Further to the news that Staffordshire Ambulance Service will merge with the West Midlands within 24 months, Health Minister Andy Burnham, was questioned consistently in the House of Commons Chamber between 3.30pm and 4.30pm this afternoon by Labour and Conservative MPs. Michael Fabricant says: "The Minister was asked time and time again whether if the […]
Initial joy that the Staffordshire Ambulance Service is to be saved (from merger with the West Midlands Ambulance Service) following leaks by Government spin doctors has evaporated after reading the fine print. In a letter to Michael Fabricant, the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Lord Warner, says in an addendum to his […]
Michael Fabricant will receive a police citation at Lichfield police station at 3.15pm on Friday 5th May. CITATION: During the early hours of Thursday 29 September 2005 a group of friends met in Lichfield for a night out. One of the men became very drunk and the group of friends left him to fend for […]
Michael Fabricant today met protesters from all over Staffordshire including paramedics and supporters who had come down to London to hand in a petition to the Department of Health demanding that the Staffordshire Ambulance not be merged into a west midlands regional service. "This is one of those rare occasions when, I believe, this issue […]
Following the announcement today by Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health, that a new health authority covering the whole of the West Midlands will be created from 1 July 2006, Michael Fabricant says "This is not encouraging news for the future of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service". Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) will […]
Following the successful visit to Litchfield, Connecticut in the US in 2003 organised by Michael Fabricant, he is now leading another party at the end of May this year to Washington DC and to Virginia. Eighteen people – half from the Lichfield constituency – will be entertained by Sir David Manning, the British Ambassador to […]
Michael Fabricant today visited Quartz Brewery in Kings Bromley to meet the husband and wife team who have abandoned careers in big business to establish their own micro-brewery. "Having tried both Quartz Blonde and Quartz Crystal, I think their career change is well worth it!" exclaims Michael. "I will now recommend their beers be made […]
180 children from St Chad’s Church of England Primary School in Lichfield joined Michael Fabricant to take part in the world’s biggest ever simultaneous skip; and Lichfield joined thousands of other children across the UK by completing 100 double bounce skips between 2.15pm and 2.30pm on Friday 24th March to be entered into the Guinness […]
At 2pm this afternoon (Friday 17th March), Michael Fabricant received petitions signed by 2,500 Staffordshire people against the take-over of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service into a larger regional service. "I will personally take these petitions to Westminster on Monday and they will be presented to Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary. Both she and Tony Blair […]
Michael Fabricant has expressed his "sadness and concern" over the shock resignation of Roger Thayne, Chief Executive of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service. Michael says: "Under Roger’s leadership, the Staffordshire Ambulance Service has out-performed all other ambulance services in Europe with the fastest response times to emergency calls. His resignation is a personal shock and, I […]