Huw Merriman MP highlighted the dedicated work of staff at East Sussex Healthcare Trust by raising the subject with Jeremy Hunt today in the House of Commons. You can view the contribution here: https://goo.gl/uxEV2o and read the exchange below:

Huw Merriman

A year ago, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust was rated inadequate. Thanks to the hard work, dedication and care of all its staff, the hospitals are now good on many measures, albeit further improvements need to be made. Will the Secretary of State join me in thanking the staff? Does he agree that we need to talk up our successes, as well as recognising challenges?

Jeremy Hunt

I join my hon. Friend in doing that. It is really important, contrary to what the former shadow Health Secretary, the hon. Member for Lewisham East (Heidi Alexander), says, that we praise NHS staff when they do remarkable things. There is a lot of pressure everywhere in the NHS, and praising NHS staff is not being self-congratulatory; it is recognising when a good job is being done