chandler’s Ford MP, Steve Brine, told the Health Secretary he must be bold when it comes to prevention during a Commons debate today.
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MP volunteers at Badger Farm vaccination hub

Friday, 22 January, 2021
Local MP Steve Brine spent the morning at one of our primary care led covid-19 vaccination centres today. He was one of the volunteers at Badger Farm Community Centre, run by the Winchester City Primary Care Network, where he helped check in patients arriving for their jab and met members of staff.
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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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