PAY WHAT YOU LIKE, ON THE NIGHT!!— Nairn County FC (@NairnCounty) 31 March 2018
We want to thank fans and hopefully encourage new supporters to attend Station Park by setting the minimum fee for the Fort William match on Weds Apr 4th at a minimum of £1 for adults and concessions. pic.twitter.com/hWJOjuQuWh
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Saturday, March 31, 2018
Get yourself up to Station Park on Wednesday night (4th April) minimum entry £1, pay what you like at the gate
Nairn Healthcare Group Spring Newsletter
Staffing
Nairn Healthcare has had a lot of changes over recent months. We have said hello to Dr Marc Macmillan, our new GP Registrar. We will also be welcoming new trainee doctor, Dr Alicia Garland, to the team from the start of April.
We
will be saying goodbye to our long-term receptionist, Blan, who will
be retiring after 22 years. Our HCA,Debra, will also be leaving us to take a new post with the Blood Transfusion Service. We wish both Blan and Debra all the best
Our new HCA will be Emma, who will join the team in May. Emma also works in reception and will continue her role as a receptionist on a part time basis up until the end of August.
Bowel Screening
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness month. Bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in Scotland but it is treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early. Taking part in bowel cancer screening is the best way to get diagnosed early.
From January-June 2017, 918 out of 1,469 (62.5%) took part in the Bowel Screening Programme. The majority being female. We would like to encourage all our patients between the ages of 50 to 74 to take part in this worthwhile screening. It could save your life!
If you are aged between 50-74, the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme will invite you for screening every 2 years. A kit will be sent to your home address where it is to be completed and returned to the screening centre based in Dundee.
1 in 20 over 50s will get bowel cancer at some point in their lives, screening aims to find bowel cancer at an early stage and if the cancer is detected early enough, there is a 90% chance of treating the disease successfully.
Screening saves lives but at the moment, in some areas of the UK, only a third of those who receive a test in the post complete it. Thousands of people are missing out on the best way to detect bowel cancer early when it is easier to treat and there is a greater chance of survival.
For more information call the helpline on 0800 0121 833 or visit www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/screening.
eConsult
Nairn Healthcare will be discontinuing the eConsult service from July 2018 however we will be offering online appointments in the near future to book a routine GP appointment.
Mobile Numbers
We would like to encourage all patients with a mobile phone to provide us with their number. Nairn Healthcare now provides 2-way texting for appointments. If you have booked an appointment 2 working days in advance, we will text you and remind you of said appointment and if you wish to cancel, you just have to reply to the text. Saves waiting in a busy telephone queue for a receptionist. We will also be introducing texts for routine appointments so if you usually receive an annual letter asking you to come in for a review nurse appointment for a certain condition, this will be done through text in the near future.
Tick Information
Winter is now officially over and we are all looking forward to summer and getting out in the countryside and gardens.
However, the country undergrowth from spring until autumn is covered in tiny ticks which may carry bacteria and can transfer to people when the tick attaches itself. If the tick is removed properly and correctly, there is no risk to health but there is a risk of developing Lyme disease if this is not done correctly.
A symptom of Lyme disease is a red skin rash which can be cured with a simple antibiotic. If the rash goes unnoticed, it can result in joint pain or nerve problems which may require stronger antibiotics.
If you find a tick on yourself or your child, wait until you get home and calmly remove the tick with a tick removal tool which is designed to get underneath the tick and lift it off safely. Don’t attempt to remove it with your fingers. Using fingers or tweezers risk squeezing the tick and actually injecting the Lyme disease bacteria into your blood.
DO NOT USE VASELINE, CIGARETTES OR ALCOHOL
For more information, please pick up the Tick Information Guide from reception or read online at http://www.nairnhealthcaregroup.co.uk/website/S55041/files/tick%20information%20sheet.pdf
Or check out the following videos on YouTube:
1 Overview (video): https://youtu.be/Quoh5YFVsX0
2 What are ticks? (video): https://youtu.be/iHXW7B6XT7E
3 Avoiding ticks (video): https://youtu.be/AlCr8KuVJrY
4 Checking for ticks (video): https://youtu.be/L3SxuRYDPcI
5 Tick removal (video): https://youtu.be/7SngcVIJ9eo
6 Lyme disease signs and symptoms (video): https://youtu.be/wuP5G7WCHbA
Are you a smoker who would like help to stop? A local advisor, Linda Hilton, will be running weekly smoking cessation clinics at Nairn Healthcare. You can self-refer to Linda by calling the Smoke Free Line on 01463 704619 or
call/text: 07771 666803 or alternatively email: linda.hilton1@nhs.net.
Nairn Healthcare has had a lot of changes over recent months. We have said hello to Dr Marc Macmillan, our new GP Registrar. We will also be welcoming new trainee doctor, Dr Alicia Garland, to the team from the start of April.
We will be saying goodbye to our long-term receptionist, Blan, who will be retiring after 22 years. Our HCA, Debra, will also be leaving us to take a new post with the Blood Transfusion Service. We wish both Blan and Debra all the best
Our new HCA will be Emma, who will join the team in May. Emma also works in reception and will continue her role as a receptionist on a part time basis up until the end of August.
April is Bowel Cancer Awareness month. Bowel cancer is the second biggest cancer killer in Scotland but it is treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early. Taking part in bowel cancer screening is the best way to get diagnosed early.
From January-June 2017, 918 out of 1,469 (62.5%) took part in the Bowel Screening Programme. The majority being female. We would like to encourage all our patients between the ages of 50 to 74 to take part in this worthwhile screening. It could save your life!
If you are aged between 50-74, the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme will invite you for screening every 2 years. A kit will be sent to your home address where it is to be completed and returned to the screening centre based in Dundee.
Screening saves lives but at the moment, in some areas of the UK, only a third of those who receive a test in the post complete it. Thousands of people are missing out on the best way to detect bowel cancer early when it is easier to treat and there is a greater chance of survival.
A symptom of Lyme disease is a red skin rash which can be cured with a simple antibiotic. If the rash goes unnoticed, it can result in joint pain or nerve problems which may require stronger antibiotics.
If you find a tick on yourself or your child, wait until you get home and calmly remove the tick with a tick removal tool which is designed to get underneath the tick and lift it off safely. Don’t attempt to remove it with your fingers. Using fingers or tweezers risk squeezing the tick and actually injecting the Lyme disease bacteria into your blood.
DO NOT USE VASELINE, CIGARETTES OR ALCOHOL
Or check out the following videos on YouTube:
http://www.nairnhealthcaregroup.co.uk/
Friday, March 30, 2018
Bikebug closing tomorrow, thank you for five years of excellent service - and what to do now if you need bicycle repairs - with Bikespokes the mobile service
It is now the last two days of the Bikebug closing down sale. It is a real shame to see the end of Bikebug, quite a few times this observer has been over there over the past five years for spares or help with bigger problems. There will still be help available in Nairnshire though for those with bicycle difficulties.
Here's some information that is currently out there on the Bikebug site:
"Well, presumably you were looking for Bikebug, the Cycle Shop in Nairn, but sadly it has now closed. Owners Steve and Alyson have decided to retire from the trade and would like to thank all their loyal customers for their support over the last 5 years. They have very kindly passed on elements of the business to bikespokes, so hopefully we can help you instead.
We offer almost all the same services with one major difference – we have a van instead of a shop! We do repairs, servicing and rental, as well as sales of bikes, parts and accessories. We started in 2014 and are based just a few miles outside of Nairn, so we are in the town on a regular basis already.
You can Book an Appointment online or by phone/text or email. Our contact details are here and for some random cycling stories, don't forget to like our Facebook page too.
Feel free to browse our website to see what we are all about and don't hesitate to get in touch if you want to find out more. Thanks for looking and hopefully we can be of service soon."
Farewell Bikebug and hello to the mobile service Bikespokes
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Petition by campaigners to stop Highland Council closing 9 public toilets in Sutherland.
A bit off-piste for the Gurn perhaps but it is the same sort of thing as we are facing in Nairn, the effects of the Highland Council budget that was recently passed at Glenurquhart Road.
Here in Nairn there are no shortage of folk who consider parking charges and toilet charges (or closures) as a form of self-harm when it comes to tourism. Here's what someone has to say about toilet closures in Sutherland.
"With the increasing popularity of the North Coast 500 (NC500), promoted in part by Highland Council, we are seeing ever-growing numbers of visitors to the NW Highlands and these people also require access to facilities in order to avoid more cases of human waste being left by the roadside.
As part of its budget proposals for 2018/2019 Highland Council are closing public toilets at the following locations in the county of Sutherland: Achmelvich, Kinlochbervie, Rhiconich, Scourie, Smoo Cave, Lairg, Kylesku, Talmine, and Tarbet.
The total estimated savings come to just £67,000 per year yet we consider these to be essential services, both for local people and tourists & others visiting the area."
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
So it looks like that if Highland Council had signed the Nairn BID document then parking charges would have been off the agenda for five years?
Last night at their regular monthly meeting Nairn West and Suburban Community Council member Alastair Noble presented the following document. It seems such a shame because to this observer if Nairn's councillors had ensured that the BID document had been signed then that would have been it surely? With any attempt at imposing parking charges on Nairn totally out the window for five years - presuming Nairn businesses vote for the BID proposal.
Below is what Alastair presented to the meeting and if you need information on the BID then here is where you can find out more.
Update on BID.
It is interesting to look back at the history of the Nairn BID. It grew from Ryden’s work on the Town Centre Charrette. They, like so many of the outside agencies we have dealt with, saw the potential for real development and investment in Nairn. They approached Ian Davison Porter at BID Scotland and he approached NICE to facilitate the Nairn BID. We, Michael Barnett and myself undertook the enabling role, working with Michael Boylan, Chair of the Association of Nairn Businesses and Michael Green, who was our Chair of the Nairnshire Committee at that time. We travelled all over Scotland to established BIDs and BID meetings. We agreed that a BID would be in Nairn’s best interest. We are now more than ever convinced of the benefit of having the business voice clearly heard using the BID mechanism.
The BID set up a steering group of local businesses and employed Alan Rankin and now Liam Christie as project managers to develop the BID Business Plan.
Part of that work was to deliver a Baseline Agreement to clarify which services Highland Council should continue to deliver during the BID term (2018-2023). This is the process used between BIDs throughout Scotland and their local Councils. It clearly identifies what the BID levy payers do not pay for.
The draft document was sent to me on the 31/October/2017, having already been lodged with Highland Council to be signed off. Timetabled to be signed off by December 31/2017
Alan had regular meetings and sent monthly reminders to Highland Council.
The BID Steering Group recorded extreme concern on January 23 at lack of agreement on Baseline Agreement. Alan reported to BID Scotland on February 20/2018 that the Business Agreement was still not agreed and that the deadline of March 15/2018 for sign off by Highland Council and Scottish Government was fast approaching
In that draft document it clearly stated that there would be continued free car parking in Nairn car parks for the five years. Given my long association with many groups in Nairn and in particular ANB and NEI, I have no doubt that the business sector in Nairn is not in favour of parking charges.
This was again reinforced when Michael Boylan called the open meeting in the British Legion which unanimously opposed car parking charges in Nairn on 13 February 2018.
I think it is essential that the BID is successful in the ballot and that we have a strong business voice making sure that we can create as many good, well paid jobs in Nairn as possible.
I will continue to do all in my power to make sure we deliver a successful Nairn Connects BID from 2018-2023.
Dr Alastair L Noble MBE
No decision on proposed McDonalds and Home Bargains development from Nairn West and Suburban Community Council...
...for the moment anyway. In recent years the town's community councils have not been shy on putting in submissions to planning applications in each other's areas, Nairn South and the former Doctor's Surgery (now the Vets) are just too of many that spring immediately to this observer's mind. It was a little unusual then to see reluctance from NWSCC at their regular monthly meeting last night to make any submission. The majority attitude was that it was in Nairn River Community Council's area and that was that. Mention was made of how members of the public in the NWSCC might be just as interested as the NRCC area residents given the significance and scale of the retail development and the ongoing discussions on social media. NRCC last week came out against the proposal and there is more on the discussion at their meeting in today's Nairnshire Telegraph.
Last night, there was a call for a submission to be made however by member of NWSCC, Andrew Randerson, who made an impassioned plea for all those that support the application to go onto the Highland Council e-planning pages, register, and state their approval. His appeal was not without support on the Council and the public benches last night. NWSCC did not make a decision however, and may communicate amongst themselves on the matter in the near future.
Academy pupils put County book to good use
Follow the link in the embedded tweet below to the article on the NCFC website.
FEATURE: Find out how unsold copies of the History of Nairn County FC: 100 Years in the Highland League are being put to good use at Nairn Academy by English teacher Kenny Allison. Click on the link below for more:https://t.co/0DlVOMBm30 pic.twitter.com/dYMCf05Tmm— Nairn County FC (@NairnCounty) 27 March 2018
Monday, March 26, 2018
Nairnshire woodpecker on the slip
Lisa captures it
When Woody fell off his perch lol! Metal is slippy! Love this time of year, Nairn, Scotland #BritishSummerTime #SpringForward @_BTO @BBCSpringwatch @BBCHighlands @BTO_Scotland @BBCCountryfile @HighlandNature @Natures_Voice pic.twitter.com/exh5miLsGB— Lisa@Lethen (@lisawood81) March 25, 2018
HIE surveys on banking provision in Highland launched - individual surveys for Business, residents and community groups
Last week at their regular meeting Nairn River Community Council discussed the recent launch of a series of HIE Surveys on Banking provision in the Highlands.
The surveys are about local bank branch closures. The findings will be used to gather feedback from individual households, businesses and community groups in areas to be affected by the closures. HIE has commissioned the Indigo House Group to carry out the work as part of a wider study into the social and economic importance of access to local banks.
HIE are urging individuals, community groups and businesses in your communities to complete the surveys, web links for which are included below.
Surveys can be made available by hard copy, and HIE would welcome communities’ help in distributing these. Please contact Indigo House if your community would like hard copies for completion. The email address to obtain hard copies is hello@indigohousegroup.com.
More information is available on the Highlands and Islands Enterprise website where you can read more about the study.
Please see the survey links below.
Business survey –
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Access_to_Banking_Businesses Access to Banking Services in Rural Communities - Survey of Businesses
Residents survey –
Community groups survey – https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Access_to_Banking_Community_Organisations Access to Banking Services in Rural Communities - Survey of Community Organisations/ Groups
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