Opinion

As a trust we are always working to improve our services to ensure they are safe and are providing the best possible care for our patients.

My wife and I are so ashamed of those people who want to ban US President Donald Trump from making a state visit to this country that we have decided to issue an invitation of our own.

I am not a patient man. I am an even less patient patient.

Summer fete organisers hope to have raised £1,700 to split between a church and a village hall.

Whatever the outcome of the general election and the best efforts of the organisers of the so-called hustings in St Wulfram’s Church, the fact remains that a large part of the Grantham and Stamford constituency voters were effectively disenfranchised.

Bodies and blood.

Twenty-five years ago, I was first elected the Conservative Member of Parliament for Rutland and Melton. Six parliaments later, my role remains as challenging, exciting and busy as it has ever been.

Encouraging good design for our new buildings is important but we also think it is important to preserve and study the oldest buildings we have.

Council tax bills are not something that any of us look forward to.

SOS Grantham Hospital wishes to thank everyone who took part in the F4GH protest on Saturday, February 25, and who came to lend their support at the SOS Grantham Hospital stall.

During this week’s meeting of Lincolnshire County Council’s communities and public health scrutiny committee, officers advised councillors that fundamental changes to future funding of supported housing schemes are under public consultation.

There has been a lot in the news regarding patients in hospital beds across the country who don’t require hospital care.

The Christmas and new year break is nothing more than a memory now, but it did give me time to reflect on all the good things about Grantham and South Kesteven.

In common with many of you, I watch the national TV news late in the evening. The scene often shifts to Downing Street or some other great office of state, palace or even Scotland Yard.

I have been working to support Nick Boles MP for two months now, making sure that his office is still heavily involved in local issues and campaigns whilst he undergoes his cancer treatment. Recently, at a constituency surgery I was lucky enough to meet two ladies from the charity LIVES, who train and provide first responders across the county.

On Monday 5 December, the new ophthalmology unit opened its doors to its first patients at Grantham Hospital. This unit will provide much needed local access to eye patients in the Grantham and wider Lincolnshire area. The newly refurbished department was opened by the Mayor of Grantham who was given a tour of the department by the staff.

Noah’s Ark was situated on the corner of the High Street and Vine Street.

As we move into December there is no let up in the pace of what has been a hectic but productive year for Grantham and the surrounding area.

The Civic Society has had a good year with membership increasing to 161 and 187 people signed into our Facebook page.

I have always admired those who earn their living through practical activities such as craft, construction and engineering.