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ServicesHEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES Nine people are registered disabled. Seven people say they always have difficulty getting to the hospital or the chemist. A smaller number have difficulty getting to the dentist, optician, doctor or other medical facility. People were asked if they had used any of the Services below in the last five years. They were asked how good they found the Service.
EMERGENCY SERVICES 64 people offer occasional help with Emergency Volunteers, 79 to collect prescriptions and 90 to shop for the elderly. Twice as many have called out the AMBULANCE as the FIRE BRIGADE and around nine out of ten rate them good. Five people say the Ambulance Service is poor. No-one criticises the Fire Service. The POLICE have been called out as much as the Ambulance. One-third say the Police service is good, a third say resonable and a third say poor. Six out of ten people say the COMMUNITY POLICE OFFICER gives a good service. Three quarters of households are interested in the NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME. Anyone wishing to join the neighbourhood watch scheme for High Bickington should contact Stella or Ken Burrows on 01769 560309. OTHER SERVICES People were asked their opinion of the services below:
Of the local delivery services available: newspapers (weekdays 79 households, Sundays 71) and milk (76 households) are equally highly used followed by the greengrocer (56) and the butcher (42). Only 2 households use the fresh fish merchant. Local milk deliveries and Sunday paper deliveries are no longer available. Also, the Butchers shop is now a general store supplying a wide variety of goods. |