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At the June meeting of the Blidworth and Rainworth W.I held in the Blidworth Community Centre. the speaker was Sharon Turner who spoke of the past present and future of the P.D.S.A and of the mishaps that happen to animals.
The July meeting is a mystery trip and due to building work commeing we have to move to temporary premises.The August meeting will be held at our presidents home and the September October and November meetings in the Blidworth Methodist Chapel..
 

CRIME CONCERNS TOP PRIORITY

Paddy Tipping, MP, pictured with some of the responses to his recent crime survey. The questionnaire was delivered to every house in Sherwood in the last couple of weeks.
Paddy said “ I’m delighted with the number of forms that have come in. Over 1,500 in just a week and still counting. Clearly crime and antisocial behaviour is a top topic in the constituency.
Collating and analysing the results will take a little time, but I will respond to everyone in due course.
I want everyone to feel safe and secure in their homes and streets”.
CONTACT PADDY TIPPING MP 0115 9640314

A lifetime of PALs

Play facilities in Blidworth in the early 90s were virtually non-existent. This inspired a group of volunteers to get together to raise funds and support for more facilities for children in the village.
Working with the Parish Council, Blidworth PALs raised funds for new play equipment on Mariott Lane, at the Community Centre on Mansfield Road, on Sherwood Avenue and at the then Robert Jones School. PALs went on to raise funds for picnic benches, seats and bins together with cycle parking around the village. The group has also campaigned on many issues for families including road safety. With other bodies they successfully opposed a rubbish tip being sited in the village.
PALs went on to raise funds and coordinate Blidworth’s Christmas lights and festival. The group has organised Teddy Bears’ Picnics and memorably a free trip to White Post Farm for the live nativity.
This year the group, who are all ages and from all parts of the village,will hold the Christmas Fest at the Miners’ Welfare with Santa to give out presents. They are still campaigning for 30 in Blidworth.
But they do need more people to join. The meetings are monthly for about an hour. This is a really successful group which you could be part of - please ring or turn up .

PALS, the registered charity formed in the early 90s for Blidworth families. Do you recognise yourself? Volunteers needed.

Concerned About Pavements In Your Area?

Help the Aged regularly hears from older people concerned about the state of pavements in their area. Broken paving and uneven surfaces cause or contribute to tripping and falling. A recent survey by the charity shows a staggering 5.4 million older people in the UK avoid routes with faulty or damaged pavements.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists published a report in January this year which found that 24 per cent of pavements in the UK were unfit for use. In fact just two years ago, 2.5 million older people answered in a survey that they had fallen over a dangerous pavement.
Councils need to take steps to repair all dangerous pavements right away. Help the Aged wants all councils to commit to these repairs by June 2009.
We are urging older people to alert their local council or authority to faulty areas of paving in their communities. Help the Aged wants to ensure that older people can maintain mobility and independence into later life through safer environments.
Call 020 7239 1982 to order a dangerous pavement postcard to report a faulty or damaged pavement for repair. You can also download a postcard and find out more about the campaign at www.helptheaged.org.uk/fallsday

NEW ROAD AND MEADOW ROAD
PENSIONERS ASSOCIATION (The Monday Club)

The club members have had another eventful month, in addition to celebrating a few members’ birthdays, a milestone birthday for our member Mrs Pat Hutton, was celebrated with a small party at our HQ. More recently an annual holiday with members and friends was spent on the Isle of Wight where we had a good week in Shanklin.
We would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate our member and respected lady of the parish Mrs Mavis Wood for being chosen to represent us all at Buckingham palace for the Queen’s garden party which takes place in a few weeks time.
We would also like to remind and invite everybody to our own garden party and summer fayre which will be held on Saturday the 5th July at the home of Mrs M Richards at 7 New Road, Blidworth

Blidworth Oaks Primary School would like to introduce their new monthly page, giving you information on things that are happening within our school. We hope you enjoy reading this. Thank you to all the children who have contributed to this page. 

Eco-Schools At Blidworth Oaks we are working towards our Silver Eco Award. For this we have to make sure all school plants are watered, make sure rubbish is put in the correct bins and turn off all lights to save our electricity. In the quad we look after the plants and make sure there is enough birds seed on the bird tables By Corey Our Trip to Old Trafford The Football Foundation chose our school to go to Old Trafford for the day. We had to arrive at school at 07:50 so the bus could pick us up 08:00 but we didn’t set off until 08:20. When we got there we were amazed! From how big it was, we went in and got our tags that went around our neck to show we were on the tour. We had an amazing day! But eventually we had to come home

Hartley Bear’s Travels Last Weekend I took Hartley Bear to a family wedding. We stayed up really late and it was about 11pm when we finally got home. It was great fun. by Billie-Jo age 8

Book Review Book Title — “The Owl who was afraid of the Dark” by Jill Tomlinson This book was about an owl who was afraid of the dark and he asks lots of people about the dark and eventually he gets to like it! The book starts off very slowly but builds up into an exciting story. I recommend this book for children in years 4 or 5. I thought this book was really good and would recommend it to anyone, it was an adventure kind of a book because he goes everywhere. By Amy

 

 

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The Misuse of Medicines

The advances in medicines have been outstanding. Diabetes was almost invariably fatal early in its onset until insulin was discovered. Pernicious anaemia was fatal until the discovery of vitamin B12. Even in my professional lifetime other drugs have made a great improvement in saving life and improving quality of life. Epilepsy should be reasonably controlled these days. Treatments for mental illness have helped to close the large mental hospitals. Antibiotics have saved millions of lives since the discovery of penicillin. The old sanatoria for the treatment of tuberculosis have closed. Treatments for cancers, arthritis and heart disease have improved in most cases.
The benefits are almost endless but there is an enormous cost. The NHS spends about £8 billion per year on medicines. These medicines are very expensive to produce. In the UK about £3 million is spent per day in research and development. It is therefore essential that medicines be used effectively and with minimum waste.
Treatments are changed before all the previous tablets are used up. The change may be for very good reasons; to improve a response or because of sensitivity or allergy, for example. Patients often do not complete a course of medication when they feel better. People forget to taken their tablets. It is not surprising when people are given so many different tablets these days. The older person getting forgetful may be confused with names and dosages. People with arthritis of the hands may need help with child proof containers and bubble packs.
For one reason or another there are vast quantities of tablets in medicine cabinets. This is a source of danger when there is confusion over the tablets, especially in the older age groups. Children are vulnerable and liable to try those attractive “
sweets”. Ideally medicines should be kept in a locked cupboard.
For one reason or another there is a great deal of waste. It is your and my tax money that is being wasted.
There are a number of rules
1 Do not order if you do not need them at the moment, apart from taking a supply on holiday
2 Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you still need a particular treatment.
3 Let your doctor or pharmacist know if you have stopped taking a medicine.
4 Do not share medicines.
5.Do not take medicines from unmarked containers.
6. Do not transfer tablets from one container to another.
7. Containers for a week's medication are useful for those who are liable to be forgetful or are confused. This does break the rule of transferring tablets to another container but is a practical compromise.
Clear out your cupboard periodically to avoid accidents. It is a great pity that medicines cannot be re-cycled but have to be destroyed. It is not safe to dispose of them at home. It is obviously unsafe to dispose of medicines in the dustbins for landfill disposal. Many people root around in dustbins, dogs and birds scatter the refuse on landfill sites. It is unsafe to dispose of medicines down sinks or toilets. Unused medicines must be taken to the pharmacist for safe disposal.
In the East Midlands alone it is estimated that every year over £30 million is wasted on unused prescriptions. This amounts to 6,000 more hip replacements or 4,000 extra heart by-pass operations or 42,000 cataract operations.
Medicines are poisons and must be treated with care above all do not waste them.

BLIDWORTH AND RAVENSHEAD SURGERY
NEW APPOINTMENTS SYSTEM
STARTS JULY 2008

If you have tried to arrange a Doctors appointment recently you will most likely be aware of the current pressures on the system, with a lack of available GP and nurse appointments. This problem is accentuated within our surgery due to our split site, so trying to see your first choice of GP at a time of your choosing can be very difficult to achieve. Unfortunately added to this the GP's time is increasingly being diverted away from patient contact into reaching targets and administrative tasks, at a time when we need to increase appointments due to the rise in health surveillance of our population.

Patient satisfaction is very important to us as a practice so we have been looking at ways to improve our access while maintaining a high standard of care. A new access system has been recommended by the NHS institute for Innovation and Improvement known as the Stour Access System.

What is the Stour Access System and how does it work?
GP's triage all requests for care by phone as explained below
· Patients can't book an appointment without first speaking to the GP by phone. The patient leaves a contact number with receptionist and the GP calls them back that same morning or if contacted after 11am that afternoon.
· The GP discusses the symptom with the patient and books an appointment with themselves face-to-face, or directs them to the most appropriate person such as a practice nurse, or provides telephone advice or prescription.
· Appointment times are arranged by the GP themselves - the patient is not referred back to the receptionist for this.
· Patients can book in directly with the nurse or non GP members of the primary health care team e.g. for dressings, travel advice, pill check.

The benefits to our patients are?
· Allows them to speak to their GP sooner
· Means that the patient can see their GP sooner and when appropriate for them
· Saves time by avoiding unnecessary appointments and trips to the surgery
· Reduces the number of missed appointments.

We are planning to implement this system from July, fingers crossed for a smooth transition! We always welcome patient feedback with regard to the service we provide so all comments are gratefully received.

Best wishes the Practice Healthcare Team at Blidworth & Ravenshead Surgery.

I went to my psychiatrist to be psychoanalyzed,
To find out why I killed the cat and blackened my wife's eyes.
He laid me on a downy couch to see what he could find,
And this is what he dregged up from my subconscious mind.
When I was one, my mommy locked my dolly in the trunk,
and so it follows naturally that I am always drunk.
When I was two, I saw my father kiss the maid one day.
That is why I suffer now from kleptoman-e-ay.
When I was three, I suffered from ambivalence toward my brothers.
That is just the reason why I poisoned all my lovers.
I'm so glad since I have learned that lesson so well taught,
That everything I do that's wrong is someone else's fault

It is popular to blame others, especially if we can sue them! It is less common to find someone willing to accept responsibility for a mistake. (Politicians, in particular, are experts at denying responsibility, but aren't they merely acting like the rest of us). But spiritual health depends upon a willingness to admit to our wrong attitudes and actions. "Forgive us our trespasses" goes the well-known prayer.
At the opposite extreme, sometimes a person is willing to take the blame when innocent. During the building of the infamous railway by the river Kwai during WW2 a group of POW's were returning their tools after a day's work. The guard shouted that a shovel was missing. "Tell me who's taken it or you all die." No one moved, and the guard started to aim his rifle. Then a man stepped forward. The guard clubbed him to death with the rifle. When the tools were recounted there were no tools missing. The man had sacrificed his own life for the sake of the others, even though he was not to blame.
This is what Christians believe Christ did for each of us. Christ stepped forward and took the blame. However, we still need to acknowledge our wrongdoing - to admit responsibility. That way we can receive a pardon.

So one of the keys to spiritual health is to accept responsibility for our wrongdoings and to receive forgiveness from our heavenly Father. Then, maybe, we will even find the strength to take the blame on someone else's behalf. Jesus said that you couldn't get a greater love than the one that is willing to lay down its life for others.
With prayers for a hope-filled springtime,
Jeremy Erde (Sherwood Forest Community Church)

Commercial Manager Required. Blidworth Welfare Football Club of the CML Premier Division require a Commercial Manager. The person appointed will be required to raise funds for the Football Club (with support from the Committee) through fund raising activities and increased sponsorship. This position would ideally suit someone with Sales experience who has time available during working hours to talk to potential sponsors and organise events. The Club already has a substantial number of sponsors in place which needs to be increased in order to improve our financial position and growth. Please contact Chairman Alan Whitworth on 07793750946 for further details. Programme Editor Required. This involves producing a match day programme to sell at all of the 1st teams home games. This includes adverts, league tables, promotions, write ups from the Chairman and 1st Team Manager, Teams details and anything else football related to make the programme more interesting. This would ideally suit someone with IT Skills and you must have a computer and printer. It will require 2 hours per week to produce. Please contact Alan Whitworth on 07793750946 or Helen Wilford on 07726314838 for further details. Assistant Manager Appointed Former player Dale Crowder will return to the Club next season. He has been appointed First Team Player/Assistant Manager to Dave Hughes. Dale has a wealth of experience at CML Level and returns to Blidworth having played in the CML Premier for Parkhouse last season. He will assist in the running of the First Team. The Club have appointed Graham Rogers as their new Reserve Team Manager. Graham is a very experienced ex player having represented Clubs such as Forest Town and Rainworth Welfare as a goalkeeper. Graham will be assisted by Munro Robertson.

Blidworth Welfare Football Club are prepared to offer the use of one of their football pitches for a girls/ladies team next season, so long as the team are prepared to play under the banner of Blidworth Welfare. Dressing Room and Catering facilities would be made available. There would be no charge for use of the pitch but all staff, players and parents would be required to become members of the Wefare which currently costs £3 per year. Please contact Vice Chairman - Helen Willford on 01623481997 or Youth Liason Officer - Craig Bradford on 01623408236.   BLIDWORTH WELFARE WERE RUNNERS UP IN THE QUARTET LEAGUE CUP CONGRATULATIONS !! Blidworth Under 10's Team They've won the Chad Youth League, Well Done. CONGRATULATIONS !! Blidworth Under 9's Saturday Team They've won the Chad Youth League, Well Done. We would welcome more local people becoming involved at Blidworth Welfare Football Club. We now have teams from under 7's right up to under 11 plus an under 16, 3 mens senior sides. If you would like to come along and get involved in either playing or as a volunteer helper, please contact Alan Whitworth on 01623 632285.

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