Switch the fags to shopping bags

QUIT smoking on December 1st and you could save a whopping £132 by Christmas Eve!

With the current economic down-turn the last thing anyone wants to be worrying about a costly Christmas, but it needn’t all be doom and gloom.  Ditch the cigarettes now and the presents will pay for themselves!  Cherry Jones, Head of Health Improvement for Swindon PCT, said: 

“This is a great time to give up smoking, even if people only want to set themselves a short-term target to see how it goes.  Based on the price of 20 cigarettes per day, a smoker could potentially save up to £132 in the weeks left before Christmas.  We think a boost to the Christmas shopping fund will be a great incentive for lots of people and really hope people will enter into the spirit and take the challenge.”

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Board gives green light for the new GP- Led Healthcare Centre Provider

A NEW GP-led health centre service offering local people more choice and greater access to healthcare opening in April next year has been given the green light by Swindon PCT board today. 

Following an eight month comprehensive tender process, the PCT has awarded a 5 year contract to Carfax Healthcare to deliver the new practice from the current health centre in Carfax Street.

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