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: Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 478111 (Advertising), 01282 422331 (Classified) NHS No one wants to be ill over the Festive Season but knowing where


to go to get help can make the difference between fast, appropriate treatment and an unnecessary visit to hospital.


Both ambulance and hospital services are under increasing pressure and we hope that people will heed the message to -


GET THE RIGHT TREATMENT, THE RIGHT PLACE, AT THE RIGHT TIME


URGENT CARE CENTRE


LOOK AFTER YOURSELF A well-stocked medicine cabinet will help you treat many;


everyday illnesses at home. VISIT THE CHEMIST,


: Pharmacists can offer advice on medicines and how to 5: • take them.


, NHS DIRECT .NHS Direct can help with a 24-hour advice and health


; information service at any tirne. especially if you are ill at night- other services are not open onyou find it difficult to get another- service. telephone 0845h 4 6 -4 7 . Orvvvvw.nhs.uk •-


GP or GP OUT-OF-HOURS SERVICE


If you need medical attention from your GP, contact them - during normal surgery hours.


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When your GP’s surgery is closed, contact the GP Out-Of-Hours service on 08452 - 26 - 26 - 26


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^ ^ Both Burnley General Hospital and the Royal Blackburn : Hospital have Urgent Care Centres.


^ The units can be accessed directly by people with minors injuries. They are open 24 hours a day, all year round. :


^ If a child has minor illness or injury, contact NHS Direct or ,: your GP, or attend an Urgent Care Centre, v


MINOR INJURY UNIT


: ^ Accrington CommunityiHospital’s Minor Injury Unit is available from 8.30am to 8.30pm every day of the year- t Tel: 01254 - 359036


EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT


^ Located at Royal Blackburn Hospital, near Junction 5 of the M65.


; Only go to A&E or call 999 if immediate emergency care is needed,, ie a critical or life-threatening.situation. . ' If your child is seriously ill, call 999 for an ambulance or bring - them to the Emergency Department at Royal Blackburn Hospital.


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, January 1 S t , 2009 11 County’s New Year resolution ^ ditch plastic bags! PLASTIC bags are being ditched by


^Lancashire County Council. The authority aims to declare itself


carrier bag free by next April, accord­ ing to a notice of motion agreed by councillors.


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Charities support


from lady farmers


■ PRESIDENT Susan Whitwell wel- . corned members and guests to the AGM of Clitheroe Lady Farmers at the Calf’s Head Hotel, Worston. She introduced Mr John Bailey from


the MS society, who received a donation of £612 and then went on to explain-.


. what was.happening in MS research. There are'currently 65 projects ongoing, with 38% bn th'e'cause and 58% on a"


■ cure. ■ . Around £5m. a year is spent on the


research programme - in which early stages of trials for new drugs to hold the


• disease from worsening are proving suc- ■ cessful. Mr Gordon Dixon from the Diabetes


Society, who himself is a diabetic, was then introduced and presented with a cheque, again for £612. . '' He explained that money for research


' was going towards eyelet transplant for. the pancreas, stem cell research and


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: insulin weight gain. Some £10 to £15m. a year is spent on research.


• Georgina Lambi from the Royal Agri-. c u l tu ra l Benevolent In s t i tu t io n , received a cheque for £200 and


-explained th a t this would go into the in s ti tu t io n ’s funds, which so far this


. year have benefited 44 families in Lan- , cashire. ' -There is currently a new project,


called “The Gateway Project”, whereby farmers, their families, dependents and


. workers can benefit with help in train-, ing for skills they can use alongside farming to supplement their income. After supper was served, the business


: of the AGM was conducted. Treasurer Margaret Baines gave her report con­ firming a very successful and profitable


• year.. •Giving her rep o r t, the president


thanked everyone on the committee and . within the branch for their continued support and highlighted some of the past year’s events.


, ’ She was very happy with the mystery '


‘Make.sure you get the right treatment in the right plape,


■ \ at the right time/ . Df Ellis Friedman, Director of Public ■ Health, NHS East Lan ' ‘


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We arepxperiencing high bvels o f999'.. calls . . . i l l s important thatambulances should attend vulnerable people quickly ^ there are a number of other healthcare


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choices available which may not require. - the need for an ambulance ’


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■ A leaflet is being distributed to households throughout Burnley, Pendle^ Hyndbum, Rossendale and the Ribble Valley:' .


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. trip, trip to Tatton Park, shopping trip. ■ and the Safari Supper, where the money was raised for the various donations made th a t evening. :


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■ The group’s officers and committee < members were elected as follows: Presi- ■. dent Elizabeth Thornber,'secretary v. H illa ry IVood, tre a su re r Margaret . Baines, a s s is ta n t- t re a su re r Jessie Wra th a ll , flower,- se c re ta ry Susan ■Whitwell; social secretary Sheila Thorn- ■


'ber, tea hostess Marie Collinge, scrap-: book secretary Susan Cropper, press secretary Susan Whitwell, assistant sec- . retary Pat Shorrock, committee Elaine Marsden, Mabel Holden, Ruth Goar, Mary Preston, Susan Walmsley and


Sarah Hartley. ■ • • ; Members heard that Rita Marsland


had sent a thank you letter for a plant and visit fo^owin^ hw recent stay in_


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LEATHER ANP FABRIC UPHOLSTERY, DINING SETS, BEDS AND BEDROOM FURNITURE; CARPETS, RUGS AND ACCESSORIES


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, A plan of action has also been promised to help residents and busi­


nesses seek sustainable alternatives to the plastic bag menace. . ’ County Coun. Matthew Tomlin- ^ son. Cabinet member for sustainable ^


development, said: .‘Tm determined that,;^as one of- the county’s.biggest- organisations; we need to take a lead in getting rid of plastic bags from our ■ services and demonstrate that there are better options.” ' .


; The first service to embrace this


. change will be library services, which,: in November, launched a fe-usable bag in all their libraries. County


, Coun. Tomlinson added; “A few of our services still give out piastic bags to


the public.By no longer using carrier bags, I hope' we can help people to make the change. -


; . ■ “This notice of motion is about encouraging everyone to get into the • habit.”


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