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    Our pharmacy service

    27 March 2020 / 0 Comments

    Julie writes: Alongside the doctors and nurses and supermarket workers, there is a silent workforce braving the frontline and dealing with the current crisis but unfortunately being largely ignored by both the government and the media.  As surgeries close their doors to the public, community pharmacy staff are open for business, with no barriers, no testing and no chance of closing to the public. We are not only dealing with an increased workload (put on by patients panic ordering medicines in advance and doctors sending all prescriptions online) but also increased demands for various products which are flying off the shelves, each time a new video/article is shared on social…

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  • Community Support,  Health

    Health Centre Update from Alex

    26 March 2020 / 0 Comments

    Small Update Good Morning everyone – try to enjoy the sun from your gardens or windows! If you are a patient who has received a letter from the Government identifying you as a high risk category patient and advising you to self-isolate, and you are a worker, please RETAIN this letter as we have been advised that this will act as your sickness certificate.  In addition. To reduce the burden on GP practices a new online system, created by the NHS and the Department for Work and Pensions, is now live for patients to be emailed a digital isolation note. Isolation notes provide patients with evidence for their employers that…

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  • Community Support,  Health

    Mel Stride M.P.

    25 March 2020 / 0 Comments

    Our Parish Clerk wrote to our local MP on behalf of the Parish and this is his reply: Dear Mrs Gilbert, I am understandably receiving a huge volume of correspondence from concerned constituents about coronavirus and I thought you may find it helpful for residents in your town or parish to be aware of the key websites that I am advising people to go to for information, and for me to outline some of the issues I am chasing Government departments on. I am still fully available should any of your residents need my help and I can be best contacted at this email address. For those without internet access, the…

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    Community Hub. Updated phone numbers.

    25 March 2020 / 0 Comments

    Gordon Hurst 221535Richard & Sarah Loughton 440491Mandy Hart 441307John & Carrie Maule 440858Kate Sandel  on Sandel.kate@gmail.comKevin & Katie Elderfield 440283Gary Day-Elllison 441111Dom Hilton  441444Sarah Shorthouse 07904228035Julie Everett 221366Lisa Johns 433641Juliet Glanville 221534May Stork 231700Bob & Tracy Small 440060Wilma Butler 441044Tess & Rory Hardick 07970720673Julie Pollard 440487Andy Manning 441193Lorraine Coombes 440213Alex Duckworth 440723 Peter Hunt 440322 Please only use this revised list – for a variety of reasons it has changed. Also, do make contact with our volunteers – they have all offered to help with Shopping , medicine collection and in some cases, transport particularly for urgent appointments. Finally, if you could make sure that the info herewith, is with those…

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  • St John's Church

    St John the Baptist Church

    25 March 2020 / 0 Comments

    Peace be with you We are usually open every day of the year but have been ordered to close our building during the current C-19 crisis. We are sorry not to be able to welcome you on this occasion, but please do come back. Inside (and at home) we continue to pray for you, our lovely community and for you if you’re visiting us. While our doors may be locked (for now), remember that God’s loving arms are always wide open. Online Sunday worship is available- Chagford Church Online at www.youtube.com If you would value pastoral support or advice, please contact sarah.shorthouse@gmail.com 07904 228035 or moretonbenefice@gmail.com N.B copies of the…

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