22/12/11…….News from Haddenhham – including events!
?SNOW SAVIOURS? Do you have a four-wheel-drive (4WD)? If so, can you volunteer to help Bucks County Council?s home carers reach vulnerable people during heavy snowfalls. Or, if you don?t have a 4WD, could you volunteer to help clear paths at the homes of vulnerable people? If you can help please call the County Council’s Localities Team on 01296 383409 or email [email protected] with your name, where you live, contact details and whether you have a 4WD vehicle or can help with snow clearance.
MEDICAL CENTRE Haddenham Medical Centre will be closed on Monday 26 and Tuesday 27; for urgent matters please call the out-of-hours service, Buckinghamshire Urgent Care, on 0300 130 3035. The following information about a new appointments system has been received:
?We are aware of the problems some patients experience when trying to book an appointment with a doctor. To make this process easier for you we have changed the way in which our appointment system works.
The aim of our new appointments system will be to reduce the 8 o?clock rush and allow you a greater opportunity to secure an appointment in advance. To achieve this we will release more appointments in advance. However, as a result, we will have no appointments available to directly book on the day.
From 5th December, the duty doctor for the day will triage all requests from patients for urgent ?on the day? appointments. The doctor will assess the problem by initially telephoning you to determine whether you need to be seen that day, another day or whether the problem might be managed on the phone.
Non-urgent appointments should be booked in advance at any time of the working day or using our on-line facility. Appointments will be released gradually over each day for the next day or two, or the following week. There will no longer be any advantage in ringing early in the morning for a routine appointment. The benefits of this are that there will be more pre-bookable appointments for all doctors and patients will no longer need to ring early in the morning to try and obtain an appointment.?
LIBRARY Haddenham Library closes for Christmas at 1pm on Christmas Eve and will re-open on Thursday 29 at 10am.
RUBBISH & RECYCLING. Please note that there will be no rubbish collections in Haddenham on December 27th and paper, cans and plastics is postponed until Wednesday 4th January 4. Collections are back to normal the following week and glass will be collected as scheduled on Tuesday, 10th January, along with more paper, cans and plastics.
What’s On
Fri 23rd Mummers Haddenham Mummers will perform their traditional play at various pubs etc in Haddenham. They will be starting opposite Clerkenwell Cottages at 7.30pm and will then visit each of Haddenham?s pubs and restaurants in turn: 7.45pm King’s Head, High Street; 8.20pm Rose and Thistle, Church End; 8.40pm Red Lion, Church End; 9.15pm Peking Rendezvous, High Street; 9.50pm House of Spice, Fort End; 10.25pm Green Dragon, Church End; 10.45pm Rising Sun, Tacks Lane/Thame Rd.
Sat 24th Christmas Eve Lunch You are invited to enjoy the annual Christmas Eve soup lunch on Saturday (12noon-2pm) at the Baptist Schoolroom, Stockwell. You can choose from a selection of delicious home-made soups, served with fresh local bread, and in return you are asked for a donation to Christian Aid to provide essentials for life for the world?s poorest people.
Sat 24th Christmas Eve Services St Mary?s Church, Haddenham, has a Crib Service at 3pm and the Baptist Church has an Interactive Crib Service at 3.30pm. Two of the Haddenham Benefice churches have carol services at 7pm: St Nicholas, Cuddington, and St Nicholas, Kingsey; and St Michael?s, Aston Sandford, has a carol service with Holy Communion at 6.30pm. Later in the evening, St Mary?s Church has a Midnight Communion Service at 11pm, and the Church of the Good Shepherd has carols at 10.30pm carols followed by Midnight Mass at 11pm.
Sun 25th Christmas Day Services St Mary?s Church, Haddenham, 10am; St Nicholas, Cuddington, 10am; St Nicholas, Kingsey, Holy Communion 9.15am; the Church of the Good Shepherd has a Mass for Christmas Day at 9.30am, and the Baptist Church and Methodist Church have family services at 9.30am.
