WELCOME TO FELSTED
Located in north-west Essex and with a population of around 3,000, the Parish of Felsted has at its heart the historic village of Felsted, surrounded by Greens and Hamlets, in a beautiful rural setting.
Felsted retains the underlying charm and attraction of a rural parish, with the community and village at its heart. This is what attracts people to the area and what we as the Parish Council see as our historic duty to protect. Preservation of our heritage is balanced with a duty to ensure that the Parish thrives and meets the future needs of our community.
Winner of RCCE Village of the Year 2015
“One of the best places to live in the East of England” – The Sunday Times (2013)
LATEST NEWS
Weekend GP appointments now available in Uttlesford
A new Weekend GP Service is being trialled in Uttlesford and has, since November, received positive feedback from patients. The majority of people who have visited the service so far have been of working age and may not be able to access appointments during the week.
The NHS service is based out of Radwinter Road (Saffron Walden Community Hospital) and Great Dunmow Community Centre. Appointments are accessed through a patient’s own GP surgery for a booked appointment only; it is not a ‘walk-in service’.
All GP practices in Uttlesford are taking bookings for the service which allows patients to see a GP, healthcare assistant or nurse for routine appointments, health checks and treatments. People with long term health conditions such as asthma and diabetes can also access these appointments.
Liz Adams, Interim Chief Executive of Uttlesford Health, one of the organisations which run the service said: “We are incredibly proud to have launched this service which will allow people greater access to GP appointments. Our GP practices can book these appointments as part of their normal processes, which will provide greater choice to fit in with busy lifestyles.
“GP practices are under extreme pressure nationally and the demand for GP appointments is increasing and this service will help relieve that demand.”
To book an appointment, simply contact your GP in the usual way.
The service is funded through a grant from the Prime Minister’s Access Fund and is a pilot managed by two local GP companies; Stellar Healthcare and Uttlesford Health. These two companies have been set up by the GP practices in the area.
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Uttlesford Frontline is open to the public!
Uttlesford Frontline, a local community initiative initially targeted at health professionals, has proved to be so successful that it has been funded by West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group and Essex County Council to enable the public to benefit from the service.
For people who are worried about a friend or family member, or need help themselves, it’s important to be able to find out what support is available locally – however unless they know a service exists it can be difficult to know where to start looking. By visiting www.uttlesfordfrontline.org.uk and searching under a particular section, such as older people, families or mental health, a user can easily find out which organisations are offering relevant services within the local area and even request a call back from many of the services. The system also allows people to comment on a service or chat with someone if they can’t find what they need.
Find more information on Uttlesford Frontline here, or call:
- Kirsty at Uttlesford Council of Voluntary Services on 01371 878400 or;
- Kate at Uttlesford Citizens Advice on 01799 526557.
Chelmsford Local Plan consultation
Alongside responses your Parish Council has made to the Local Plan processes in Uttlesford and Braintree, we are also responding to the consultation phase for the Chelmsford Local Plan.
We are particularly concerned with 2 aspects of the consultation, being:
- The lack of a strategic review of Green Belt policy, which results in development sites being pushed towards the North and East of the Chelmsford region, notably from our perspective, towards Great Leighs.
- The consideration of the Great Leighs racecourse, offered by the owners under the ‘call for sites’ process, for housing development of up to 2000 houses. We feel this will have a particularly bad impact on Willows Green should it be adopted.
You can see the consultation site here. The deadline for submissions is 21st January. You can still have your say and you do not need to respond to all questions, just those against which you have an opinion you would like heard.
Don’t leave it for others to have your say, they may not agree with you…