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Saturday 4 June – The Jubilee Street Party will be held in West Street from 3pm. BERE REGIS
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Please bring your own tables and chairs and a picnic. The pubs and shop have
agreed to stay open should you run out of anything and there will be free SURGERY NEWS
entertainment throughout the day.
Sunday 5 June – A Songs of Praise Service will be held at St John the Baptist Platinum Jubilee
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Church at 10.30am. From 2.30pm until 7.30pm there will be a 1950s Sports Day for
children of all ages at the Sports Club. Bring along a picnic and the Sports Club Surgery opening hours
bar will be open The Practice will be closed Thursday 2 June
throughout the event. and Friday 3 June all day.

Throughout the whole of If you have a medical problem which cannot wait until we open again on
the four days, there will Monday 6 June, please phone 111.
be a Festival Exhibition in
St John the Baptist If you have a medical emergency, phone 999
Church of flowers,
photography, quilts, Dispensary
crafts, art and poetry.
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Light refreshments will be Patients who are due to collect their medication whilst we are closed on 2 and
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available every day from 3 June can collect their medication on Wednesday 1 June. To enable our staff
11am until 3pm. to cope with the increased collection demand we will open from 08.00 – 12.00
and 14.00 – 18.00 on this day only.

Commemorative Mugs Please don’t come to collect your medication if it’s not due as it won’t be ready
for you.
These are now available to order and forms are available in the magazine, on the
Parish Council website, in the Nisa Shop, the Royal Oak and the Drax Arms and, Thank you and enjoy the bank holiday!
by the time you read this, should have also been distributed to every house in the
parish. Ordering your medication
Every child under the age of 16 is eligible for a free mug but we will need you to We would like to encourage our patients to only order medication needed for
complete a form to nominate them. The forms can either be emailed to the Clerk the current month and to not order medication you have a supply of at home.
or posted into the Parish Council post box on the wall by the shop. Additional This is to minimise waste and to ensure the medication you are taking is in date.
mugs are available at a minimum donation of £5. Please complete the relevant
section of the form to order your mugs. There are many ways you can order your medication:

via the NHS app, by e-mail, via our website (you will need to come to the
Next Meeting Practice with identification to set this up), by completing your repeat slip and
either posting or popping in our letterbox.
The next meeting will be held on Thursday 9 June 2022, commencing 7pm at the
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Drax Hall. If you wish to have an item added to the agenda for discussion, please If any of the options above are a problem for you, please contact the Dispensary
contact the Clerk or a member of the Parish Council by the end of May. team for help and advice
Bryan Benjafield We realise this is a big change for some patients and we appreciate your
understanding whilst the transition takes place

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