Local MPs meet with campaigners to save medical services in Maldon district
The MPs for Witham and Maldon, Dame Priti Patel and Sir John Whittingdale, have met with the Save Maldon Medical Services group for the first time since the General Election to discuss the findings of the recently published draft report on the public feedback to the Mid & South Essex …
Priti signs prescription to save pharmacies
Witham MP Priti Patel, met with Leyla Hannbeck, the CEO of the Independent Pharmacy Association and many community pharmacists from across the UK to support the Fight4Pharmacies campaign. During the meeting Priti spoke to pharmacists about the importance of their work in supporting the NHS and GPs, and called on …
Priti backs call for new health centre in Kelvedon
Local MP Priti Patel has met with doctors and health practitioners from Kelvedon and Feering Health Centre to discuss the plans for a brand-new health facility to serve the Kelvedon and Feering area. During her visit to the current practice building on the High Street in Kelvedon, she spoke with …
Local MP’s meet Ministers over St Peter’s Hospital
Sir John Whittingdale, MP for Maldon, and Dame Priti Patel, MP for Witham, have met with Andrew Stephenson MP, Minister for Health and Secondary Care, and Helen Whately MP, Minister for Social Care, at the Department of Health to discuss the future of St Peter’s Hospital, Maldon. The meeting followed …
Health and Wellbeing in Essex Westminster Hall Debate
Priti secures a Westminster Hall Debate on Health and Wellbeing in Essex. This is an issue Priti has consistently raised in Parliament, and one which many of her constituents care about as well. Topics raised included, the future of St. Peter’s Hospital, The Lampard Inquiry and Priti’s longstanding campaign for …
Adjournment Debate on the future of St Peter’s Hospital
Priti takes part in an Adjournment Debate on the future of St Peter’s Hospital secured by Sir John Whittingdale the MP for Maldon. Priti agrees with Sir John that services should remain local and that the consultation should be extended. Priti also urges local residents to take part in the …
A ‘shed’ load of support for communities
Witham MP Priti Patel, was delighted to meet the team from Men’s Sheds UK in the Parliament Shed recently in Portcullis House. Men’s Sheds encourages people to come together to make, repair and repurpose, supporting projects in local communities. Priti said: “It was wonderful to meet the team at Men’s …
Local MP visits Medequip
Member of Parliament for Witham Priti Patel visited Medequip is a specialist logistical business located in the Horizon 120 Business Park. Medequip provides services in the Health and Social Care sector, and manages over 30 CES contracts operating out of 26 specially adapted depots across the country, covering a population …
Priti calls for residents to take part in St Peter’s Hospital consultation
The ongoing consultation that the Mid & South Essex Integrated Care Service (MSE ICS) are currently undertaking about the proposed closure of St Peter’s Hospital in Maldon is currently active until 4th April 2024. The current consultation proposals, to make permanent the relocation of midwifery services to Braintree, to remove …
Priti backs further expansion of ARU medical school
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has backed plans to expand the medical school at Anglia Ruskin University. During a visit to the ARU campus in Chelmsford, Ms Patel met with the recently appointed new Dean of Faculty, Professor Jacqueline Kelley, as well as heads from the school …