Published: Friday, 30th May, 2008 16:25
Surgeries set to shut
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DOCTORS’ surgeries in Inverclyde will shut down for an afternoon next month.
GP practices in Greenock, Gourock, Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm will be closed for staff training on the afternoon of Wednesday 11 June from 1pm.
Drs JB Thompson, Kohlhagen and Bartholomew at Greenock Health Centre will be working.
All other non-GP services in health centres and clinics throughout Inverclyde will be running as normal. The NHS 24 helpline —on 08454 24 24 24 — will be in operation during this period for any health queries.
Alan Buckley, head of health and community care at Inverclyde CHP, said: “GP practices and community nursing are looking at ways they can improve the care they are able to offer their patients.
“Community nursing, GP practices and their staff do not often get the chance to learn and develop their skills and knowledge together.”
Carjack horror for man
A YOUNG driver was subjected to a horror carjacking attack in Larkfield. The 21-year-old was chased by three men in a seven-seater Ford Galaxy as he drove home on Wednesday morning.
Blaze at unit is probed
FIREFIGHTERS raced to Cappielow Industrial Estate early this morning after a fierce blaze at one of its units. The premises of Window King, in McKenzie Street were gutted in the fire, which was spotted around 12.45am.
New row in pay dispute
COUNCIL foremen and community wardens are stepping in to open leisure facilities hit by the overtime dispute, it was claimed today. Park keepers are refusing to open Ravenscraig Stadium and football parks in the evening or at weekends because their overtime rate has been cut.
Tots devastated by vandals
HEARTLESS vandals have left tots with nowhere to play after targeting a nursery play park two nights in a row. Disgusted staff at Enterprise Childcare turned up for work to find a £1,200 centre-piece castle trashed.
Kids, 9, are smokers
SMOKERS as young as nine are asking for help to kick the habit at Port Glasgow Health Centre. Inverclyde Community Health Partnership has special ‘youth tobacco workers’ based there to try to stop young people starting to smoke and to help others stop.
Lights out in Larkfield
HUGE swathes of Greenock are being plunged into darkness by vandals sabotaging the street-lighting system. A seemingly-organised wrecking spree has put lights out across Larkfield each night since last week — costing the council around £1,000 a day.
Centre attacked by vandals
VANDALS went on the rampage in a Greenock business centre and smashed 68 windows. The neds pelted the former Ladyburn School in Pottery Street with rocks and bricks, causing £3,500 worth of damage.
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