AN MP has chaired a virtual meeting with a hospital taskforce to thank front line NHS staff.

Suella Braverman, MP for Fareham, chaired the meeting of the Fareham Community Hospital Taskforce to thank front line NHS staff for their hard work in serving local patients during "this difficult period".

In 2015, the MP established, and has since chaired, the Fareham Community Hospital Taskforce, with the expressed ambition to expand the hospital’s services.

She has "devoted her time and energy" into transforming the FCH from a ‘ghost clinic’ into a "modern facility" capable of providing first-class health care while satisfying local demand.

Suella Braverman said: “I am enormously proud of our local NHS professionals for serving our community during its time of need.

"While I am aware of issues relating to local GP services, which I have raised with the Fareham and Gosport Clinical Commissioning Group, their dedication and sacrifice has been vital in keeping our communities safe.

"Thanks, of course, must also go to the friends of Fareham Community Hospital, for their continued support in improving the provision of local services.”