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Bedford MP accuses PM of “waffle” over funding for “desperately needed” mental health facility

The MP for Bedford and Kempston accused the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, of "waffle" in answer to a question about funding for a new in-patient mental health facility planned for Bedford...
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Mohammad Yasin MP in the House of Commons

Monthly column: Outcry over Government scuppering plans for Bedford Health Village

The Government’s scandalous ‘40 New Hospitals’ pledge was exposed again last week as a falsehood when just before Parliamentary recess the Health Secretary confirmed that Bedford Health Village...
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Monthly column: Need for in-patient mental health beds in Bedford has never been more urgent

Since becoming the MP for Bedford and Kempston nearly five years ago, I’ve been fighting for the return of in-patient mental health beds to Bedford following the closure of the Weller...
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Kimbolton Road mental health facility plans include keeping original facade of Shires House

Plans to create a new regional mental health centre in Bedford include retaining the façade to Shires House, but demolishing Florence Ball House for parking. Shires House was partially...
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Weller Wing

No plan for intensive mental health ward for women in £60m scheme to replace Weller Wing

Women with intensive mental health needs may still have to travel into London for treatment under a £60million plan to return inpatient mental health services to Bedford. A meeting heard that there are so few women requiring...
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Rising from the ashes: £60m mental health in-patient facility proposed for hospital fire site

A new £60m mental health building in Bedford is “a once in a generation opportunity for the people of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford borough”, a meeting heard. The potential investment on the site of the Bedford Health Village on Kimbolton Road would almost certainly lead to...
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Weller Wing

140-mile trip for Kempston pensioner to visit his wife as no mental health beds in Bedford

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Bedford & Kempston MP challenges Prime Minister over return of inpatient mental health beds  

For the third consecutive week, Mohammad Yasin, the MP for Bedford and Kempston, has addressed Boris Johnson at Prime Minister’s Questions...
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