Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, has thrown her support behind a campaign by the North London Cancer Network to raise awareness of the importance of being tested for bowel cancer. Bowel cancer screening is available free of charge to all residents over the age of sixty who are registered with a doctor, but uptake of the screening service in North London has been low - just forty-two percent compared to the national average of fifty-three per cent.
Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, has welcomed the opening of the UK's first Jewish Community Secondary School (JCoSS) in New Barnet this week. Overnight, JCoSS has become the second most popular Jewish school in the country, welcoming students from every section of the Jewish Community.
Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, has congratulated Queen Elizabeth Boys' School on making it into the first wave of schools to convert to academy status in time for the start of the academic year. Queen Elizabeth Boys' School is one of thirty-two outstanding schools across the country to open as an academy this September, with over a hundred more on track to convert over the coming months. Sixty-four brand new academies replacing failing schools have also opened in time for the new school term.
MP for Chipping Barnet, Theresa Villiers, has welcomed an announcement by the Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, to eliminate mixed-sex hospital accommodation in England. Labour first promised to put an end to mixed-sex wards way back in 1997, but many failed to be abolished. Andrew Lansley, has pledged to adopt a new approach based on the consistent reporting of service failures and a tougher regime of sanctions where services let patients down.
Theresa Villiers, in her capacity as MP for Chipping Barnet, has welcomed the announcement this week by Transport for London, that they have cancelled all existing plans to close the Northern Line's Bank and Barnet branches early on weekdays over the summer, pending a review of the programme. The closures had been scheduled to start on Monday evening. TfL have announced that the line will continue to run as normal while they undertake a thorough assessment of what closures are needed for upgrade work.
Today, Theresa Villiers, took part in the Greenacre Bicycle Rally, along with over a hundred other cyclists from Barnet and Enfield. The ride assembled outside the Artsdepot, Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley. The Mayor, Cllr Tony Finn was there to formally open the event. Cyclists did two circuits on the roads around Friary Park, before heading up the Dollis Valley Green Walk later in the afternoon.The ride finished up at the Barnet Countryside Centre with a visit to the annual Environment Fair.
Theresa Villiers, Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet, has welcomed the announcement by the Conservative Communities Minister, Greg Clark, to increase planning protection for gardens and scrap Labour's housing density targets. Instead, local councils across London will be given more power over which developments GET the go ahead in their borough.
MP for Chipping Barnet, Theresa Villiers, has been in touch with the Barnet Borough Police Commander's office to urge them to step up their vigilance on anti-semitic attacks. Speaking to Neil Seabridge, who is deputising for Borough Commander, Neil Basu, Theresa emphasised the importance of focusing efforts on this type of crime at a time when media controversy has arisen in relation to the Gaza blockade.
Theresa Villiers, Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet, has welcomed an announcement by Conservative Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, during a visit to Chase Farm Hospital last Friday, to re-open the previous government's decision to locate specialist stroke services away from Barnet Hospital.
Theresa Villiers, Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet, has welcomed this week's announcement by Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, to scrap NHS London's plans which threatened to downgrade vital A&E services at Barnet Hospital. The plans, ordered by the previous Labour Government, sought to reconfigure A&E services across London and shift treatment from hospitals to polyclinics.
