CRUCIAL public health services in Barnsley will benefit thanks to a huge investment which has been ring-fenced to help those in need.
The town will receive £19.7m to help drive key health services from smoking cessation to addiction recovery and children’s health, and to help fund family and school nurses, sexual health clinics and other public services across Barnsley.
Marie Tidball, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, welcomed the announcement.
“This funding is the biggest real-terms increase, after nearly a decade of reduced spending under the last government,” she said.
“Public healthcare that I received at local GP surgeries in Penistone and Barnsley Hospital allowed me to thrive and go on to represent the people of Penistone and Stocksbridge at Westminster.
“We’re privileged to have access to world-class health services, right on our doorstep, and free at the point of use.
“But I hear time and time again on the doorstep that the people of Penistone and Stocksbridge can’t get the help they need quick enough.
“To get the NHS back on its feet, it needs to be backed with the right funding.”
