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to take up a partnership at another Practice. We all wish her well in her new role.
DORSET COUNTY COUNCIL REPORT

Carers’ Meeting The new “Dorset Council”
The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 18th at 2.pm. Please see
Following his appointment as the Chief Executive of
notice board in the Surgery, or speak to Jo or Mechelle for exact details. Dorset Council, Matt Prosser is starting the design of
the rest of the management structure of the Council.

As the Cabinet Member for workforce I am working
Staff Training
closely with him planning the next Phase of
Please note that the Surgery will be closed for staff training on the following dates : interviews for the senior executive positions as well as
planning out the structure of the organisation going
Thursday December 20th from 1.00-2.00pm forward. We have agreed there will be four
Executive Directors, plus the Director of Public
Thursday 17th January 2019 from 3.30-6.30pm
Health, who is shared with the other single authority;
If you require urgent medical attention that cannot wait until the Surgery re-opens Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole. The four
please call 111. In an emergency please call 999. Directors will be responsible for Children’s Services; Adult Services; Place; and
Corporate Services. The Executive Director responsible for Corporate Services will

probably be the Chief Operating Officer and will be the designated Chief
Christmas and New Year Closing Times Finance Officer.
The Surgery will be closed: The work on bringing the services together is being referred to as convergence
which will produce considerable savings primarily by the removal of duplication.
Tuesday December 25th, 2018
However, even greater savings will be from what is termed transformation arising
Wednesday December 26th, 2018 from flatter organisation structures, and doing things differently. This will, however,
take a few years to fully realise these savings.
Tuesday January 1st, 2019,

There will be walk-in sessions on the morning of Thursday, Dec 27th , and the usual Dorset County Museum
one on Wednesday Jan 2nd, 2019.
I am a Trustee of the Museum on behalf of Dorset County Council. In my role I

have helped the organisation modernise its business processes and assisted in two
Repeat Medication major projects. The first is building a new museum with grant aid from the Heritage
Lottery Fund and
Please ensure that any repeat medication - especially special orders, are
requested in plenty of time allowing a little more than the usual two full working the second was
the Dippy on Tour
days.
project which was
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our patients a ‘Happy Christmas a success beyond
and a Healthy New Year’. o u r w i l d e s t
dreams. At the
recent 2018 Dorset
Tourism Awards,
for Dippy on Tour
the Museum won
both the ‘Tourism Event of the Year’ category and the overall ‘Outstanding
Contribution to Dorset Tourism 2018’ award. We are very proud of this for the
pleasure it gave to thousands of children (as well as adults) and the estimated

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