Jag no-shows spark reminder
Vital letters could be going to old addresses Bigshed appeal refused
NHS Tayside is urging Perth and Kinross residents to ensure the contact details their GP has for them are up to date.
The plea comes after half of those due to be vaccinated at one of Scotland’s largest vaccination centres - Glasgow’s SSE Hydro failed to turn up in one weekend.
While NHS Tayside said uptake levels remain “extremely high”, vaccination teams are monitoring attendance and looking at alternative ways to deliver vaccines to ensure as many residents are vaccinated as possible.
The health board strongly recommends everyone get the vaccine when it is offered to them.
An NHS Tayside spokesperson said: “We are making good progress in Tayside but the virus has not completely gone away.
“The vaccine is your best protection against coronavirus and we strongly recommend that everyone gets the vaccine when offered it.
Pupils hope they can do this again every year. Left, the school had a parachute to play with and also spent a good morning building with boxes, right
“Overall, uptake levels in the vaccine programme in Tayside remain extremely high.
“There will be a variety of reasons why people do not attend their appointment and the vaccination team continues to closely monitor attendance at appointments. They are also developing options for alternative ways to deliver clinics to ensure that as many people in Tayside vaccine programme is continuing at places like the Dewar’s Centre in Perth
are able to take up the offer of a vaccination when it is offered.”
People not notifying their GP after having moved house is thought to be one reason for noshows.
The spokesperson said: “One of the reasons we believe people are not attending is that they are no longer at the address registered with their GP.
Invitation letters are being
On Thursday, May 20, Forgandenny Primary School joined forces with other schools across the country to have a Day of Play.
Forgandenny has been a promoter of play and outdoor learning for a number of years, with research showing that play positively affects children’s wellbeing, mental health and resilience.
The children had a‘cardboard box morning’, which saw them developing their creativity, risk-taking and team working skills to build, paint and have fun together.
Head teacher Mel Duffy said:“The children then had a‘loose parts’play session before turning their attention to the development of the #Forgandenny5 play types. These are risky play, exploratory play, creative play, imaginative play and playing together.
“We also created‘characters’for their school play‘Promise’.
“After this year in particular, which has seen so many of our children suffer losses during the pandemic, play sits at the heart of our learning and teaching, right across the school.”
Feedback from the Forgandenny children included:“I think Day of Play should be every year.”
“It was amazing and I’m lucky to be at a school that does that.”
Another said:“It was so much fun and I really want to play like this more often.” sent to the address people have registered with their GP practice so it’s really important that people keep their details up to date.
“If anyone is unable to attend their appointment, they should reschedule for a more suitable date and time.
“This will ensure that appointments are not wasted and can be offered to other people.
“There is information in all booking letters and on NHS inform about how to change appointments through the national booking system.
“You can call the national helpline on 0800 030 8013.”
NHS Tayside told the Perthshire Advertiser its vaccine clinics are organised in such a way as to keep the number of doses left unused at the end of the day to a minimum.
The number of vials are managed according to the numbers who attend a clinic.
NHS Tayside has now delivered over 400,000 vaccine doses and the programme is now vaccinating all those aged 3039 and continuing to support delivery of second doses.
Councillors have unanimously refused an appeal to erect a replacement shed on the basis of it being too large.
In December 2020 Perth and Kinross Council refused plans for a 1.5-storey building to replace the current one-storey building at Glenlomond, Kinross.
An appeal was considered by PKC’s local review body when it met on Wednesday, May 26.
While the trio of councillors agreed the current shed showed signs of deterioration and had a limited lifespan, they felt this new design was too big.
PKC’s report said: “There is approximately a 1.2 metre gap between the top of the windows and the fascia, resulting in a top-heavy appearance which is out of scale and proportion for normal domestic storage purposes.
“The building is considered to be too large for the development site as there will be insufficient remaining amenity space around the replacement unit.”
The councillors agreed and upheld refusal of the planning application.