NHS - Charlotte Cornell

Mothers and Babies in East Kent Need to Know They are Safe – My Response to the Kirkup Report

Yesterday saw the publication of a stark and upsetting report into the care provided to women and babies at the East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust. It makes for hard reading, especially for local people – many of whom have experienced care within trust’s hospitals or know relatives who have.…

Boost Kent’s future NOW – My year putting jabs in arms!

As some of you know, I’ve been working as a volunteer vaccinator for nearly a year now. Month-in, month-out, I’ve been part of that massive army of volunteers putting jabs in arms; perhaps I’ve even given you your vaccine if you’ve been lucky enough to visit the vaccine centres at…

North & East Kent NEEDS emergency government and military testing support. Now.

With the districts of Swale and Thanet having 2 of the 5 highest positive results per 100,000 population in the whole of England today, it is clear that more government help is needed in North and East Kent. As of today, Swale has a rate of 633.7 and Thanet’s is…

Charlotte on ITV’s ‘The Last Word’ discussing Covid-19

All I Want For Christmas is a Competent Government

With cases of coronavirus soaring again, I’m now furious with this government. For weeks, no… for months, I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt: this is a pandemic after all and normal ferocity of opposition does not apply. But the testing system is failing and they…

Why Our NHS needs a Labour government

Things have got to change for our NHS. Here’s why:

Charlotte on BBC Sunday Politics South East – 13 October 2019

Labour candidate responds to “Shocking” QEQM and William Harvey Hospital Inspection Reports

Reports published today by the Care Quality Commission into the provision of acute care for the young people of our area make for disturbing reading. Most local families here with very sick children going to hospital will end up at in Ashford or Margate and these reports of staff shortages,…