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South Woodham Focus 13<br />
ROTARY PREsENTs CHEqUE FROM sWIMATHON<br />
Scouts<br />
Rotary President Terry Tilbrook<br />
presented a cheque to members<br />
of the North Fambridge Sea<br />
Scouts and Cubs for 25% of the<br />
money they donated to Rotary<br />
during the Swimarathon. The<br />
money was earned by the<br />
swimmers through sponsorship.<br />
Representing the Scouts were:-<br />
Cub Leader Lee Stentiford, Explorer Chris Smith, Cubs Michael<br />
Stentiford, Andrew Stentiford Abigail Saville and Beaver<br />
Elizabeth Saville who are in the photo with our president. The<br />
money is going towards buying valuable kits for the Sea Scouts.<br />
St John Ambulance<br />
At the same time President<br />
Terry presented a cheque to The<br />
St john Ambulance for their<br />
attendance at the Swimarathon<br />
and provide the necessary First<br />
Aid cover ove the 3 days..<br />
Representing St John<br />
Ambulance to receive the<br />
cheque were Jenny & Lisa.<br />
We are grateful for the support all of the participants both<br />
swimmers & help in any way during the Swimarathon and the<br />
next on will be in March 2019.<br />
See the website for times that teams can take part.<br />
PUBlIC MEETING TO DIsCUss NEW HEAlTH HUB AND<br />
GP PRACTICE MOVEs<br />
There has been a great deal of interest in the new Sainsbury's development off Burnham<br />
Road in South Woodham Ferrers, not least due to the new health hub being built there<br />
and plans for the town's three GP practices to move in.<br />
The three practices will be hosting a public meeting on the evening of Wednesday 9th<br />
January 2019 to share the plans for the health hub.<br />
The meeting will be held at William de Ferrers School, Trinity Square, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, CM3 5JU and run from 7.30pm<br />
to 9pm on the 9th, with the three town practices jointly hosting.<br />
A frequently asked questions list about the new health hub will also be available for you to read on the practices' websites and in<br />
other places shortly.<br />
Everyone is welcome to come along to the meeting on 9th January. Please register a place beforehand, so the practices can get an<br />
idea of the number of people attending, by visiting Eventbrite or calling 01245 398 750. Your GPs and partners across the local NHS<br />
will look forward to welcoming you.<br />
Patients please go to the three practice websites for the FAQs:<br />
http://www.greenwoodsurgery.co.uk/ http://www.brickfieldssurgery.co.uk/ http://www.kingswaysurgery.net/<br />
New Health Hub<br />
Following up from my previous letters, in these columns, regarding the transfer of the 3 doctors surgeries from the Town to a single<br />
building on a new site north of the Town, at long last the powers that have made this decision, the NHS and the doctors have finally, after<br />
over two years of discussion between themselves, decided to have a public meeting to tell the patients what they have decided is best<br />
for us, the patients. They obviously did not consider that we might not have the same views regarding this move as they obviously do. They<br />
say that they have had recent conversations with 'local organisations and residents’, does anybody know who the people are? This is not<br />
the doctors patient groups, not the Town Council or maybe our City Councillors, although I do not remember any information forthcoming<br />
from any of them. So after over two years of consultation the only people, it seems that have been involved, are our Doctors, the NHS and<br />
I am led to believe the Surgery managers, who haven’t been involved, you guessed it, those most affected THE PATIENTS! Sorry I lied, I<br />
received an E-mail last week asking if I would like to suggest a name for the new building, really?<br />
So if you have concerns regarding this matter make sure you make every effort to attend this planned meeting in order that you can make<br />
sure that the people who have made this decision on your YOUR behalf, are fully aware of your feelings on this matter.<br />
To make sure that those of you who cannot attend this meeting, when it finally takes place ,I would like you to take time to complete the<br />
attached slip and return it to the boxes located in the library and adjacent to the customer service desk in ASDA.<br />
Thank You P. Wyatt<br />
AGREE WITH DECISION<br />
DISAGREE WITH DECISION<br />
SOUTH WOODHAM<br />
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