Yardley MP Jess Phillips attended the NHS70 Parliamentary awards where her nominee HECTOR (Heartlands Elderly Care, Trama and Ongoing Recovery Project) won the Excellence in Urgent and Emergency Care Award. 
 
To celebrate 70 years of the NHS, an awards ceremony was held to recgonise the hard work and dedication of NHS staff. MPs nominated individuals and teams serving their constituents for awards across ten categories. 
 

Yardley MP Jess Phillips attended 38 Degrees reception where they presented a detail plan to fund the NHS.
 
In the last few years, public concern has grown over the NHS. Jess recently received emails from numerous constituents urging her to support an increase of at least 4% to NHS funding.
 
Research carried out by 38 Degrees demonstrates that there is widespread support for a small, fair tax rise as a solution to the NHS funding crisis. Their research found that two-thirds of the public back a 1% tax rise.
 

Yardley MP Jess Phillips supports 'Hillsborough Law' to assist the Grenfell publc enquiry.
 
Jess recently signed a letter sent by Alison McGovern MP to the Prime Minister, expressing cross-party support for the ‘Hillsborough Law’, the Public Authority (Accountability) Bill, to assist the Grenfell public inquiry.
 

Yardley MP Jess Phillips visited Professor Paul Moss at Birmingham University to learn about the research being done to improve treatments for patients with blood cancer.
 
The research is being funded by the amazing charity Bloodwise that has already invested over £70 million in Birmingham over the last 50 years. 
 
Jess visited the labs and spoke to doctors about how their research can improve survival rates and the quality of life for people living with blood cancer.