Following a meeting at his advice surgery on Saturday (9th June), Michael Fabricant has now written to Christine Doubleday, Director of Staffordshire Area, The Learning & Skills Council and to Neil Carr, Chief Executive of the South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Trust to ask for lip reading training courses to be introduced in South Staffordshire. Michael […]
Commenting on Staffordshire County Council’s announcement this morning that a "consultation event" managed by Agencia will take place with residents and staff of care homes, Michael Fabricant says: "It is important that all users are consulted on an individual basis including users of day centres which are also for the chop. "I have already heard […]
Michael Fabricant met residents of Darwin Park on Saturday 9th June to discuss the needs of "this small town of 1100 homes based within the City of Lichfield" as Michael puts it. He was taken around Darwin Park by Jeff Fry and other members of the Darwin Park Initiative. Later, he met with residents over […]
In a short Parliamentary debate yesterday (21st May), Michael Fabricant suggested that if ‘No Smoking’ signs have to be erected in cathedrals, they should be more in keeping with their surroundings. He said: "If we have to have signs, does he agree that they could be Gothic, with twirly whirly bits, or Norman? Signs like […]
David Lammy, the Minister for Culture at the Department of Culture Media & Sport, has written to Michael Fabricant to say that the decision not to add the façade of the Victoria Hospital at the Friary in Lichfield to the list of buildings of architectural or historic interest "is currently being reconsidered". This follows on […]
Michael Fabricant visited Richard Crosse Church of England Primary School in Kings Bromley near Lichfield on Friday 11th May to launch their new website: richardcrosse.co.uk (Then click on the photo to enter the site). Michael says: "The new website gives an international voice to this excellent School and the village it serves. It helps the […]
With news that the Bank of England has increased interest rates to 5.5%, Michael Fabricant says "Many home owners in Staffordshire will begin to feel the pinch now that interest rates are now at their highest since 2001 – and they are likely to rise still higher. I am concerned for the plight of many […]
Following Michael Fabricant’s question to the Prime Minister on the closure of Staffordshire Care Homes, he has followed up Tony Blair’s offer and will be taking a delegation of Staffordshire carers and care home users to see Ivan Lewis MP, the minister with responsibility for care homes at the Department of Health in London. The […]
Commenting on Staffordshire County Council’s decision to recruit spin doctors for the social services department while simultaneously closing down care homes, Michael Fabricant says: "Labour controlled Staffordshire County Council has completely lost the plot. They are reacting desperately from one self-made crisis to another and it’s costing the council taxpayer a fortune. Spending money on […]
Commenting on reports that the Strategic Health Authority has ordered Staffordshire and West Midlands ambulance trusts to draw up a detailed timetable by June 1st for how a full merger will be implemented, Michael Fabricant says "In a recent one to one meeting with Anthony Marsh, the Chief Executive of the West Midlands Ambulance Service, […]