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Bassetlaw District Council e-Newsletter

Get Boosted Bassetlaw & Local NHS Update

Every adult in the country now needs to get a Covid-19 booster vaccine, because two doses does not give you enough protection against catching the Omicron variant of Coronavirus. A booster jab gives over 70% protection from the new variant. You can book your Covid-19 vaccines and booster vaccines online.

NHS staff across Bassetlaw are working hard to deliver the COVID booster campaign in response to the government’s recent announcement. Local GP practices are working together to both respond to this significant challenge and continue to offer support and care for those with urgent needs. If you have an appointment, come in as planned – you will be contacted if things need to change to allow NHS staff to support vaccinations. There are a range of alternative services available in our community to support people.

Find out more by visiting:

• Bassetlaw Clinical Commissioning Group
• Support and advice for children
• Information for pregnant women, babies, children, young people and families. You'll find clear information on common childhood illnesses, including advice on what 'red-flag' signs to look out for, where to seek help if required and how long your child's symptoms are likely to last.
• NHS 111 If you have an urgent, but not life-threatening health problem you can now contact NHS 111 first to find out if you need to go to A&E. NHS 111 can book you an appointment at your local A&E or emergency department if this is assessed as appropriate. This means you will have an allocated time to attend hospital and be treated, so you don’t have to wait a long time to be seen and can also help services avoid becoming overcrowded. Your NHS 111 advisor or clinician could also make you a direct appointment with a GP, Pharmacist or Urgent Treatment Centre. They may also be able to give you the advice you need without using another service. NHS 111 can also help if you have an urgent medical problem and you’re not sure what to do. 

Have your say: Urgent and Emergency Children's Care at Bassetlaw Hospital

NHS Bassetlaw Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals want to hear the views of local residents to help shape the future of urgent and emergency paediatric care at Bassetlaw Hospital. £17.6 million is being invested to develop a modern centre for urgent and emergency care services at Bassetlaw Hospital, creating an ‘Emergency Village’. This offers an opportunity to locate the Children’s Assessment Unit and Children’s Outpatient Department next to the Emergency Department to make best use of specialist nursing and medical staff within the hospital. By co-locating services, this development also provides the opportunity to secure a permanent overnight inpatient service for children and address the challenges which led to the temporary closure of the paediatric inpatient service in January 2017 due to safety concerns. Both organisations therefore are seeking views on what local people think is important in the development of the Emergency Village and the options for the future of urgent and emergency children’s care at Bassetlaw Hospital. The public consultation will be open until 28th February 2022. Consultation document (PDF) Case for change document (PDF) Complete the online questionnaire

Covid 19: Get a Test

About 1 in 3 people with COVID-19 do not have symptoms but can still infect others.

Rapid tests help to check if someone has COVID-19. If people test positive and self-isolate, it helps stop the virus spreading.

Even if you're vaccinated, you could still catch the virus or pass it on. Doing rapid tests helps to protect yourself and others.

Retford Test Centre

Who's driving You Home?

Taking a taxi? Every Bassetlaw licensed vehicle carries a plate on the rear and inside of the vehicle which should be clearly visible to passengers.

Drivers should also be wearing an identification badge bearing their photo at all times.

If they do not, then it is not a licensed vehicle.

Don't risk your safety by taking an unlicensed taxi.

Bassetlaw Museum

Bassetlaw Museum will close for Christmas on Monday 20th December and will re-open again on Tuesday 4th January 2022.

Christmas Bin Collections

As we countdown to the festive season, Bassetlaw District Council is letting residents know about the changes to their bin collections over the Christmas Period.

Christmas Bin Information

Cut out Christmas Contamination

Will you be on Santa’s Good List or Naughty List when it comes to your Christmas recycling? 

Some festive items such as shiny wrapping paper, biscuit and sweet tins, tinsel, and foil trays and wrappers cannot be put into your recycling bin.

More information about what items can go in your Recycle bin and how you can also Reduce and Reuse over the festive period.

Keep a lid on it

We know that Christmas and New Year can create lots of extra waste, so in addition to putting this in your wheelie bins, lots of items can also be taken to the Household Recycling Centres in Worksop and Retford, as well as our own glass recycling sites across the district.

Things like: large cardboard boxes, polystyrene packaging, glass, Tetra Paks and other food containers like Pringles tubes.

Please remember that we cannot take side waste as part of our normal collections.

More information: 

• Household Recycling Centres - Xmas Opening Hours
• Hints and tips to reduce the waste that you create and reusing some items.

Please also remember that from 1^st February 2022, we will be enforcing our Flat Lid policy.

The Canch: Have your say on Inclusive Play

Plans to install brand new play equipment suitable for all abilities at the award-winning Canch Park in Worksop are set to take a step forward this month. Bassetlaw District Council are seeking views on the provision of equipment designed with the less able bodied person in mind.

Bassetlaw District Council are proposing to install the following equipment in the Canch:

• AbilitySwing with Enclosure - Wheelchair Swing
• Ability SpaceWhirl - 1.9m Inclusive Roundabout
• Tubular Ally Glockenspiel Inclusive Free Standing Music Panel

Have your say on inclusive play 

Council supports White Ribbon Campaign

Chairman of Bassetlaw District Council, Cllr Jack Bowker lent his support to the White Ribbon campaign on Thursday 9th December at Full Council.

The Chairman was joined by Bassetlaw Councillors who wore White Ribbons and pledged ‘never to commit, condone or remain silent about violence again women’ as part of the 16 days of action to raise awareness of the campaign.

White Ribbon is a global campaign that encourages people, especially men and boys, to individually and collectively take action and change the behaviour and culture that leads to abuse and violence.

White Ribbon Campaign