Welcome to my web site.

My mailbag and inbox have been very full lately with so many people getting in touch to share their concerns over the proposed cuts to GPs' budgets.

Health services provided by our GPs, practice and community nurses are very highly valued in our rural area. Because we live in a rural, sparsely populated part of England, we have special needs when it comes to health services, particularly because of the large distances which often have to be travelled to access those services. We depend heavily on our GP practices, with many offering services which would be provided by a hospital in an urban area like Tyneside.

I've been working with health professionals, the Northumberland Care Trust which finances GP services, and the Strategic Health Authority to ensure that we don't lose our vital services. I've raised this worrying stuation in Parliament.

Now I'm waiting to see if my specific concerns about the funding for GP practices have been met in the revised offers now being considered by the practices.

I promise I will keep fighting for our health services.

If you would like to come and meet me, or raise any issues, I hold regular surgeries in Alnwick and Berwick every month, and in other towns and villages at various times. You can find details by following this link:

Alan Beith's surgery details.

It's always good to hear from people in and around the constituency, and from further afield. Please send me your comments and feedback, and suggestions for what you would like to see on the site.

Tell me your views or ask a question.

Beith takes fishermen's fight to Minister New! Tue 13th May 2008 Alan Beith, whose Berwick-upon-Tweed constituency includes around 50 miles of coastline, has taken local fishermen's fight for a better deal to the Minister for Fisheries.
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Give Peas a Chance, says MP Beith New! Tue 13th May 2008 Local MP Rt Hon Alan Beith is backing the British Heart Foundation's war on pester power by supporting a Bill to ban junk food marketing that targets children.
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Late Ian McGregor "one in a million" says Beith Tue 15th Apr 2008 Well known and much loved Liberal Democrat Ian McGregor of Berwick upon Tweed has died. Ian was born and brought up at Ford, a few miles south of Berwick-upon-Tweed, in a large and loving family. He and his wife Helen were married at Ford but work took him to Holy Island where he worked for a number of years for Michael Hackett before becoming Postmaster on the Island.

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