Today I visited the Daisy Centre at Queen's Hospital, Romford, to discuss the support given to families in difficult times by the hospital's chaplaincy team.

Some of the hardest cases my team and I have dealt with since my election to parliament last year have concerned constituents who wished to highlight an illness affecting someone precious to them, or a time when a loved one did not receive the care they should have.

The new NHS 111 Clinical Assessment Service will begin in North East London on 1 August 2018.

This afternoon I welcomed a group of clergy to parliament from churches in Cranham, Upminster and Ardleigh Green in order to build a stronger link between our office and the local faith community, enabling them to highlight to us any problems brought to them by parishioners. 

My team and I had a wonderful time celebrating Eid with members of Harold Hill's Muslim community this afternoon at the Havering and Ilford Scuba Club just off Gooshays Drive. 

I had the pleasure this morning of attending the National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast for the first time. I was accompanied by Rev Mark Davison of Upminster Baptist Church.

On Friday morning the team and I visited The Learning Centre (TLC), Harold Hill, to meet Mick and Ann-Marie Spence, the dynamic family team behind the company. 

Some of the trickiest problems we come across relate to getting hold of expensive experimental or relatively new treatments for constituents with rare diseases or illnesses where drug effectiveness has not yet been fully proven.

Here's my latest column for the Romford Recorder:

Back in March, it was announced that NHS Property had sold the former St George’s Hospital site in Hornchurch to developer, Bellway, for more than £40 million.