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Minor Injuries Unit at Mount Vernon CLOSED
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A message from the Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:
From Monday 30 March, the Minor Injuries Unit at Mount Vernon Hospital will be closed.
Covid-19: LBH advice and updates to services
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The London Borough of Hillingdon website is being updated as necessary. Do take a look as there is information concerning topics such as free parking, rubbish and recycling arrangements, facilities temporarily closed to the public such as libraries and the Harefield Civic Amenity Site (dump).
https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/coronavirus
In particular, the current advice regarding rubbish and recycling states:
We are currently operating all services as normal; however, as we prioritise general waste and dry mixed recycling collections, your weekly garden waste service may be affected.
We will continue to collect your food waste on your normal collection day, even if we are unable to collect your garden waste.
If your garden waste is not collected, please leave your bags at the edge of your property and we will collect them as soon as possible.
COVID-19 - Elderly Scam Alert
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Those who are registered with OWL (www.owl.co.uk) will have seen this warning from Hillingdon Neighbourhood Watch, but we feel that everyone should be alerted to the dangers of accepting services from strangers.
Dear Watch Member,
Be aware that opportunists and criminals can take advantage of the elderly and vulnerable who are self-isolating.
Anyone being offered "kindness" by cold callers by way of running errands, collecting prescriptions and doing shopping should not accept services from strangers who may ask for cash up front, a credit card and its PIN, or gain trust simply to execute a more elaborate scam e.g. to access savings.
Lobby the Mayor of London to Save our Suburbs! CANCELLED
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13/03/2020 UPDATE: From Theresa Villiers, In the light of today’s developments on Covid-19 Coronavirus, the lobby against the Mayor’s tube station car park plans has had to be postponed. It will not therefore be taking place on Thursday after all.
Mount Vernon Campaign
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Gareth Thomas, MP for Harrow, has launched an online petition to save the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. He says, "Cancer services like Mount Vernon have saved so many lives and benefited so many people, the Government should be investing in Mount Vernon, not threatening it with closure." To view the petition please click here.