Health

Priti listens in while call handler, Alice Rood deals with an emergency call.

Priti joins East of England Ambulance staff at their newly refurbished operations centre

Published on 16th January 2023 Published in Local News

Witham’s MP, Priti Patel, has visited the East of England Ambulance Service’s operations centre at Broomfield to meet emergency call handlers and Ambulance professionals at the Service’s newly refurbished facilities. During her visit on Friday, 13th January, Priti was joined by East of England Ambulance Service Chief Executive Tom Abell …

Winter 2022 Vaccination Update

Category: Local News Published: 28th November 2022 - 4:16 pm

COVID and Flu Vaccinations – who is eligible?  Flu Vaccine Eligibility COVID Autumn Booster Eligibility   Appointment should be at least 91 days after previous dose  50 and over (including those who’ll be 50 by 31 March 2023)  50 or over Aged 6 months to 50 years in a clinical at-risk …

An Essex & Herts Air Ambulance about to take off from the North Weald airbase to attend an emergency.

Priti congratulates Essex & Herts Air Ambulance on receiving an ‘outstanding service’ rating from the CQC

Published on 12th October 2022 Published in Local News

The MP for the Witham Constituency, Priti Patel has written to Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust (EHAAT) to congratulate them on the achievement of an ‘outstanding service’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The CQC carried out its assessment of EHAAT during August and September as part of …

Priti congratulates Suffolk & North-East Essex ICB on booster rollout

Category: Local News Published: 4th October 2022 - 4:45 pm

Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has written to congratulate staff at NHS Suffolk and North-East Essex ICB for being ranked number one nationally for the Covid-19 Autumn booster rollout campaign. It is expected that many respiratory infections, including COVID-19 and flu may be circulating at high levels …

Priti Patel MP with Dr Andy Jones (left) and Professor Tan Arulampalam, Consultant General Surgeon and Oaks Hospital Clinical Governance Chair outside the MRI and CT suite at Oaks Hospital, Colchester.

Priti Patel tours Oaks Hospital and sees new state of the art CT scanner

Published on 25th June 2021 Published in Local News

Witham’s MP, Priti Patel, has today (25th June) been given a tour of privately owned Oaks Hospital, Mile End Road, Colchester which is part of the independent hospital operator group, Ramsay Health Care. Patients from Witham routinely go to Oaks Hospital for specialist private and NHS healthcare treatment and the …

Priti Patel MP welcomes new elective care centre at Colchester Hospital

Category: Local News Published: 14th July 2020 - 4:15 pm

Priti Patel, Member of Parliament for Witham, has welcomed the announcement that a new elective care centre for patients requiring planned orthopaedic surgery is to be built at Colchester Hospital. The Governing Bodies of NHS North East Essex and NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) met today …

Pulling together to tackle the coronavirus crisis

Category: General News Published: 15th March 2020 - 5:25 pm

Statement from Priti Patel, the MP for Witham: With the coronavirus outbreak spreading we face the biggest public health crisis in a generation. I know that the speed at which this virus is spreading is extremely worrying and many of us will already know of people personally who have tested …

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