Swimming pool investment makes a splash
Local MP Priti Patel has welcomed the announcement of £375,350 for Witham Leisure Centre as part of the Swimming Pool Support Fund. The Leisure Centre will receive £375,350 to deliver improvements in their energy efficiency through the use of photo voltaic (PV) panels, and replacing existing fluorescent lighting with LED …
Priti meets with developers to raise constituents concerns and view their plans for the locality
Witham MP Priti Patel recently met with Barrat David Wilson Homes (BDWH) to discuss housing developments and plans both in and around the Witham constituency. Priti believes it is important to meet and engage with developers building houses in the constituency, and when new housing is built, it needs to …
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 …
MP, Town Council and ICB meet residents to discuss Hospital’s future
Witham MP Priti Patel, thanked Witham Town Council, the Mid, South Essex ICB and constituents who attended a public meeting on the St Peter’s Hospital consultation. A number of concerned residents were able to speak to representatives from the ICB about the consultation as well as their local elected representatives. …
Tiptree and Stanway get a Priti Police Patrol
Local MP Priti Patel recently joined local policing teams in Tiptree and Stanway to discuss policing in her constituency. She joined Colchester District Commander Colin Cox and Inspector Jenna Mirrington-French in her role as the Community Policing Inspector as part of their series of local inspector tours of the North …
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 …
Priti appalled at vandalism of lifesaving defibrillator
Priti Patel, MP for Witham, has met with representatives from Templars Community Association and Essex Police following the appalling vandalism of the community provided defibrillator equipment on the estate. The vandalism of the defib follows recent reports of higher levels of anti-social behaviour on the Templar’s Estate, and in …
Priti shows ECC dangerous road outside school
Priti Patel MP for Witham has returned to New Rickstones Academy alongside Cllr Mark Platt – Deputy Cabinet Member for Highways, Infrastructure and Sustainable Transport to see first hand the situation outside of the school gates at 3pm where students need to cross Conrad Road to start their journey home. …