Steven Shackman Practice

The Message in a Bottle Scheme is a voluntary scheme for anyone living at home who would be reassured to know that essential information would be readily available to the Emergency Services should they suffer an accident or sudden illness.

Your details are stored in a clearly labelled plastic container which is kept in your fridge. Two matching lables known to the Emergency Services are displayed in your house, one on the outside of your fridge door and the other on the inside (placed so that it is not visible from the outside) of your front door.

There are detailed instructions in every container which can be obtained from Reception at the Acre Way surgery. The scheme has been introduced by the Lions Clubs in the London Borough of Hillingdon with the support of Hillingdon's Borough Council, Social Services, NHS Primary care Trust, The Metropolitan Police and London's FireBrigade and Ambulance Services.