Following reports today (16th August) that Anthony Marsh, the new Chief Executive of the West Midlands Ambulance Service, has said that the forced merger of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service could be completed by the end of this year, Michael Fabricant has vowed he will initiate an emergency Parliamentary debate on the subject once Parliament returns […]
A leaked memo from the Department of Health, signed by a senior civil servant on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health, makes it clear that steps are already underway to absorb the Staffordshire Ambulance Service into the ‘inferior’ West Midlands Service. "Using the powers of the 1999 Health Act, the Chief Executive of […]
Michael Fabricant has joined forces with the Association of British Drivers to urge caution over the Government’s announcement today (Tuesday 8th August) to lower speed limits in the UK. "Although increased speeds generally result increased road deaths and injuries, lowering speed limits can cause crashes too" says Michael Fabricant. "Staffordshire County Council and other Highway […]
Reports reaching Michael Fabricant say that as from today (8th August), Clinical Governance has in effect passed from the management of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service to that of the West Midlands. Worryingly, Staffordshire Ambulance crews are reported to have been told they may no longer use their ‘resQpod’ units which when giving Coronary-Pulmonary Resuscitation enhances […]
The future of high speed commuter Virgin train links between Lichfield, Tamworth and other smaller towns and London have been thrown into doubt following a letter received by Michael Fabricant from Transport Minister, Derek Twigg MP. The Minister, responding to an earlier letter from Michael Fabricant questioning the continued availability of direct high speed Pendolino […]
Chief Constables and senior police officers from over 36 forces throughout the United Kingdom as well as the Garda (The National Police Service of the Irish Republic) met this morning (Sunday 23rd July) at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas in Staffordshire for an open air Service of Remembrance organised by COPS (Care of Police […]
Hard pressed crime fighters in Lichfield are fighting a losing battle if Home Office figures are to be believed. "Lichfield and Staffordshire have faired far less well than the average for England and Wales and are disappointing" says Michael Fabricant. The following figures show the percentage change in recorded offences across key crime indicators from […]
With falling rolls of primary school children in Staffordshire, Boney Hay School is facing possible closure in August 2008 with no further admissions from September 2007. This is opposed by Michael Fabricant who is already receiving letters from worried parents. Michael Fabricant says: "I am not convinced that closure is wise. I have visited Boney […]
Following Government announcements which state that their plans for enforced police mergers are "dead in the water", Michael Fabricant is now suggesting a voluntary re-alignment of police forces in the midlands. "I have always opposed the absorption of Staffordshire Police into the West Midlands" says Michael. "I am relieved that the merger will not now […]
On Saturday morning (15th July), Michael Fabricant joined the Staffordshire Search & Rescue Team on an exercise to find a missing student. As a member of the Association of Lowland Search and Rescue, the primary role of the Staffordshire Search & Rescue Team is to seek missing persons in both rural and urban areas. But […]