Western Power Distribution becomes first sponsor


WESTERN Power Distribution (WPD) is urging other businesses to switch on and follow their lead after they signed up as the first sponsor of a room at St David’s Hospice Care Centre, a new £5m hospice soon to open in Newport. The leading power distribution business, a solid supporter of St David’s Hospice Care over the years, has put its name to the first of 15 new in patient rooms at the hospice being built in, Newport. The brand new hospice, at Blackett Avenue, Malpas, admits its first patients in late spring this year. Ahead of this St David’s Hospice Care is looking to get each of the 15 new rooms signed up with a sponsor. WPD’s Corporate Communications Manager Paul Bishop was taken on a personal, detailed tour of the new 15-bed specialist hospice facility by St David’s Hospice Care Chief Executive Emma Saysell. Paul said: “We are both delighted and proud to be the first to sign up as sponsors


of a room in this fabulous new hospice. The care put into the design and the quality of build of the new in patient hospice is simply superb. We’d now like to see other businesses show similar support for this fantastic new facility, which will serve people throughout our community, and to sign up to be a room sponsor.” Paul said he is looking forward to the official opening of the St David’s Hospice Care facility when they would be able to visit the WPD room. St David’s Hospice Care serves a population of over 600,000 people from Newport, Caerphilly,


Torfaen,


Monmouthshire as well as Mid and South Powys. The new in patient centre, which is linked to the current day hospice by a corridor, will open in late spring this year after being fitted out after a 60 week construction programme. The new in patient unit replaces the existing 10-bedded unit at St Anne’s, Malpas, Newport.


Don’t Put Your Licence at Risk, Turn Off Your Phone


Paul Bishop, of WPD with Emma Saysell, Chief Executive of St David’s Hospice Care, viewing the room at the new in patient facility being built at Malpas, Newport.


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On 1 March 2017 the penalties for using a hand held mobile phone whilst behind the wheel of a car will be increasing to 6 points and a £200 fine. This increase in points means that if you are a driver who has held their licence for less than two years, being caught on your phone JUST ONCE will result in your licence being revoked by the DVLA. To get your licence back you will need to retake and pass both parts of the driving test, resulting in considerable expense, and time off the road. Additionally your new licence will still show the 6 points, which will have an impact on the insurance premium you have to pay. Experienced drivers are not immune to the consequences of the change in the law either. Most insurance companies request details of any driving convictions that you’ve received in the past five years, and it’s illegal to withhold any such information. Drivers who accumulate penalty points invariably face higher insurance premiums. Also bear in mind that the points stay on your driving record for four years, so a single incident may have long term financial implications. The


penalties may not stop with


the insurance rates either, as many insurance companies will charge you more in the excess payable, since you have proven that you are a higher risk by receiving these penalty points. If you do not disclose a conviction and you then make a claim on your policy, your claim could be invalid and your insurance company can refuse to pay out. What’s more, non-disclosure can stay on your insurance record for life and affect any future insurance applications.


So what can you do?


The simplest thing is to turn your phone off, or put it in the glove box, out of reach. If you are on a long journey plan for driving breaks and check your phone for calls, messages or social media updates then. Why not record a message saying that if you are not answering your phone then you are probably driving and you will get back to that person as soon as it is safe to do so. Susan Storch, Chair of Road Safety Wales said “Mobile phones, whether hand held


or hands free, are


distraction to all drivers, regardless of their experience. Using a mobile phone for any purpose while driving will considerably increase the chance of being involved in a collision.”


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