Planning meeting 14th November
Please be advised that the planning meeting scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Eye Town Council
Please be advised that the planning meeting scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.
Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Eye Town Council
The following was received by NWL on behalf of Essex and Suffolk Water in regards to the recent social media articles/comments.
In response to the post we issued last week we’ve had some information through from Essex and Suffolk water to help reassure residents.
They’ve asked us to share this on their behalf:
As part of a water testing scheme in the old town area of Eye, we’ve found a handful of properties where the lead levels in the water have been a little higher than what they should be.
We’re currently investigating this and looking to establish the cause. It’s likely that this is down to old pipe work still in place to some properties and plans are being prepared to replace these.
The vast majority of the testing scheme has shown that the water quality in Eye is satisfactory and there are no concerns about lead in the wider area.
The local schools and church have all been tested and lead levels and the water quality is all satisfactory also.
We are attending the Town Council meeting in November to discuss this with the community.
Any customers with questions can contact us at waterqualitysouth@nwl.co.uk
Please use the below link to access further information on the Winter Warmth Support Grant.
Winter Warmth Support Grant » Babergh Mid Suffolk
There are many definitions of an empty home. Council Tax legislation counts a property as a long-term empty home when it has been empty of:
for six months or more.
Since April 2019, if a property remains empty for more than two years, an Empty Homes Premium is applied. This means that additional Council Tax will be payable.
A long-term empty home is also defined as a property that has been unoccupied for six months or longer and has nobody occupying it on a regular basis – whether it is furnished or not. This is the definition Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils will use to identify and target action against empty properties.
The government wants to increase the number of empty homes that are brought back into use. It is a sustainable way to increase the overall supply of housing, and to reduce blight on neighbourhoods. The government wants builders, investors, and local councils to increase the supply of repurposed empty homes.
The Councils aim to reduce the number of long-term empty properties within the districts, by bringing empty properties back into use and discouraging owners from leaving them empty.
In achieving this, we hope to:
The below link has more information.
https://www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/housing/private-landlords-and-tenants/empty-homes/
Due to the current mourning period for her majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the following meeting have been cancelled:
Planning Committee (12th September)
Town Hall & Events Committee (13th September)
Full Town Council meeting (21st September)
Notice of 2 vacancies – Eye 06.09.2022
Eye Town Council currently has 2 vacancies (see above notice), if you would like to apply please use the below form link and submit back to the Town Clerk either via email townclerk@eyesuffolk.org or via post to Eye Town Council, Tacon Close, Eye, Suffolk, IP23 7AU.
If you would like more information on becoming a council please use this link https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/councillor-development/new-councillor-hub/role-councillor
UK’s first heartburn health check unit visits Suffolk
A ‘game-changing’ test that can help save lives by spotting the early warning signs of oesophageal cancer has arrived in Suffolk.
Over the coming months, selected patients from GP practices in Ipswich and the east of the county will be invited to undergo the simple 10-minute ‘Heartburn Sponge Test’.
They will be invited to have the test in an innovative mobile diagnostic unit which has just relocated to Hartismere Hospital in Eye, where it will remain until late autumn.
The unit is funded and equipped by Heartburn Cancer UK (HCUK), the charity that promotes oesophageal cancer awareness (cancer of the food pipe), and the Innovate UK-funded Project DELTA, which is rolling out the sponge test technology.
Selected patients on medication for heartburn will be invited to attend the unit by their GP practices to take the quick but potentially lifesaving test.
Practices involved in the initiative in this area include Eye, Fressingfield, Debenham and Mendlesham.
The test uses a ground-breaking new detection technique for early signs of oesophageal cancer developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
But people aged 40 and over who experience persistent heartburn and regularly use over-the-counter indigestion remedies can also self-refer to the unit.
In order to self-refer you can’t have already been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer, be awaiting a hospital referral as a result of seeing your GP or had an endoscopy within the last five years.
If you meet the necessary criteria, you can self-refer by calling 01223-761085. If you need to clarify your eligibility you can email irene.debiram1@nhs.net.
The new test has the potential to both cut waiting lists and save lives. Incidence rates of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (oesophageal AC), the most common cancer of the oesophagus in the UK, have increased six-fold since the 1990s, but survival rates remain poor at just 17% after five years.
Research shows, however, that 59% of cases of cancer of the oesophagus in the UK are preventable.
Dr Pete Holloway, a GP at Mendlesham Health Centre and Cancer Lead for the NHS Suffolk & North East Essex Integrated Care Board, said: “As with all cancers, early diagnosis is essential.
“The Cytosponge and lab test really is a game-changer when it comes to picking up early cell changes which could indicate cancer or the pre-cancerous condition called Barrett’s oesophagus.
“Currently we refer patients we have concerns about to hospital for an endoscopy, but this test is a quicker, simpler, less invasive and cheaper way to monitor people who could be at risk of oesophageal cancer.
“Over the next few months, a group of GP practices in Ipswich and east Suffolk will be contacting at-risk patients and encouraging them to attend the mobile diagnostic unit at Hartismere Hospital.
“But we also want people who regularly use over-the-counter medication to treat persistent heartburn to get in touch so the unit can check them out.
“It will bring peace of mind to some of them, but for others it could catch a potentially deadly condition much earlier than other screening processes.”
Mimi McCord, Chair of Heartburn Cancer UK (HCUK), set up the charity when her husband died from cancer of the oesophagus after inadvertently ignoring early warning signs of persistent heartburn.
She said: “Early diagnosis is vital. By funding the mobile diagnostic unit and bringing the Heartburn Sponge Test to people’s local neighbourhoods we can help more of them be seen sooner, and do it in a much less intimidating and more convenient way.
“If we pick up more cases of Barrett’s oesophagus, or early signs of cancer, we are much closer to preventing people from dying unnecessarily.”
The mobile diagnostic unit, which has only previously visited Cambridgeshire and Essex, will be at Hartismere Hospital until autumn.
It is hoped that in the future the test could be used by GP surgeries throughout the country to identify potential issues for people on long-term heartburn medication.