On behalf of St Martin’s Medical centre
| We are pleased to inform you that the Ruislip Site will be open from tomorrow 22/12/22. We are excepting some delays with the appointment timings, so could you cooperate with our staff members as everyone is working very hard. There is a possibility that building works may still be in progress. |
On behalf of St Martin’s Medical centre
Alert message for Ruislip and Ickenham patients registered at St Martins Medical Centre (GP practice). The Ruislip branch will remain closed until further notice, due to an unfortunate water pipe burst. Everything had to be shut down and the site at the moment is not safe to access! The team and the management are doing their best to accommodate patients in need of doctor appointments from the Ickenham branch, but as you can imagine, not all patients booked in for the future days to come will keep their appointments, as we don’t have the same capacity. Also, you will find phone lines very busy. Both reception staff and clinical staff have been reduced, some working remotely. This means delays for PATCHS appointments as well. Patients coming from different practices for blood tests will have to be cancelled for now and re-booked when possible, or contact your own surgery to reschedule in a different place. We apologies for all inconveniences and we thank you for your understanding and patience!
From LBH
Christmas and new year bank holiday collection dates:
To minimise disruption, we will be working on 2 of the bank holidays – Tuesday 27 December and Monday 2 January.
Normal and revised collection days
Monday 26 December (Bank Holiday) now Tuesday 27 December
Tuesday 27 December (Bank Holiday) now Wednesday 28 December
Wednesday 28 December now Thursday 29 December
Thursday 29 December now Friday 30 December
Friday 30 December now Saturday 31 December
No changes from 2 January
Monday 2 January (Bank Holiday)
Tuesday 3 January
Wednesday 4 January
Thursday 5 January
Friday 6 January
Please leave your rubbish out for collection by 6am, near your front gate, but not on the pavement. Separate arrangements are in place for flats and business premises.
Please share this with neighbours who might not be online.
The URC will be making a full contribution to Festive Community Night on Friday 9th December, with a seasonal display in the church, stalls of Christmas decorations and presents, a CLICK Rukiga stand, hot drinks and mince pies in the Oasis coffee shop and a raffle.
There will also be books, mainly our high-end stock and ones with a local or Middlesex connection, such as Morris Hughes’ The Story of Ickenham, which is hard to find these days.
We will be there from 6pm to 9pm and again on Saturday 10th from 10am to 12 Noon for a Coffee Morning with homemade cakes, and the church and the stalls open again.
Admission will be free throughout.
If you have items to donate please bring them to the church on the Friday afternoon between 2pm and 6pm or ring Richard Piper on 01895 634348 for collection.
We look forward to seeing you!
RICHARD PIPER
We are sure you are aware of the issues with St Martin’s Ickenham surgery as, according to our informant, “It rarely seems to be open with daily closure notices posted on the door.”
We have been informed that some registered patients received information by text on 2nd Dec of two consutation meetings on the proposed closure of this surgery. Apparently, not all patients have received this notification.
The details are as follows:
Thursday 8 Dec 22 consultation meeting is in St Giles Church Hall 10:30am to 11:30am.
Saturday’s is on 10 Dec 22 in the Ickenham Village Hall (33 Swakeley’s Road) also 10:30am to 11:30am.
The PPG Chairman and Deputy Chairman will attend both meetings.
If you have any more information please let us know and circulate this as far as possible as we cannot afford to lose a GP sugery from the village.
From HS2:
1 HS2 Works Notification: Thames Water Works update
We are writing to update you on the Thames Water works on the allotments near The Greenway in Ickenham.
We are progressing well with our work on the allotments, and now need to bring the new sewer into use. To ensure this work is completed by Christmas, we need to work weekends from 3 – 18 December 2022.
2 Notification
Extended hours for the construction of the TBM treatment area
We are writing to update you on our works at our Gate 1 site.
What we are doing
Works are ongoing at our Gate 1 site on Harvil Road, to build the TBM material treatment area. Some of these works will need to take place during extended working hours.
We will use this area to treat the soil that will be removed from the West Ruislip portal tunnels before it is placed in its final location.
Our preparation to build the TBM material treatment area is progressing. We will start working on the construction of the treatment area from 11 December 2022 until 28 May 2023. Some of these works will need to take place during extended working hours.
We will use this area to treat the soil that will be removed from the West Ruislip portal tunnels before it is placed in its final location.
These works will pause on 23 December 2022 and restart on 3 January 2023.
For further information please see our works notification. https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/extended-hours-for-the-construction-of-the-tbm-treatment-area/
We would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way.
We will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.
Duration of works
11 December 2022 to 28 May 2023
Monday to Sunday 8am to 6pm
We may be on site for an hour before the start and/or end of the shift
What to expect
Extended working hours for portions of the work
Additional staff on site outside of core hours
What we will do
Continue to monitor our working methods and minimise disruption to the local community
Advise our staff to be mindful of our neighbours
From HS2
Car park construction at Ruislip Golf Course
We’re writing to let you know about some planned works that we will be carrying out at Ruislip Golf Course.
From 12 December 2022 to 28 January 2023, we will be carrying out work to construct a new car park for staff in the Ruislip Golf Course.
This has been approved by the London Borough of Hillingdon to assist with the reduction of operatives parking on local streets.
The car park will be in place throughout the duration of the construction project and will be restored as part as the golf course redesign.
We will be stripping away the topsoil and replacing it with a thin layer of stone.
These works will pause on 23 December 2022 and restart on 3 January 2023.
For further information please see our works notification. https://www.hs2.org.uk/work-items/car-park-construction-at-ruislip-golf-course/
We would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way. We will ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.
If you are a recipient of the Association’s newsletter, you’ll find that the link provided in the current issue’s Health Report is incorrect.
If you wish to take part in this consultation about a new way of organising orthopaedic care for adults please use this link: https://www.nwl-acute-provider-collaborative.nhs.uk/key-projects/elective-orthopaedic-centre-consultation-survey
Should you be unclear where Central Middx Hospital hospital is located this is the link to the hospital website: https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/central-middlesex-hospital/
An interesting extract from a recent Neighbourhood Watch notification:
… some doorstep fraudsters are attempting to get elderly residents to sign their property over to them.
Did you know that the Land Registry provides a FREE alert service to give you an immediate email alert if official searches and applications are received against a monitored property? This can give early warning that identity theft is in play using your stolen details. Identity theft can take place as a result of details taken from your unshredded recycling, or from a hacked online shopping site where you hold an account, for example.
Full details and how to sign up can be found at the Land Registry website here:
You could also consider signing up for a Land Registry alert for the property of an elderly relative.
Ickenham Residents' Association 