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6. Officers have indicated they are willing to review proposals to move the 30

BERE REGIS mph signs further up Rye Hill and to place an additional Speed Indicator
Device (SID) further up Rye Hill although the cost of the additional SID may
SURGERY NEWS have to be met by the Parish Council.
This is all to be discussed at the June Parish Council meeting and if approved, I will
As we type this it is Wellness Week then take it forward to Dorset Council for consideration.

We would like to remind our patients to
Please Be Kind. Cabinet Reshuffle
Everybody is fighting some kind of battle Sadly, I have stepped down from the roles of Deputy Leader and Cabinet
and you never know just by looking at a person what their battle is. Words DO member due to ongoing Long Covid health issues. I hope to return in a while!
Hurt and could tip someone over the edge … Laura and I will continue to serve the residents of West Purbeck.

Dispensary Household Support Fund
What happens between requesting medication to it being ready for collection? The Household Support Fund (HSF) will reopen for applications at 6 June 2023 for
low-income households in the Dorset Council area. The support will be in the form
We ask patients to ensure their medication request is with us at least 48 working
hours (4 working days) ahead of when it is needed. Once received, the order is of supermarket vouchers. Citizens Advice will be allocating this fund on behalf of
entered onto the clinical system and we check it’s not being ordered too early or Dorset Council and vouchers will be issued to residents who meet the eligibility
that there is nothing to query with the GP. If there is a query or the request is for criteria within 6 – 8 weeks. Dorset Council households will be able to apply if they
an item which isn’t a repeat medication (called an acute) or is a controlled drug have an annual household net income of less than £30,000 and savings of less
for example the request is forwarded to the GP for authorisation. The prescription than £16,000 and not applied for a previous HSF payment within the last 6 months.
and labels are printed out and we order any items which aren’t normally stocked Calculations for the annual net income . should not include Personal
on our shelves. The GP checks and signs the prescription ready for it to be Independence Payments, Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance,
Carers Allowance or Child Benefit. Applications are limited to one per household.
dispensed.
Funds are limited for each window and the form will close when they have been
We then work through allocated. The April window opened and closed on the same day, so please get
the prescriptions in the in touch as soon as possible once the form opens. If applicants need help
order the requests are completing the form, they can telephone Customer Services on 01305 221000.
received, picking stock
from the shelves and
labelling. Another Community Grants
dispenser will check the Grants of up to £5,000 are available for projects that bring communities across
picked items against Dorset together. If you are looking to kickstart a new project that will make a
the prescription to difference for people in your community, round 5 of the Community and Culture
ensure everything is Project Fund has now reopened. The grants, which are managed by Dorset
correct and then pop Council, welcome applications for projects and events for community, arts,
everything in a bag ready for collection. If we have a accredited museums, heritage, sport, youth, play and physical activity.
mobile phone number for you, a text message is sent to
advise the medication is ready to collect and the Last year the grants supported a wide range of local projects including arts and
prescription and bag are filed, ready and waiting crafts, physical activities, sports clubs, warm spaces, foodbanks, lunch clubs and
cost of living support for childcare places. Not for profit groups who meet our
The system should be straightforward but there is still an funding criteria are welcome to apply for the grant, which can fund up to £5,000

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