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Member of Parliament

Ellisfield is in the Basingstoke Parliamentary Constituency.  The current MP is Maria Miller (Conservative), who was elected in May 2005 with a 4,680 majority.

Maria Miller MPLetters to Mrs Miller should be sent to:
House of Commons
London SW1A 0AA
Direct tel. no: 0207 219 5749
Direct emails: millerm@parliament.uk

Further information from:
Basingstoke Conservative Association
149D Pack Lane, Basingstoke RG22 5HN
Tel: 01256 322207  / Fax: 01256 466236
Website: www.basingstokeconservatives.com


County Councillor

Ellisfield is within Hampshire County Council's BDBC Candovers electoral division (11,112 electorate).  The current County Councillor is Anna McNair Scott (Conservative) who was re-elected in May 2005 (there was a 72.35% turnout) with a 1,688 majority.

Anna McNair Scott, County Councillor

Mrs McNair Scott can be contacted via County Hall:

Hampshire County Council (www.hants.gov.uk)
The Castle, Winchester, Hants SO23 8UJ
Tel: 01962 841841 (Fax: 01962 867273)
Reception: 01962 847323
e-mail: info.centres@hants.gov.uk

or at her home address:
Huish House, Huish Lane, Old Basing, Hants RG24 7AA
Tel: 01256 474706
Email: anna.mcnairscott@hants.gov.uk


Borough Councillor

Ellisfield is within Basingstoke & Deane's Upton Grey & The Candovers electoral ward.  The current Borough Councillor is Mark Ruffell (Conservative - retires 2007).

Mark Ruffell, Borough Councillor

Mr Ruffell can be contacted via the Civic Offices:

The Borough of Basingstoke & Deane (www.basingstoke.gov.uk)
Civic Offices, London Road, Basingstoke, Hants RG21 4UU
Tel: 01256 844844  /  Fax: 01256 841945

or at his home address:

Honey Cottage, 2 The Barracks,
Tunworth, Hants RG25 2NB
Tel: 01256 346548 (mobile: 07973 624006)
Email: cllr.m.ruffell@basingstoke.gov.uk


NHS Hospital

Ellisfield's local NHS hospital is the North Hampshire Hospital.

 

Aldermaston Road (A304)
Basingstoke, Hants RG24 9NA

Tel: 01256 473202
Website: www.northhampshire.nhs.uk

24-hour health advice & information
can be obtained from NHS Direct:
0845 4647 or www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk

All junctions of Basingstoke's ring road have Hospital direction signs. As well as a large car park, there is a drop off point and a number of disabled parking spaces available outside the main entrance.  Bus routes 1, 5, 9, 32A and 45 stop outside the hospital.

The North Hampshire Hospital was built in the mid seventies with 450 beds and now serves a population of approximately 270,000. The hospital provides a full range of acute & elective services including:

   * Adult Medicine (including elderly care)
   * Intensive Care
   * Accident & Emergency
   * Anaesthetics (including pain relief)
   * General Surgery (including colorectal research & hepato-biliary,
      surgical units of international repute)
   * Obstetrics & Gynaecology
   * Ophthalmology
   * Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT)
   * Maxillo-Facial Surgery
   * Orthopaedics
   * Paediatrics
   * Pathology
   * Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy
   * Radiology (including CT & MRI scanning)

The areas of ITU, A&E and fracture clinic have all recently been refurbished and a new building to house the MRI scanner was completed early in 2000.

Located within the grounds of the Hospital is Parklands Hospital (catering for psychiatric patients), St Michaels Hospice and The Ark, a new "state of the art" Postgraduate Medical Centre providing the very latest facilities for training and research.


Schools

Ellisfield does not have its own school.

Many children of primary school age go to Cliddesden Primary School (01256 321571) which is in the neighbouring village.  The school's website can be accessed here.

There is a school bus which goes between Ellisfield and Cliddesden School.  Times can be obtained here.

There are a number of secondary schools in the area and there are two colleges of further education in Basingstoke.


Library

The nearest County Library is in Basingstoke:

Basingstoke Central Library
19-20 Westminster House, Town Centre, Basingstoke
Tel: 01256 473901

There is also a Mobile Library (Route 8) which visits Ellisfield on alternate Tuesdays

The 20 minute stop is at the Gravel Pits (junction of Axford Road and Green Lane), between 12:35pm and 12:55pm. Further information can be obtained from 01256 465643 (Chineham Library).