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INSIDE THIS WEEK: Infection control rules stay in force at hospitals FACE coverings continue to be required at Southport and Ormskirk hospitals after national Covid-19 restrictions were lifted in many settings on Monday, July 19. This is in line with Public Health England’s infection prevention control guidelines which remain in place for all staff and visitors. Hospital visiting will also remain restricted except in limited circumstances. Bridget Lees, director of nursing, midwifery and therapies, said: “Hospitals are different from other places. If more people come into our hospital and don’t wear face-coverings, it is more likely that people will bring infection in and risk the health of vulnerable patients. “We know how difficult it is for families with loved ones in hospital but minimising visiting is the best way to keep everyone as safe from infection as possible. “Both patients and visitors must follow our infection control guidance, including wearing a face-covering. These are provided free by us at all hospital entrances. Please also remember ‘hands, face and space’.” Anyone visiting the Trust not wearing a face-covering, and without a documented medical exemption, may be asked to leave. Bridget added: “Finally, I want to thank the public for their amazing support but we still need your help to keep our patients safe.”
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Proposal involves using some of debris to create a new expanded car park Report by Danielle Thompson
AN ambitious project to remove vast quantities of construction rubble from the sand dunes at Formby Beach has been proposed under a project which includes creating a new car park. The National Trust is putting forward a plan to reconnect the sand dunes at Victoria Road, which is home to rare natterjack toads and sand lizards, and restore the natural movement of the dunes. The proposal, which is subject to planning approval, aims to join up Formby’s currently fragmented sand dunes and to solve a long-standing problem at Victoria Road, where rubble spills out of the sand dunes and onto the beach. This creates an unsightly and potentially hazardous spot and stops the dunes from moving naturally. The rubble came from the remains of the old Haring-
Mounds of rubble have created problems with the dunes on Formby beach.
ton Barracks, home to the King’s Regiment of Liverpool in the Second World War, and was incorrectly used to stabilise the sand dunes after the barracks were demolished and it has since become an eyesore in the landscape. The proposal, part-funded by Dynamic Dunescapes, a partnership to rejuvenate 17,000 acres of
England’s most important sand dunes, would remove around 35,000 cubic metres of construction rubble. It also looks to solve the problems of the current Victoria Road beach car park which, since it was built in the 1980s, has seen around a third of its car parking spaces reclaimed by the natural environment and Continued inside
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