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
Felsted Focus Magazine March 2020
Following the final issue of Interface, the Parish Council has been working to produce a replacement magazine.
Thanks to the leadership of Janice Ratcliffe our new editor, and her team of volunteers, a superb magazine has been produced. This has been especially hard work against the background of the Coronavirus situation and we owe this team a debt of gratitude.
Whilst the intention is to deliver the magazine to all households in Felsted Parish, it is likely to be difficult in the current situation. However, you can download the first issue of the magazine here.
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26th March: Felsted Surgery appointments
The following message has been received from the surgery:
The Felsted Surgery
Changes to our appointment system to protect patients and our staff. From 16 March 2020, we are cancelling all routine face-to-face GP appointments.
Instead, we will be offering an enhanced telephone service. All requests for appointments must be made by phone and will be triaged by a clinician over the phone. If you need to be seen face-to-face, this will be arranged for you.
Video consultations will be launched this coming week, to provide patients with another option to connect with their GP.
What about pre-booked appointments?
If you have a routine appointment booked at the surgery with any clinician, you will be telephoned before your appointment and asked some simple questions to assess if you are well enough to come to the surgery.
PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND THE SURGERY UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN TELEPHONED AND TOLD THAT YOU SHOULD COME IN.
What about new follow up requests? We will attempt to do most follow ups over the phone. If a clinician asks you to make a follow up appointment, please book this via Reception as usual, informing them that it is a telephone appointment. Clearly, not all follow ups can be done over the phone, and if your clinician wants to review you face-to-face, they will inform you – so you can inform the Reception Team.
We need to work together to protect the community and our staff. Patients are still attending the surgery with cold and flu-like symptoms and this is not acceptable at this time. It puts the health of vulnerable people at risk, and the health of our Surgery Team, who have to support the patients we care for.
We thank all our patients for their support and understanding during these extraordinary times.
Thank You
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26th March: Veg Box Deliveries
Particularly for those people that are self isolating, there is a local wholesale company who can deliver vegetable/fruit or mixed boxes, plus a limited dairy range (milk, butter, eggs etc.), direct to your door.
They are called Donald Freeston Fresh Produce and they currently deliver to Lindsells.
They normally aim to deliver the next day and they are currently offering deliveries to Felsted daily. Their website is updated and becomes “live” at 9.00am each day.
Clearly at present, demand is high and some items do run out quite quickly so you will need to check their website soon after 9.00am.
Payment is via their Website by normal Card or Paypal etc.
Their website is – www.freestonsdirect.co.uk
The minimum order is £20. Orders placed on a Saturday will be delivered on the Monday.
The Parish Council has no relationship with this company.
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