Priti visits ‘incredible’ local children’s mental health facility
Witham MP Priti Patel, last week (Friday 26th July), visited The St Aubyn Centre in Colchester to meet with the staff looking after the children in this facility alongside representatives from EPUT, NELFT and CAMHS to discuss how we can improve mental health outcomes and reach young people earlier who …
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 …
Priti and mental health charity have a meeting of minds
Witham MP, Priti Patel, recently met with mental health charity Mind and their team in the Mid and North Essex branch, based in Maldon, to discuss their work in helping those in need of mental health support. During the meeting, Priti met Ms Ginny Idehen, the Chief Executive Officer of …
Supporting World Mental Health Day
Witham MP Priti Patel visited The Lakes mental health unit at Colchester Hospital to meet with staff and leadership of the Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust. During the visit, which coincided with World Mental Health Day, Priti met with staff on two wards who work on the urgent care pathway …
Announcement of new chair for Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has welcomed the announcement of the new Chair of the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry, Baroness Kate Lampard. Baroness Lampard will bring certainty and her experience in leading such inquiries will bring comfort to the many families which have been affected and …
Priti meets with local mental health and wellbeing charity
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has recently met with Liz Rotherham, the Chief Executive of local mental health charity Heads2Minds, to discuss the work they do to support people with mental health challenges. The charity, which has its headquarters in Braintree, was founded by Ms Rotherham and …
Witham MP presses Health Secretary for update on the statutory inquiry into mental health services in Essex
Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham, has written to the Health Secretary, the Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, for an update on the inquiry into mental health services in Essex, following the announcement that it would be moving to a statutory footing. The independent inquiry into mental health …
Priti welcomes Essex mental health statutory inquiry decision
The MP for Witham, Priti Patel, has welcomed the decision taken by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to put the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry onto a statutory footing. The announcement was made in a statement in the House of Commons this week (28 June 2023) …
Priti meets up with charity dedicated to reducing the damage caused by traumatic childhoods
Responding to a request from one of her constituents, Priti Patel, the Member of Parliament for Witham has held a meeting with Alex Williamson, Campaign Officer at the WAVE Trust, to find out about the Trust’s campaign to reduce trauma in childhood. The constituent had himself suffered from such experiences, …