I’m writing this from the train heading to Westminster. Following the decision of the Supreme Court, parliamentary proceedings will resume later today.

The campaign to save Cheltenham’s A&E is stepping up a gear. Earlier this week I hand-delivered hundreds of responses to NHS bosses’ "engagement exercise" about the future of healthcare in Gloucestershire.

Another week, more uproar in Parliament. The House of Commons is a lively place at the calmest of times, but some of the language and behaviour now becoming routine is concerning. Verbal sparring is spilling into abuse. Scuffles, however minor, are not part of our political culture.

Chaos, tumult, uproar. As I write this on Tuesday night, the Government has just lost a vote on the Commons taking control of the order paper. Parliament is reeling. 21 Conservative MPs, good people and friends of mine, have been expelled from the Party. A general election looms. 

This week local hospital managers published their “Fit for the Future” blueprint for the future of health services in Gloucestershire – including for A&E.

This week I travelled to London, to the Department of Health and Social Care, to brief the Health Minister and special adviser about Gloucestershire health bosses’ completely misconceived plans for getting rid of Cheltenham’s A&E.

Following Alex Chalk’s intervention, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust managers have paused publication of their plans to try and downgrade Cheltenham’s A&E services. 

Congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as the new Prime Minister.

More investment for Cheltenham General Hospital! Last week I was delighted to visit the £2m+ Apollo theatre at CGH, just days before it opened to NHS patients.

This week I spoke to officials at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to raise my concerns about the delays in the investigation into the Bournside coach crash in France.