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BERE REGIS DORSET COUNCIL- WEST PURBECK REPORT
SURGERY NEWS Cost of living help

The link below will connect you to a
New GP’s site which will sign-post residents to
We have 2 new GP’s working with us for the webpages which we hope will help
next few months. people impacted by the cost-of-living
crisis.
Dr Charles Black is a ST2 Doctors who is
training to be a GP and Dr Nikki Read who has just finished her GP training and https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/
will be working with us on Fridays. cost-of-living-help .

Flu clinics Dorset Council secures
funding to improve electric vehicle infrastructure in rural
Our flu clinics are booking up fast.
areas
If you are 50 + years or have a long term condition you
are eligible for a flu vaccination. Dorset has been announced as one of just nine areas in England to receive
funding from a new government scheme which aims to improve electric vehicle
Please phone Reception on 01929 471268 to book your jab (EV) charging infrastructure. The funding comes from the new Local Electric
Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) pilot scheme, through which we have managed to
Our nurses will contact parents of children eligible for the nasal flu. secure £2.7million to increase the
number of EV charge points in
the council area
Carers
The project will serve a broad
Mechelle has restarted her monthly Carers meetings at the Scout Hut. Please range of users, primarily targeting
contact her at the Surgery if you would like further details residents without access to off-
street parking, while also meeting
demand for en-route charging to
support our tourism trade.
The project aims to place
chargepoints in up to 150
locations around the county for
the convenience of residents and
to encourage the take up of
electric vehicles. This will involve the council working with local community
landowners to install charging infrastructure in accessible locations which might
include car parks, community halls, pubs, café’s and shops, as well as possible on-
street locations where suitable.
This pilot will also include a small number rapid or ultra-rapid (50 kW to 150 kW DC)
chargers on or near main roads to support enroute charging. Some chargepoints
will be located at popular tourist locations where both residents and visitors can
access them.

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