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NHS 111 number switch information and resources

NHS 111 number switch information and resources

From Tuesday, 17 July, 2018, patients across Shropshire who need urgent out-of-hours medical help or advice will need to call 111. The NHS 111 service will replace the current out-of-hours telephone access service provided by Shropdoc in line with national policy to provide a consistent, integrated approach to urgent care; but any patients that need to see a clinician out-of-hours will still be seen by a local GP or other appropriate clinician. #news #information

Norton in Bloom Minutes & Action List - June 2018

Sponsored 3 Marathons Walk in aid of Norton in Hales Community Sports Club

Sponsored 3 Marathons Walk in aid of Norton in Hales Community Sports Club

From the Left: Ben Furnival, Simon Line, Martin Rowley, Tom Storey, Cameron McDonald, Chris Green, Richard Marshall, Molly Line, Bob Beech. Congratulations to the team of walkers who managed to complete the extremely challenging Shropshire Way Walk over 3 days at Easter. They had to contend with snow, rain wind and mud as they completed 26 miles each day. Huge thanks to all those people who so generously sponsored the walkers, as just over £3000 was raised with gift aid

Monthly Messenger - June

Nature Notes - April-May 2018

Nature Notes - April-May 2018

A rare vagrant turned up in gardens along Woodhouse Lane out along the Bellaport Road at the end of April. Ken and Trish, at Mere Farm, reported a Hoopoe feeding in their garden and in that of a neighbour. This is a special sighting as not many of these birds are seen in the country each year. The Hoopoe (with a similarly interesting scientific name – Upupa epops) migrates north in spring from Africa and heads for Europe but not breed as north as the UK. The bird seen in the