Member of Parliament for Maidenhead,
Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities
30 January 2012
Theresa May has pressed NHS Berkshire for more information on the support that will be available for mental health patients and their families, following a decision to close Charles Ward at St Marks Hospital and move services to Reading. In announcing the decision, NHS Berkshire agreed to provide more support for community mental health services and also to invest £100,000 in a transport scheme to help families and carers get to Reading. Theresa has now written to the Chief Executive to ask for more detail about when these will be available.Read More
24 January 2012
Theresa May has expressed her disappointment at a decision to move mental health inpatient services from Charles Ward at St Marks Hospital to Prospect Park Hospital in Reading. NHS Berkshire approved the decision at a meeting on 24th January, following further consultation work that had been commissioned last year in response to widespread concern about the plan. Although the move will cause concern for Maidenhead and east Berkshire residents, the conditions attached to the decision include the improvement of transport services for relatives and carers, and increased investment in community mental health services.Read More
5 January 2012
Theresa May has welcomed the visit of Prime Minister David Cameron to Maidenhead. The Prime Minister visited local business Intuit UK and spoke to a number of small business representatives and entrepreneurs. In addition to answering questions from the audience, he used the occasion to announce a range of new Government measures to boost businesses in the UK.Read More
16 December 2011
Theresa May has welcomed an announcement by the Government that funding to local NHS services is to be increased. Berkshire Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) will together see an increase of £35 million in funding for the next financial year as part of a £2.5 billion increase in investment in NHS services nationally, announced by the Secretary of State for Health this week. Read More
12 December 2011
Theresa May has given her support to proposals to rejuvenate the Kings Triangle area of Maidenhead town centre. The plans, which were subject to public consultation over the summer, will transform the area between King Street and Queen Street, with new shops, homes and offices. A planning application has now been submitted to the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, which if approved would allow the project to go ahead as the first stage in improving the town centre.Read More