Kevin McKenna MP
Labour MP for Sittingbourne & Sheppey and former nurse. For help & support please email kevin.mckenna.mp@parliament.uk with your name and address.
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- Sadly it’s the first May 12th since 1998 I’m not registered with the NMC as a nurse due to a big career change in July One reason I ran as an MP was so healthcare workers voices are represented & I’ll keep pushing for better pay and better working lives Massive love to all my old colleagues today
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- My weekly update for this week is below. This week's focus is on the mental health conference I held today. Thank you to all those who attended, including the Mental Health Foundation, @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social, Swale CVS, NexYouth, and our local NHS Talking Therapies team.
- Everyone I’ve talked to in since being elected has raised mental health as one of our biggest challenges locally. Groups dealing with this don’t always get the chance to link up and share what they’re doing, so today I’ve set up a constituency conference to bring people together to help address this
- To mark VE day, my team laid a bouquet of flowers on my behalf at a service held by Sheerness Town council to celebrate VE day at Sheerness War Memorial. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend in person following my father's funeral.
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- This week, as your MP, I... 👮 Met with the Chief Inspector of Kent Police 🪖 Attended a briefing on defence and security at Chatham House 🗣️ Spoke about Sheppey Passports in the House of Commons You can read my full weekly update below:
- Happy St George's Day to everyone in Sittingbourne and Sheppey! It was a real privilege to attend the St George's Day Reception at No 10 with Major Lynne Clifton of the Salvation Army.
- 🧑⚕️📈 Over 1,500 extra GPs have been recruited since 1st October. Bringing back the family doctor and ending the 8am scramble for appointments were key commitments in Labour's manifesto, and I'm delighted that we've been delivering on this promise.
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- Reposted by Kevin McKenna MPLabour has invested £26bn in our NHS and reduced waiting lists every month for the past five months. The Tories want the investment, but don’t know how to pay for it. And Reform wants you to pay for your healthcare. Reform and the Tories are all the same.
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- I was appalled to discover over the weekend that Seashells family hub will face an 87% cut in their funding next year. This choice made by the Conservative run Kent County Council (KCC) will only fund a small proportion of the essential services that Seashells currently provides.
- A really positive announcement from the Labour Government today, further delivering it's plan for change. We've funded over 1,000 flood protection schemes helping protect 52,000 more homes and businesses.
- If you're looking for a job or support getting into work, head down to Swallows Leisure Centre in Sittingbourne for today's job fair
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- Wishing all my family, friends and everyone who is celebrating a great St. Patrick’s Day today!
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- Thank you so much for asking me to help host you at Parliament today! Totally inspired by the brilliant work you’ve been doing in helping people show to everyone else what matters to them.
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- ✅ Employment Rights Bill! Tonight I voted for the Employment Rights Bill to end unfair dismissal, strengthen sick pay, and ban exploitative practices like fire & rehire.
- 🍃 £100k funding for local green energy Centrica - better known to most of us as British Gas - have launched their Energy for Tomorrow fund which could provide up to £100k of funding for green energy projects in Sittingbourne and Sheppey.
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- Today schools across the country participated in the biggest football session! This session marks the end of celebrations for international women’s week, aiming to empowering girls through football and to ensure everyone has equal access to sport.
- I know that like me, many other people living in Sittingbourne and Sheppey will be very concerned on hearing the findings in the CQC (Care Quality Commission) report on Medway Maritime Hospital, run by Medway NHS Foundation Trust. My full statement on the report can be found below:
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- The current system of local government just isn’t working for Sittingbourne & Sheppey. Too often, Kent County Council has shown it doesn’t understand the needs of our most deprived areas, and doesn’t adequately support the people who need them most. I asked a question in the House on this topic:
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- Today and every day, Britain stands with Ukraine 🇬🇧🇺🇦 It’s clear that the Ukrainian people are the victims of Russian aggression, and any peace must guarantee Ukrainian security and prosperity for years to come. A secure & peaceful Ukraine means peace and security for Britain and our neighbours.
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- Excellent points from my Labour colleagues here, who really do know what they are talking about in terms of what it takes to defend Britain, our allies and ensure we safeguard our way of life The last few weeks have really shown up Reform’s phoney clickbait ‘patriotism’ for the dangerous sham it is
- Fantastic news from the Labour government today: £100 million in extra funding for hospices to fund major building works, modernisations & digital transformation. I'm especially glad to see £242k of this funding going to Demelza in Sittingbourne, who do great work supporting extraordinary kids.
- Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 Today marked three years of Ukrainian courage against Russia's horrific, illegal invasion and Parliament stood united in seeking a peace which respects the will of the Ukrainian people, their sovereignty, dignity and independence.
- 🎉🥐 The Labour Government is giving Sunny Bank Primary a free breakfast club! I'm delighted that Sunny Bank Primary is one of the early adopters of the free breakfast clubs scheme launching at the start of the Summer Term.
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- Raneem's Law will save lives. Today, the government has launched a pilot programme, embedding domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms to identify domestic abuse earlier and better respond to the calls that 999 operators receive. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- I know the MCU has been struggling since Endgame, but I really don’t think this latest spin-off is going to rescue the franchise
- 🩺 HIV Testing Week 🧑⚕️ Preventing unqualified people from using the 'Nurse' title 🏭 Meeting with ministers for electricity generation My weekly update is now available below - for accessibility, the full text is in my Facebook post at www.facebook.com/kevinmckenna...
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- I've lived a long time as an HIV+ man, and my message this National Testing Week is just get tested. People can live with HIV for a long time without symptoms. If you do have HIV, you can start treatment, live a healthy life, and end transmission of the virus. Get a free test today: bit.ly/3VQiG8e
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- For people of my generation, it's incredible to be so close to preventing *ALL* new HIV infections by 2030. 💊 HIV treatment today is typically one tablet a day, with no noticeable side effects for most people 🧓 HIV+ people on treatment now have just as long a life-expectancy as non-HIV+ people
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- Reposted by Kevin McKenna MPNigel Farage and Reform aren’t on the side of working people – they’re on the side of bad bosses, zero hours contracts and fire and rehire. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
- Online Gambling is incredibly harmful and addictive, and gambling companies are using exploitative techniques to create this addiction. It’s time to replace the legislation and treat harmful gambling as the public health crisis that it is. I spoke in Westminster Hall: youtu.be/TSCUk8ydjY4
