News - Justin Tomlinson

Justin Pleased To Accept Fantastic Piece For Community Office By Local Artist

Aug 15, 2017

North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson has proudly accepted a beautiful landscape painting by local artist David Gibbons.The work, with Parliament woven into the background will now be displayed in his Community Office at the Orbital for all visitors to see.David, who studied at Birmingham College of Art, works on a variety of paintings, using different types of media like oil, watercolours and acrylic as well as the “marbling” technique. Living locally, and having retired early, David now dedicates ...

North Swindon MP Showcases Design For New State-Of-The-Art Museum & Art Gallery

Aug 15, 2017

North Swindon MP, Justin Tomlinson has hosted a display for the general public at his office in the Orbital Shopping Park, which showcased the design for the highly anticipated, proposed Swindon Museum and Art Gallery. The event was an opportunity for the public to come along and ask questions regarding the new project, and of Rod Hebden, the interim director of the proposed building, who was able to provide key information about the project and what it entails.Justin hosted the public drop-in e...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 11th August

Aug 11, 2017

I was dismayed to see that the decision to close the Place of Safety at Sandalwood Court had been confirmed.The plans were initially proposed by the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) earlier this year and in response I wrote a lengthy letter to AWP outlining why this would be a bad decision.The Place of Safety, which is a specialist suite within Sandalwood Court, offers a space for those with serious mental health conditions who pose a risk to themselves or others around them an...

Local MPs Write To Health Secretary & NHS England To Oppose Mental Health Place Of Safety Change

Aug 09, 2017

Local MPs Justin Tomlinson & Robert Buckland have taken their concerns about plans to close the vital 'Place of Safety' suite at Sandalwood Court to the top, after writing directly to the Health Secretary & the Chief Executive of NHS England to oppose the change.Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust has confirmed that it intends to go ahead with its proposal to centralise the critical service in Devizes, despite concerns being raised by key stakeholders including menta...

Local MP Criticises Labour's Plans As New Analysis Shows They Would Add £253 Billion To The National Debt

Aug 08, 2017

Justin Tomlinson has joined 146 parliamentary colleagues in writing to Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell after new analysis showed Labour’s plans would increase the nation’s debt by more than £250 billion.Following Jeremy Corbyn’s U-turn on his commitment to ‘deal with’ student debt, 147 Conservative MPs have written to Labour’s Shadow Chancellor demanding that he set out which other plans would face the axe as Labour attempt to deal with £5.8 billion in extra debt interest payments.The letter i...

Justin Meets Clinical Commissioning Group For Update On Local NHS Services

Aug 07, 2017

Local MP Justin Tomlinson has me with clinicians from the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group for a update on healthcare and GP provision across Swindon.Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) were created following the Health and Social Care Act in 2012, and replaced Primary Care Trusts. They are clinically-led statutory NHS bodies responsible for the planning and commissioning of health care services for their local area. They take decisions delivering health services at a local level, rather than t...

Local MP Becomes Bowel Cancer Champion

Aug 07, 2017

Justin Tomlinson MP has pledged to become a Bowel Cancer Champion to lead the change in Parliament for people affected by the disease.Someone is diagnosed with bowel cancer every 15 minutes, making it the UK’s fourth most common cancer. It’s also the second biggest cancer killer, nearly 16,000 people die from the disease every year. Yet bowel cancer is treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early. However, only 15% are diagnosed at the earliest stage of the disease when the chance of surv...

Justin Meets GWR & Network Rail To Discuss Plans For Swindon Station Improvement

Aug 07, 2017

Local MP Justin Tomlinson has met with GWR and Network Rail, to discuss plans to improve Swindon Station. Topics of discussion included electrification, service improvements and general station upgrades.Over Christmas 2016, the A3102 bridge in Royal Wootton Bassett was demolished and partially reconstructed. The new bridge is higher, creating the additional space needed for the overhead electrification wires that will power the new fleet of faster, quieter and greener trains with more seats on t...

Swindon Advertiser Weekly Article - 4th August

Aug 07, 2017

I have been fortunate to re-visit two of our wonderful mental health charities during recess, both of which centre their therapeutic assistance on gardening.Root and Branch is based near Sevenhampton and provides craft and horticulture based activities to promote recovery for people with mental health conditions. They currently offer 45 spaces a week to service users to be able to start crafts projects and work in a friendly environment. It was great to drop by to have a cup of tea with the volu...

Local MP’s Office Holds Drop-In For Proposed New Swindon Museum & Art Gallery

Aug 01, 2017

This Wednesday (2nd August), there will be a public drop-in for the proposed new museum and art gallery in Justin Tomlinson MP’s community office: 1st Floor of the Customer Service Hub on the Orbital Shopping Park. This new design will feature an iconic building to house Swindon’s museum and art gallery, which is currently located in the Old Town area of Swindon, in Apsley House.The butterfly-shaped structure of the new building, which will house a nationally significant collection of modern art...