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Village Voice February/March 2021
Surgery are excited to be in the process of
creating a long overdue new website which will
allow patients to better access our services
online.We are working with a specialist primary
care web developer to meet latest NHS digital
accessibility standards in a website that will be
easy to navigate, fully smart-phone and device
compatible and aesthetically appealing.
As part of this transformation, we will be
introducing a new website tool (called Klinik)
which will allow patients to submit their
symptoms, appointment requests, fit note
requests etc. to their GPs 24/7 via the website
- replacing the need to wait in queues on the
phone. The same system is being introduced to
all practices locally and from the feedback we
have seen, it promises to make accessing GPs a
lot easier for our patients. It also ensures
enquiries are dealt with quicker and by the right
member of the clinical team.’
Finally, should any patients of the Simpson
Centre or Penn Surgery wish to join the Patient
Participation Group, we would welcome new
members. Please feel free to get in touch to find
out more about what we do. Emma McPhee at
emmamcphee@aol.com. Emma McPhee (Simpson
Centre & Penn PPG)
Ashwells & Gomm Valley
Ashwells: In our last issue we reported on the
finds in the archaeological trenches dug in
November. The County’s Senior Archaeology
Officer has since confirmed that he has advised
the archaeological firm involved that, as a result
of their reported discoveries, further
investigation will be required. He promises to
keep us informed.
Meanwhile, the project has been delayed by a
combination of the loss of planning officers
familiar with the project, Covid 19, and a
change in the architects working on the
masterplan. Some changes have been made to
the masterplan, but the revised version has not
yet seen the light of day and so there has not
been an opportunity for any substantive
consultation with interested local residents.
There is as yet no detailed design code and
there are still unresolved questions about the
layout and type of houses and roads, and some
uncertainty about exactly where the new lower
access road will run. The arrangements for safe
parking for parents dropping and collecting at
the Middle School have not been agreed, and so
on. We are pressing for a (virtual) meeting of
our full Ashwells Forum as soon as possible to
ensure full local consultation.
Gomm Valley: The Team Leader of the
Wycombe planners reviewing Human+Nature’s
application estimates that they would be ready
to report this case to the County’s new Strategic
Planning Committee in late Spring/Summer.
County elections in May could affect the
calendar of committee meetings. Miles Green
P&TG Village Show 2021
We currently plan to hold the Penn & Tylers
Green Village Show on Saturday September
10th at the Tylers Green Village Hall. We have
decided to keep the Schedule virtually the same
as planned in 2020, and are checking if the
vegetables, fruit and flowers are relevant to the
time of year. We will have updated schedules on
our web site, the Village Voice web site and
their web site in the next few weeks.
If you want to help us and use your skills to
improve our web site, by adding content and are
able to give some time, please contact us by
mail, ptgvsc@gmail.com
Continue to nurture your succulents, cacti and
a container of alpine plants. The fresh egg
entries created a buzz, so have the entry this
year, keep pampering your hens and have 3
fresh eggs to enter.
For novices and new entrants, why not have a
go at growing your own vegetables from seeds,
radish, carrots, potatoes, or salad leaves, or at
growing your own chillies and squashes, March
is the mont to start sowing your seeds, so start
planning ahead now. A new entry this year is
homegrown vegetables displayed in a trug to
show the fruits of your success.
Moving on to those that prefer to cook start
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