Sally Butcher, Your Local Co-op Member Pioneer for Upchurch and Bobbing

“Hello, I’m very happy to introduce myself to the community.

It’s my goal to help raise as much for our lovely local area.

If you have any ideas on how we can do this or if you know of any areas that need help then please get in touch.

I am based at our local Co-op in Upchurch.”

Contact your Co-op Member Pioneer Sally Butcher on: sally.butcher@coop.co.uk

Sally Butcher

E-Scooter Stolen - Newington

Hartlip, Newington & Upchurch Ward

Crime Number: 46/63038/22

At around 00:30 on Monday the 4th of April, somebody stole an E-Scooter from a residential property in Watling Drive, Newington.

If you have any information that could help investigators please contact Kent Police on telephone number 101 and quote the relevant crime number above.

For more information on crime prevention visit: www.kent.police.uk

Kent Community Messaging

Public Access Defibrillators Installed at the Doctors Surgery and Upchurch Village Hall

Two additional Public Access Defibrillators have been installed in Upchurch and are available to use 24 hours a day, located outside of:

Maidstone Road Surgery

56 Oak Lane
Upchurch
Sittingbourne
Kent
ME9 7AU

and

Upchurch Village Hall

The rear of the Crown Public House

The Street

Upchurch

Sittingbourne

Kent

ME9 7EU

Both Defibrillators were partially funded by grants awarded by Swale Borough Council through their Defibrillator Grants Scheme and significant contributions from Upchurch Parish Council and UpARA.

What is a Defibrillator?

An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, and is able to treat them through defibrillation, the application of electricity which stops the arrhythmia, allowing the heart to reestablish an effective rhythm.

Modern AEDs have been designed to be simple for the layperson to use.

In a medical emergency

In a medical emergency, you must dial 999.

The 999 operator will assist and instruct the user, particularly with CPR, and provide the unlock code to open the Defibrillator Cabinet.

No training is required to use the Defibrillator. The Defibrillator will talk to the user giving them instructions on how to use it.

The 999 operator will also dispatch an ambulance.

Parish Council Public Access Defibrillators are also available to use 24 hours a day, located outside of:

Snaffles Equestrian & Country Store

2 - 4 The Street

Upchurch

Sittingbourne

Kent

ME9 7AJ

and

The Park Office

Beckenham Residential Park

Otterham Quay Lane

ME8 7XF

Holywell Primary School has a Defibrillator inside the school building, which is available in an emergency only when the school is open.

If you notice a problem with the Defibrillators outside the Doctor's Surgery, Snaffles or the Park Office at Beckenham Park or if you have had to use them, please let Upchurch Parish Council know as soon as possible so that they can be made ready for future use - Thank you.

Tel: 07798 600696

Email: clerk@upchurchparishcouncil.gov.uk

If you notice a problem with the Defibrillator outside Upchurch Village Hall or if you have had to use it, please let Upchurch Village Hall know as soon as possible so that it can be made ready for future use - Thank you.

Tel: ​07368 461507

Email: enquiries@upvh.co.uk

Upchurch Matters

St Mary's Church Fundraising Sale

Saturday 9th April between 10:00am - 11:30am

Homemade Cakes, Jams, Pickles, Scones and Savouries

Also Puzzles, Books, Bric-à-brac and sometimes Plants

Refreshments

Something for everyone!

Please help support this ancient building - Thank you

🍰 🍓 🧩 📚 🎨 🪴 ☕️ ➕

Upchurch Matters

Temporary Road Closure - White Hill Road, Hartlip

It will be necessary to close White Hill Road, Hartlip from Wednesday 6th April 2022 for up to 1 day.

The road will be closed between the junctions with Scragged Oak Road and Cox Street, to the extent indicated by signs and barriers on site.

The alternative route is via Cox Street, Court Lane and Scragged Oak Road.

The closure is required while drainage cleansing works are undertaken by Kent County Council.

KCC 24hr Contact Centre: 03000 418181

For details of roadworks see: https://one.network

Kent County Council - Highways, Transportation & Waste

Surgery Patient Participation Group - Upchurch & Rainham

Maidstone Road Rainham Surgery including Upchurch Surgery.

Healthy.io NHS Provider - minuteful kidney function test

A number of patients have received a text from the Practice Manager informing them that they will be contacted by Healthy.io, an NHS provider, to have a kidney function test at home with a kit provided by Healthy.io. (Sent directly to your home address).

The kit will look like the one below, and the results can be scanned by using your smartphone or tablet and sent to Healthy.io.

HOWEVER, if you do not have a smartphone or tablet then you will need to make an appointment with the surgery to see the nurse for this test to be carried out.

COVID-19 2nd booster (4th vaccination) - update

You will be contacted by the NHS by text message or letter, 6 months after your last booster, inviting you to make an appointment.

Practice website 

The Maidstone Road Rainham Surgery website is: www.maidstoneroadsurgeryrainham.co.uk

Ray Kemsley

Chair - Surgery Patient Participation Group - Upchurch & Rainham