Ann Keen is the MP for
Brentford and Isleworth, the seat she won in May 1997 and
successfully held in 2001 and 2005. She is married to Alan Keen who
is the MP in neighbouring Feltham and Heston, and has three
children.
Ann is currently
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for health services having
been appointed to her ministerial post by Gordon Brown when he
became Prime Minister.
Ann’s nursing background and
experience of working at West Middlesex Hospital for many years as
a Tutor Nurse and locally as a District Nurse have provided her
with full knowledge of the health needs of her constituency. She
has added to this knowledge as the General Secretary of the
Community and District Nursing Association (CDNA) and previously
served on the Health Select Committee. Her health background lead
her to run a high profile campaign to ensure equality of treatment
for women with ovarian cancer won her the Public figure of the Year
from the national cancer charity “CancerBACUP”. Ann was previously
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Rt Hon Frank Dobson MP, when
he was Secretary of State for Health and from 2001 until he became
Prime Minister in 2007, Ann was Parliamentary Private Secretary to
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Gordon Brown
MP.
Ann is proud of her
work on in Parliament on a wide-range of issues. Before she was
appointed to the government, she was secretary to the All-Party
Parliamentary Group on Breast Cancer, working closely with health
organisations, charities and unions on health issues. She was a
member of the Select Committee which introduced the National
Minimum Wage and has successfully campaigned for employees’ rights
to paid holiday and union representation at work. Ann has actively
supported the introduction of better protection from verbal and
physical assualt for emergency workers.
In a campaign against domestic violence Ann has been able to bring
together her nursing contacts with the Metropolitan Police
providing training for police officers and nurses. Ann was also a
committed supporter of the successful Jubilee 2000 Campaign to
cancel world debt and continues to work with the Prime Minister,
Gordon Brown on this issue as well as through her colleagues in the
All-Party Group on Third World Debt.
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