WE now have 9,000 more doctors, 7,000 more nurses and 2,000 more midwives in our NHS. We also have 19,000 fewer administrators, including nearly 7,000 fewer managers.

Conservatives want to protect and improve the NHS, but we know that you can only have a properly-funded NHS if you have a strong economy.

We have been working to a long-term economic plan which has enabled us to increase the NHS budget by over £12 billion since 2010.

We introduced a £1.16 billion Cancer Drugs Fund that has helped over 60,000 patients access drugs not usually available on the NHS.

Hospital infections have more than halved, mixed-sex wards have been virtually abolished and we are reintroducing named GPs for the vulnerable elderly.

In Kington I am working with the town council, doctors and NHS England to ensure Kington Medical Practice has enough doctors.

In Leominster I was delighted to support The Marches Surgery & Westfield Surgery plan to invest in new premises and additional services while extending opening hours.

Following the Care Quality Commission report that placed it into special measures, Hereford County Hospital is now getting the added attention it needs to achieve the improvements that had been identified.

What has never been in doubt is our fantastic doctors and nurses at Hereford County Hospital.

I want them to work in the facilities they deserve, that is why I have campaigned for more beds for the County Hospital and for the hutted wards to be replaced. In 2014 I raised this with the Prime Minister at PMQs and secured his support.

The next Conservative government will increase spending on frontline services by £2 billion in the next Parliament and will ensure that everyone will be able to see a GP seven days a week by 2020.