Volunteers - including local residents and retailers - in Market Lavington have mobilised once more to support their community. Last March, Suzanne Morrison created a Facebook group with a call-out for help ahead of a looming lockdown announcement. She took her son to a physio appointment, and expected to come back to perhaps a handful of sign-ups. She got home and made a coffee, and was shocked to see that 80 people had already got in touch to volunteer. She said: “No-one knew what was coming or how long we’d have to work for. “By the time lockdown was imposed I was shielding due to a lung condition, so my thanks goes out to the volunteers on the ground who are doing amazing things. We hit the ground running here in Market Lavington.
HEALTH staff in Somerset picked up a hat-trick of national awards in recognition of the amazing work they are doing to improve care for vulnerable people in our communities. Anna Alves was crowned as the winner of the Public Health England Antibiotic Awards, Sally Farmer was named as winner of the Covid Hero award at CD Awards (Chemist and Druggist publication) and Kate Jones won GP Pharmacist of the Year, at the PCPA (Prime Care Pharmacy Awards). Somerset Foundation Trust picked up a prestigious Antibiotic Guardian Award, led by Public Health England recently on behalf of NHS Somerset CCG and GP Practices in Somerset for their work to tackle antimicrobial resistance.
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