January 2021
Christmas message from Stickney Surgery:-
Merry Christmas and A Happy & Healthy New Year to all our patients
2020 has been a very difficult year for everyone.
Throughout the pandemic restrictions imposed on us have meant we have had to adapt quickly to a very different way of working.
This has put a lot of pressure on our GP’s & our dedicated team of clinical & administrative staff.
We have had to alter the way we consult with patients in order to keep everyone safe.
Whilst GP’s & Nurses are able to manage many problems over the telephone, they have continued to see patients face to face when clinically necessary either in surgery or by home visit. We have also put procedures in place to enable self-isolating staff to work from home.
We have also continued to provide chronic disease reviews, medication reviews, nursing home reviews, treatment room procedures, childhood immunisations, blood tests & organised a very successful flu vaccination campaign. As well as this, the reception, dispensary & admin teams have been working hard to deal with all of the other numerous tasks involved in running a surgery.
We wish to say a big thank you to our patients who have been very understanding & supportive during this difficult year.
We will continue to provide the best service that we possibly can during these unprecedented times.
COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
Stickney Surgery will be starting to rollout the COVID-19 vaccination to our patients in early January at Franklin Hall, Spilsby. We are not involved in the delivery of these vaccines and are relying on NHS England telling us when they will be delivered. As soon as we know we will start inviting our priority groups by letter in the first instance.
Please be patient and do not contact the surgery as we will be in touch as soon as we receive the vaccine.
We wish you a safe and Happy Christmas and hope 2021 will be a better year for all of us, please take care.
The Doctors and Staff at Stickney Surgery
Rachael
Rachael Bell, Practice Manager, Stickney Surgery
The Carol Singing round the village Christmas Tree was a lovely festive event with nearly 40 people taking part. Following the singing mulled wine and hot chocolate was served. Let’s hope we can return to our usual celebrations next year, with a band and barbecue to follow the carol service.
Stickford Church
The church is open every Thursday from 10am to 4pm for private prayer.
Church services for January:-
Sunday 10th January Morning Worship 11.15 am Stickford Church
Sunday 24th January Morning Worship 11.15 am Stickford Church
There are now two ways in which you can support the community buildings in Stickford when you shop online:-
Stickford Community Centre is now signed up to Amazon Smile as it is a charity. Instead of entering Amazon in the search box, put smile.amazon.co.uk where you should be able to search for Stickford Community Centre, A donation will then be made from Amazon to the Community Centre at no cost to yourself.
And a reminder that Stickford Church are registered with easyfundraising, which means you can raise FREE donations for it every time you shop online. Over 4,000 shops and sites will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself!
These donations really mount up and make a BIG difference to us, so we’d really appreciate it if you could take a moment to sign up and support us. It’s completely FREE and only takes a moment.
You can find our easyfundraising page at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stickfordchurch/?utm_campaign=raise-more&utm_content=gs-e1, or email cherylsteele@tiscali.co.uk and I will send you the link which may be easier than typing the address out.
If you have anything you would like including in the next newsletter, due out on 1st February, please send it by 20th January to cherylsteele@tiscali.co.uk or call 01205 480477.