Health and Wellbeing

Defibrillators

AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) devices are located at the Village Hall on Main Street and at the Cricket Club on Woolscott Road. In an emergency, Ambulance Control will provide the code to unlock the cabinet which has a push-button coded lock, so that anybody can gain access, if required.

Willoughby has a small group of volunteers, trained in basic first aid, CPR and use of an AED. Following a 999 call, where a patient may have had a cardiac arrest, Ambulance Control can trigger an automated telephone call-round service which will alert the village AED volunteers and ask one of them to offer assistance. Volunteers receive initial and refresher training, as required. For more information, contact Kim Taylor at kimtqhf@gmail.com 

Community First Responders

The Rugby and Leam Valley Community First Responders (CFRs) are a group of volunteers who are trained by and work with West Midlands Ambulance Service giving up their free time to bridge the gap between a 999 call and the arrival of an ambulance. They cover the whole of Rugby and the surrounding villages within the CV21, CV22, CV23 postcodes.

GP Services

The NHS website has a ‘Find a GP’ option to help you choose a GP practice. If you do not have access to the internet, telephone NHS Direct on 0845 4647. This is a 24 hour telephone helpline, providing health information and advice.

Find a Dentist

As with GP practices, the NHS website above also has a dental practice finder.

Willoughby Charities

One charity awards grants to residents under the age of 25 for extra curriculum educational activities and to schools attended by village students. The other provides a limited number of discretionary grants to help with personal expenditure such as spectacles, dentures and other specialist items. For further information please email the clerk, Helen Heckford, at hheckford@icloud.com 

Find a Vet

The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons website will help you choose a practice.