MEMBERS of Blackmore Vale Lions Club have helped deliver nearly 1,000 flu vaccinations.
Milborne Port and Templecombe Medical Centre ran three rapid turnaround ‘flu’ vaccination clinics, two in Milborne Port Surgery car park and one at Templecombe Recreation Ground, and members guided traffic and loaned a gazebo to keep the team outdoors comfortable.

Dr Ian Wyer, of the practice, said: “This was a chance to get on the front foot against the potential ‘flu’ outbreak.
“We are very grateful to the Lions for their help and the loan of their equipment. It all helped to make our team’s activity the success it was.
“I would like to thank the whole practice team for their enthusiasm and dedication over the long period of Covid and now influenza.
“Flu’ has been overshadowed by Covid-19 in the last couple of years but it is still responsible for thousands of deaths a year and can put even previously healthy people in hospital with complications like pneumonia and myocarditis.
“This is not only a risk to the individual, but delays routine operations for others when the NHS is trying to recover. We still have vaccines available for the remaining eligible patients and can usually squeeze people into clinics on the same day if they ask.”
Lions club president Peter Oswick said: “We were delighted to help – this is very much our local patch.
“It’s part of following our motto ‘We Serve’ and undertaking charitable activity and good works at local, national and international levels is what we do.
“The practice’s team have made a huge effort on behalf of their patients and the residents of Blackmore Vale in these difficult times. We owe them. Thank you.”