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May 2018 May 2018
BERE REGIS SURGERY
NEWS JUNIOR “Why don’t you come and join us at the

CHURCH Family Service on the second Sunday
Prescription Charges of every month at 11.00 am”
NEWS
From April 1st 2018, prescription charges
have increased from £8.60 to £8.80 per
item. If you regularly need multiple items, it
might be worthwhile considering buying a
prescription pre -payment certificate . At
the moment, the prepayment charge has not increased. Ask for details at the
Surgery.

Carers Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 19th June at the Scout Hut, Bere Regis
from 2-4pm. Please check notice board in Surgery waiting room for details of
speaker.

April’s Junior Church Service celebrated Easter. The children started with an egg
GP in Training hunt, which also involved finding an Easter picture with each egg. These were
then discussed and put into a chronological order, (whereas the eggs were
The Surgery, Patients and Staff would like to welcome Dr Hannah Lever who will be eaten). Later these Easter pictures came into the talk in the service. There were
joining the team for the next four months. She will be mentored by Dr James
also Easter hymns and some Easter songs from school, plus some lively puppet
Jackson.
songs.
Sadly we had to say farewell to Dr Sarah Whittaker, and wished her well for the Next month we will be
future.
celebrating the fact
that the Junior Church

Shingles Vaccinations has been operating
puppets for ten years.
For those patients who have now reached the age of 70, you are eligible for a The first puppet song
shingles vaccination. If you would like to have one, please contact the Surgery to was performed by Rose
make an appointment. and Claire at the Pet
Service in 2008. The

song was a religious
Knitted Squares/St version of S-Club
Thomas’Hospital Seven’s “Reach for the
Skies”.
A big ‘thank you’ to all who knitted/
crocheted the bonding squares for the It will be our annual Pet
th
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The response Service on May 13 . All
was brilliant. We would like to ask for your pets are welcome, and for the shyer pets, you could bring a photograph. The
support again if possible to do the same service will take place outside. All are welcome, please do come and join us.
again in October/November 2018.

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