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Dr Anne Lee discussing the needs of older people with Elisabeth Elton, a Woking resident, Elderly, old

SURVEY OF WOKING'S NURSING HOMES LAUNCHED

Will there be enough nursing home places in the future for Woking's older people? Nationally, the number of care home places for the elderly has fallen consistently since 1996. There was a further loss in this last year of 10,000 independent, NHS and local authority places. In spite of projected increasing demand, the number of places in the southern home counties fell by 2.6% - which is getting on for twice the average for the country as a whole.

8 Nov 2004
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WOKING MP SILENT ON BLACK WATCH

In spite of a request from Dr Anne Lee to the Woking Conservative MP to ask for a vote in the House of Commons before British troops were sent out of UK control, he has not argued for this in the House of Commons. Dr Lee said "I would contend that this decision was not 'just an operational matter', it was a new and strategic decision. We have subjected our forces to a much increased risk.

2 Nov 2004
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Ed Davey and Anne Lee outside Parliament

SURREY COUNCIL TAX RISES WORST IN THE COUNTRY

It has been confirmed that Surrey residents have suffered the worst increases in Council Tax in the country in the last four years (39.9%). And in the last 8 years (since 1997) residents have suffered a whopping increase of 89.2%.

31 Oct 2004
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WOKING MP CHALLENGED OVER TROOP MOVEMENTS IN IRAQ

Dr Lee has written today to the Conservative MP for Woking asking him to back a Lib Dem call for a vote before troops are committed outside British control in Iraq. There will be a debate in the House of Commons tomorrow (21st October).

20 Oct 2004
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LET WOKING LEAD IN COMMUNITY RELATIONS

As a Guest Speaker at the Woking Community Relations Forum, Dr Lee spoke to a packed room at the Maybury Centre last night. She said " Woking has a wonderful mixed community of many religions and cultures. Our rich cultural life in Woking is not assisted by Daily Mail-type scare stories about asylum seekers. As the town has the oldest Mosque in the country what happens in Woking matters. There are many good examples of work going on in Woking which encourage all sections of the community to work together with support from groups such as the One World Week to be held later this month".

8 Oct 2004
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HORROR AT THE OUTCOME OF THE IRAQ WAR

Horror at the outcome of the Iraq war is spread across all sectors of the Woking Community, Dr Anne Lee told the Liberal Democrats at their national conference in Bournemouth this morning.

20 Sep 2004
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HOT ON HEALTH

The new Health Centre at West Byfleet opened in July 2003 is now hot on heart failure thanks to the generosity of the Busenhart Morgan Evans Foundation which donated a state of the art echo-cardiogram machine costing more than £60,000. Anne Lee (Woking Liberal Democrat's Parliamentary Spokesperson) was shown around the centre by Doctors Philip and Annette Cummin and learned how West Byfleet and Woking patients now have rapid access to checks for heart failure and other heart conditions using the new echo machine at the Centre. The scanner is also used by a visiting consultant radiologist to carry out abdominal scans. The funding for this is met by regular donations from The Friends of West Byfleet Health Centre.

20 Sep 2004
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