An increasing number of under-18s are being treated on adult psychiatric wards a study has found.
Alison Seabeck MP is concerned about the lack of suitable facilities that are able to treat young people with mental health problems. They are often being treated on adult wards or being sent hundreds of miles away from their families. In 2013-2014 350 under-18s have been admitted to adult...
Alison Seabeck MP for Plymouth Moor View, is supporting Kate Green, MP for Stretford & Urmston, call for an independent register of adventure holiday providers in parliament after a teenager was killed while on taking part in a conservation project in Fiji.
Alison said, the incident which has prompted a further attempt to improve the protection for young people on adventure...
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, took a key step towards helping end the stigma surrounding dementia on Tuesday by becoming a Dementia Friend. Alison joined a group of MPs and Peers from across the country for a Dementia Friends session in Parliament.
Dementia Friends was launched in February 2013 by Alzheimer’s Society. It is an initiative that aims to help people understand...
Today the House of Commons debated at length amendments to the Mesothelioma Bill which had cross-party support. These amendments had at first been proposed by the Rt Hon Paul Goggins MP, currently fighting his own battle against serious illness, but were taken up by Tracy Crouch, the Conservative member for Chatham and Aylesford.
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, said: “I am...
Alison Seabeck MP is urging local musicians and small venues to enter national music competition.
Ms Seabeck has called for musicians and small venues in Plymouth Moor View to enter Rock the House 2014, Parliament’s biggest competition which celebrates up-and-coming British artists and the live music venues that support them.
Applications are open now and will close on 31 March...
Alison Seabeck MP is proud to announce Luke Lockyer from Sir John Hunt Community Sports College as the winning pupil from Plymouth Moor View in the local round of the We Made It! competition, a national competition aimed at getting young people thinking about careers in manufacturing.
Hundreds of young people across the country have been busy designing gadgets and gizmos as part of...
Alison Seabeck, MP for Plymouth Moor View, has challenged the Health Minister on the need to improve specialist services for those affected by rare and devastating muscle wasting conditions in Plymouth and across the South West.
Alison was joined by MPs from across all political parties at a House of Commons debate on rare conditions on Tuesday (17 December). The meeting follows the...
Alison Seabeck, Labour MP for Plymouth Moor View since 2005, will fight the next general election for Labour it was confirmed at the weekend. Ms Seabeck received the unanimous backing of the local Labour Party in a meeting on Saturday.
Speaking after the meeting Alison said: “It’s an honour to have represented Plymouth Moor View for the last eight years and I am both grateful and...
Alison Seabeck MP has visited Royal Mail’s West Park delivery office to pass on Christmas wishes and encouragement to the postmen and women at their busiest time of the year.
Ms Seabeck was shown round the office by local Delivery Office Manager, Lee Lamerton, and was introduced to the postmen and women who are working hard sorting and delivering all cards and parcels in the West Park...
Diabetes UK calls for Government action to end the postcode lottery of diabetes healthcare, which is fuelling a major health crisis.
Ms Seabeck attended Diabetes UK’s parliamentary launch of its State of the Nation 2013 report, which has highlighted huge regional variations in people’s ability to access quality diabetes healthcare. The report also shows that while there have been...
