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rison described the aims of the pharmaceutical industry in de- -veloping a new drug. These in­ cluded its efficacy - it has got; to arrive at the correct oart of


,A FASCINATING insight into, some of the problems arising from attempts to con­ trol the provision of medicines to the Health Service was giv­ en to members of Clitheroe and District Probus Club. Guest speaker Mr Ian Har­


that care must be urgently restored to the NHS. Surely, it is not too much to expect a patient to be cared for by a single consult­ ant throughout their hospital stay; that consultant must be supported by a consci­


working and, if not, re-site them as soon as possible. Senior staff must check that


entious and well-trained junior staff. They must ascertain that patients’ infusions are


cess to a toilet or shower should not have urinals, washbasin and sputum mugs left to sit on his bed tabic for hours on end. Furthermore, relatives should not have the responsibility of providing toilet rolls to a sick patient whose repeated ward re­ quests for such were not answered. 6) It should not surprise anyone that


and cleaning staff are hard to find at these limes. 7) Care of the patient and continuity of


experience this was by no means an iso­ lated event. 5) A patient in isolation without ac­


be grossly and dangerously misleading. Because an anti-biotic has been ticked off as having been given at, say 6 a.m. and noon, this is simply untrue if the patient’s intravenous infusion line has clotted at 5 a.m. and is not re-sited until 1 p.m. In my


not supersede common sense. What is the point of performing an ECG heart trace on a previously healthy and fit young man who is deteriorating by the hour with pneumonia? Do an ECG trace later, but get on with urgent anti-biotic treatment. Oxygen was correctly given for low oxy­ gen blood levels, but monitoring of these was later, somewhat hapliazard. 4) Box-ticking of treatment charts can


Flu, leaves both patients and relatives be­ mused. 3) Protocols have their place, but must


disappeared - four different ward trans­ fers under at least three different con­ sultants in a six-day hospital admission for pneumonia superimposed on Swine


list of questions to try to assess the sever­ ity of a patient’s condition. When 1 first used this seiwice, an ambulance was im­ mediately dispatched and paramedical management was excellent. Sadly, on the more recent second occasion, when told the patient’s condition was rapidly dete­ riorating, showing well marked signs of a pneumonia as assessed by his medical father-in-law and his own medically quali­ fied wife, the NHS Direct nurse insisted on speaking to the ill, breathless patient, after which she advised a hot bath and two Paracetamol tablets “see how you arc in the morning” - advice, frankly, both stupid and dangerous. 2) Continuity of patient care has largely


drugs, if marked as given, have truly been given. Cleaning staff must be held respon­ sible for tlie cleanliness of both wards and rooms and not neglect patients in isola­


tion units. 8) Far too often patients find them­


selves in “limbo” in admission wards. Clear and firm decisions must be made as to wlierc and by whom they are to be looked after. A consultant and his/her team should then manage the patient’s care throughout their hospital stay. Dis­ charge letters should be accurate and long waits for discharge medication (if needed), hopefully, be avoided by earlier notification of the hospital pharmacies. 9) Compassionate and effective patient


care by All liospital staff must be the aim of every NHS hospital. This ideal .needs a certain amount of hard work, good or­ ganisation, proper and thorough medical and nursing training and a lot of common sense. It must not be lost in a welter of “mission statements”, unrealistic proto­ cols, poor decision making and dubious league tables. ROBERT LAWSON FRCS (Retired Cardio-thoracic surgeon)


CATHERINE M. POWELL MRCP A big ^Thank You^


the area (along with half-a-million others from across the UK) took part in a short sponsored walk and raised a fantastic £1,046 for vulnerable under-fives. The funds raised by each toddler are vital for supporting children in the North West including those with physical and learn­


cal tots registering for tlic Big Toddle in 2011, it’s a great day out and this year is set to be a roaring success - as toddlers are being encouraged to dress up as their lavourite safari animals!


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Firm should put


its house in order REGARDING the release last Friday of nitrogen dioxide from the Johnson Mat- hey plant m Clitheroe, I note that on


theirwebsite it states that: ‘o 'J'iliver acceptable environ­


the body. It must correctly go into the blood, or to the stom­ ach or liver or whatever organ IS the legitimate target, and because some medicines are time-critical and must not in­ teract with other medication, these and many other require­ ments mean that testing can


: take months and years. .;. Add to this the fact that pa-


, tients may respond differently to the same treatment, that the


being held by Barnardo’s over at Black- poo Zoo on June 28th, 2011, ask their local pre-school, playgroup or nursery to organise a Toddle, or host their own with tamily and friends - any time, any place' 1 o register or find out more, visit: www


Registrants can attend the Big Toddle


ing disabilities, autism and behavioural problems. Barnardo’s would love to see more lo­


from Barnado^s BARNARDO’S would like to say a BIG thank you to all the under-fives in Clithe­ roe and the surrounding area who took part in the Barnardo’s Big Toddle 2010. Around 130 amazing toddlers from


mental performance, e.g., an environmen­ tal incident, or failure to deliver reEullr


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dangerous holes I WAS interested that one of your recent correspondents has difficult}' in reporting holes in roads, and other hazards, to the local authority.


for this purpose, supported by the Cycling Tourist Club. Just go to www.fillthathole. org.uk and report the hazard using the very detailed mapping system that allows you to put a flag at the very point on the


There is a very good website designed


road where there is a problem. It works well.


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Woodland sale a


on to receive £55,000 from the English Woodland Grant Scheme to “grow and cut timber”. The Government apparently intends to continue aiding in this “ener- ous way those whom it favours with the chance to buy our woodland heritage. • How much faith should we place in m-


moured guarantees of continued access? MRSM.J.FRANEY, Durham Road, Wilpshire


Local Fundraiser Bitter blow for a friends there.


seven-year-old I AM sorry that the duck race and the scarecrow festival (in Waddington) are not on this year. I leally liked it because I got to see my


LOIS COX (age seven),


Knunck Knowles Drive, Clitheroe


tried and trusted


patient’s future offspring may be affected months or years later, and it became clear just now complicated and long- drawn out it can be, often


requiring decades of tests to bring a drug to market. /Miother problem can be the


• drug” while the next day a vi­ cious war of words starts over


variable standard applied by the media to the subject - one report lauds “the new wonder


a bad result in administering a


new medicine. • Clitheroe and District


Probus Club meet on the first and third Fridays of the month, at 10-45 a.m. at the Pendle Club, Lowergate, Clitheroe. The next meeting is on February 18th when Mr Roland Hailwood will speak to the title “A Voyage With My. Father”. Enquiries 01200


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financial farce I SEE that the Forestry Commission recently sold a small forest area for £60,000. The fortunate private purchaser went


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BALDERSTONE


The next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 8th at 7-30 p.m. in Mel- lor Brook Community Centre, when it will be the 92nd birthday party. Anyone interested in joining can contact Mrs Joan Woolmington on 01254812226.


BILLINGTON


The service on Sunday at 10-45 a.m. will be taken by the Rev. Don Johnson and all are welcome.


Cafe bar The cafe bar will open on Saturday from 10-30 a.m. to 1-30 p.m. for the usual meals, snacks and beverages all at reason­ able prices. Good food and fellowship, come along and enjoy.


: : it was turned down. The following year he resubmitted it and was again turned down. On


Shire horses President of Billington and Langho WI Mrs Barbara Charlson intro­ duced guest speaker Mr David Kay who spoke about Shire horses. He told members that when he started work at Thwaites Brewery in Blackburn, in 1953 there were no horses pulling the drays, in fact, the last horse left Daniel Thwaites in 1927. In 1957 there was a suggestion box intro­ duced for anyone to put ideas for improvements to the brewery, with a £5 prize if used. Mr Kay suggested using heavy horses to transport the beer round Blackburn within one-and-a-half miles of the depot, but.


: the third occasion he presented his sugges­ tion himself and won.


Community The service on Sunday in Billington Community Church was taken by the Rev. Don Johnson and based on “Four Stumbling Blocks” contained in Matthew Chapters v 21-37 mur­ der, adultery, divorce and oaths read by Mrs Doris Cheetham. The hymns “Ah O Lord”, “All over the World”, “An army of ordinary people” and “A new commandment” were sung. Flowers for the communion table were provided from the flow­ er fund.


Origami Mernbers of Balderstonc and District WI met for a talk and demonstra­ tion of origami by Mr Stephen Watson. There was an opportunity for members to make a pa­ per box which was later judged by Mr Watson.


The next meeting will be on March 8th at 7-45 p.m. in St Mary’s Hail, York Lane, Langho, when the speaker will be Mr Farouk Hussain, on growing-up as an Asian in Clitheroe. The competition will be for an Oriental scarf and the stall will be “blue”. Tea hostesses will be Mrs Aspin and Mrs Seedall.


BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND


Whist drive There will be a whist and domino drive in Bol- ton-by-Bowland Village Hall on Wednesday, February 23rd at 7-30 p.m. Admission £2.50 including supper.


In the second half he talked about one of his proudest achievements, when he spent a year designing parts of the


Garden club Chairman of Bolland Gar­ dening Club, Bolton-by- Bowland, Mrs Margaret Middleton introduced Kevin Pratt, who gave an illustrated talk about “The Private Plants and Gardens of Cheshire”. He began by talking about gardens that he had designed and now maintains in the mil­ lionaire belt south of Manchester. Among his clients are a number of footballers and a racing driver, most of whom had bought an existing house, demol­ ished it and rebuilt from scratch. Gardens were designed on a money no object basis, with features ranging from a giant marble chess board to a water feature so large that it had to be installed by crane over the house. Despite, or perhaps be­ cause of these excesses, the area is plagued with constant building works and a magnet for thieves. This part of the talk was truly an eye- opener as to how the other half lives.


Four members will attend the LFWI spring coun­ cil meeting when Mr Michael Portillo will be guest speaker. Fi­ nal arrangements were made for a trip to see the show “Oklahoma” in Clitheroe.


A competition for a horse brass was won by Chris­ tine Seedall, Ann Aspin and Lilian Hargreaves. Birthday flowers were presented to Mrs Jean Hayes and raffle prizes were won by Marie Smith, Kath Leslie and Thelma Butterworth.


His story continued and was so interesting that it would spoil if for others if disclosed here.


Thanks were given by Mandy Adamson and refreshments were provided by Mesdames Hartshorne, M. Lord and Ratcliffe.


■ the famous restaurant run by Raymond Blanc. This was followed by a question and answer session and the chance to buy a selection of plants from his nurs­ ery, where he holds a National Collection of Fritillaries.


lovely garden at Le Ma- noir aux Quat’ Saisons,


The next meeting will be on Wednesday, March 9th, when Mr K. Pres­ ton will talk about “Sweet Peas”. The meeting due to have been held on January 12th, had to be can­ celled as the village hall was unavailable.


New members are always welcome, and for infor­ mation about the club contact Eleanor or go to the Facebook page.


CHIPPING


Community Tlie children and staff of Chipping Children’s Community Alliance learnt all about wildlife on their recent trip to Beacon Fell Country Park. Nick Haigh the counrtyside ranger gave an interactive talk to the children about the wild


' animals that live on the fell and where they can be found. The children then had a walk round the fell looking for ani­ mals and pretending to be wild animals playing in the trees and long grass. Thanks go to Bretherton’s Coaches for free transport to and from Beacon Fell.


Young farmers Artistic flair was abound at Chipping YFC at their meeting with Dorothy Tianny, of Backridge,


Ne.xt week’s meeting is stock-judging at Keith Whitwell’s farm, mem­ bers to meet in the vil­ lage at 7-15 p.m. Please make sure that suitable clothing is worn, i.e wellies and coats, as it could be a cold night.


Young farmers Members of Bolton- by-BowIand Young Farmers’ Club met on Monday night to go to Blackburn Ice Skating Arena. A fun night was enjoyed by everyone.


During the AGM, officers elected were: Mrs Mid­ dleton (chairman); Mrs J. Craddock (vice-chair­ man); Mrs S. Farmer (secretary); Mrs J. Tip­ pets (treasurer); Mrs M. Adamson (show secretary). Retiring secretary Mrs P. Cun­ ningham was thanked by the chairman.


Next week’s meeting is a talk by a First Re­ sponder from Chipping and members should meet in St Mary’s Hall at 7-45 p.m.


DUNSOP BRIDGE


DecGrated eggs At the meeting of Dunsop Bridge WI president Mrs Beattie welcomed everyone and intro­ duced guest speaker Trisha Bugeja who had brought along her decorated eggs. She explained how she pre-


A competiition for an egg was won by Shirley Sin­ gleton, Mary Cowking, Angela Hargreaves.


At the March meeting the speaker will be June , Sharpies who will give a scarf demonstration. . The competition is for a favourite scarf Tea


The monthly raffle was won by Janet Wells and the birthday flow­ ers were given to Miss Mary Worswick.


A lettter of thanks was re­ ceived from the Wom­ en’s Refuge in Preston for members’ kind gifts of underwear and toi­ letries.


Mrs L. James is to be the delegate at the spring council meeting when Mr Michael Portillo will be the guest speaker.


and out before paint­ ing and sanding many times before starting on the decoration. Some of the eggs were hinged and decorated inside and some cut into pat­ terns. She uses eggs as small as quails to large ostrich eggs. She was thanked by Mrs M. Beattie.


Cared the eggs, firstly lowing, cleaning inside


In the business meet­ ing congratulations were afforded to the public speaking team of Henry Hamlet and Richard Seed, who along with Charlotte Duerden from Pendle YFC won the Lanca­ shire Competition at Myerscough College. George Hodkinson was also congratulated for being runner-up with the Bowland ‘B’ Team and all now go through to represent Lancashire ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams at the Northern Area Compe­ tition in March.


who demonstrated the art of pot painting. Letting members cre­ ate their own design, Dorothy commented that she had never seen as many pots with dif­ ferent kinds of tractors on. The girls competed with their own modern art, but the boys won the competition due to their team spirited ef­ forts. Thanks were pro­ posed by Rob Flaherty.


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GISBURN


This provoked much amusement with a var­ ied and colourful as­ sortment of hats, wigs, slippers, ties, an original black and white min­ strel mask, fairy wings, a pair of huge golden dollar spectacles, red and black striped tights and a grass skirt.


Dennis commented that it was the most origi­ nal WI competition he had ever judged, which prompted an amusing retort about the com­ petition secretary.


Dennis told humorous stories from his career as a schoolteacher, with many comical an­ ecdotes about his pu­ pils. He explained his


WI laughter Members of Gisburn WI were asked to wear something comical for the competition to set the scene for speaker Dennis Moore who talked on why “Laugh­ ter is the best medi­ cine”.


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Gne member enquired about the origin of Booths own brand but­ ter and cheese, which no longer carried the 100% British milk claim, it transpired that their supplier had been unable to guarantee 100% British produce so the claim bad to be removed from the packaging.


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