Rosie Duffield MP met with Vinny Smith and Brian Davies from the Meningitis Research Foundation this morning to discuss the recent Meningitis outbreak in our constituency and what steps need to be taken to ensure this doesn’t happen again, including a wider rollout of the MenB vaccine. Any new review of MenB vaccine eligibility must reflect the full value of protection from this catastrophic disease including: direct protection, prevention of severe disability and peace of mi

Rosie Duffield MP has written to the Health Secretary urging the Government to give all students access to the Men B vaccine and improve awareness of the risks amongst students and their families. A generation of sixth formers and university students have missed out on this vaccine as it was only introduced in 2015. No more families should have to discover too late that protection existed but wasn’t available on the NHS. Rosie has organised this cross-party letter with Bourne

Rosie Duffield MP recently hosted a roundtable in Canterbury with education leaders to discuss SEND. Earlier this week, Rosie asked the Government what steps they are taking to deliver the urgently needed improvements. You can watch Rosie's Education Oral Question here:

Last week, Rosie Duffield MP hosted a roundtable discussion with Headteachers, SENCOs and parents of children with SEND alongside representatives from the Department of Education, to discuss the ongoing SEND funding crisis and explore what is going wrong and what more can be done to ensure some of the most vulnerable children in our society are not failed. It was heart-breaking to hear yet more desperate stories about children with documented needs on an EHCP (Educational Hea

At a recent surgery, Rosie Duffield MP met with Whitstable Day Nursery to discuss their concerns around the new funding structure within...

During Parliamentary Recess, Rosie Duffield MP visited Speech and Language Link , an organisation supporting speech, language and...

The news of the University of Kent merging with Greenwich University came as a shock for many. I have written to Bridget Phillipson MP,...

Last week, Rosie Duffield MP joined school leaders from across the Canterbury and Whitstable at an emergency meeting organised by...

Rosie Duffield MP attends the launch of the Unplugged Coalition in Parliament

This week in Parliament, I met SEND Reform England, a voluntary campaign group set up in May 2023 by a group of Mums who connected...

Last week, parents from across East Kent staged a protest outside the offices of Kent County Council. Desperate parents, carers and SEND...