Email received from NHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group this evening:

"NHS Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which is responsible for making sure patients have access to GP practice services, is engaging with patients of Orchard House Surgery in Lydd about the future of services at that site.

From https://www.folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/news/community-scrutiny-issues : "Folkestone & Hythe District Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee is planning its programme for 2021/22 and seeking suggestions for district-wide matters which are important to your community."

The most important thing about the Covid Vaccination roll-out locally is that it happens as quickly as possible, and I'm going to do nothing that gets in the way of those trying to roll it out.

Kent Highways have notified that It will be necessary to close Granville Road East, Sandgate from 18th January 2021 for up to 8 days.

The road will be closed outside 9 Granville Road East.

The one-way system on Granville Road East has been suspended to allow access.

The alternative route is via Sandgate High Street and Parade Road.

Since the start of the previous national lockdown period on 4^th November 2020, there have been a number of business grant schemes available for businesses in the district. However, we have tried to keep this as straightforward as possible, so have combined these into two broad schemes - the Local Restrictions Support Grant (LSRG) and the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). The recent national lockdown this January has brought an additional grant - the National Lockdown Grant, which is available to businesses eligible for an LSRG.

The Friends of Folkestone Museum present another of their popular talks on Zoom.

On Saturday 16 January at 2.00pm, Melanie Gibson-Barton will be talking about the Life and Times of Edith Cavell.

If you would like to attend this talk please email friendsfolkmuseum@gmail.com to reserve your place. We will then send you the Zoom link a few days before the talk.