A story of particular interest to those concerned about the impact on the new Sainsbury's supermarket on Llangollen will be the one today (Monday) on the Wales Online website which deals with an 'alarming' fall in number of shoppers using Welsh high streets.
Read more: Wales Online http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2013/02/18/alarming-fall-in-number-of-shoppers-using-welsh-high-streets-91466-32826220/#.USHLl_Rye1I.twitter#ixzz2LEszo1uS
Monday, February 18, 2013
Have archives changed your life?
Have you discovered that your house was once the village shop?
Or recently found a great aunt with an interesting life-story?
Maybe you have donated some old photographs of local importance that you happened to come across whilst decluttering your attic?
Or perhaps the research and guidance you received from staff has helped with your studies?
Whatever your story might be Denbighshire Archive Service want to hear from you!
If you have used Denbighshire Archive Service and discovered something that changed your life or have been inspired to find out more about your family or local history then this is your chance to win £100 simply by telling us your story.
Huw Lewis, Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage said: “Archive services play a vital role within the communities they serve and are a treasured resource for cultural and educational purposes. By collecting your stories this campaign will recognise the essential value that archives can add to the national life of Wales ensuring the past is available for the future.”
Sarah Winning, archivist, said: "It is wonderful seeing people using archives everyday to discover something new and we hear fascinating stories all the time. This competition will give people a chance to share their discoveries and inspire others to use archives in the future.”
Some of the winning stories from across Wales will be brought to life in short films showcasing the variety of records, photographs and documents that can be accessed free of charge by your local archive service.
For your chance to win £100, contact Denbighshire Archive Service to enter via e-mail@ archives@denbighshire.gov.uk or phone:01824 708250 . Alternatively, visit archiveswales.org or find Archives Wales on Facebook and Twitter.
Or recently found a great aunt with an interesting life-story?
Maybe you have donated some old photographs of local importance that you happened to come across whilst decluttering your attic?
Or perhaps the research and guidance you received from staff has helped with your studies?
Whatever your story might be Denbighshire Archive Service want to hear from you!
If you have used Denbighshire Archive Service and discovered something that changed your life or have been inspired to find out more about your family or local history then this is your chance to win £100 simply by telling us your story.
Huw Lewis, Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage said: “Archive services play a vital role within the communities they serve and are a treasured resource for cultural and educational purposes. By collecting your stories this campaign will recognise the essential value that archives can add to the national life of Wales ensuring the past is available for the future.”
Sarah Winning, archivist, said: "It is wonderful seeing people using archives everyday to discover something new and we hear fascinating stories all the time. This competition will give people a chance to share their discoveries and inspire others to use archives in the future.”
Some of the winning stories from across Wales will be brought to life in short films showcasing the variety of records, photographs and documents that can be accessed free of charge by your local archive service.
For your chance to win £100, contact Denbighshire Archive Service to enter via e-mail@ archives@denbighshire.gov.uk or phone:01824 708250 . Alternatively, visit archiveswales.org or find Archives Wales on Facebook and Twitter.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Latest roadworks update
Latest roadworks notified by Denbighshire County Council include:
Regent Street, Llangollen, today, February 17, water works by Daniel
contractors, temporary traffic lights.
Hatchery Lane, Trevor, from A539 to junction opposite
Trevor Mill House, until March 5, drainage works by Dee Valley Water, road closure.
A5, from Glyndyfrdwy to the telephone exchange, from February 20-March
19, resurfacing, temporary traffic lights.
A5, Glyndyfrdwy, from the Berwyn Arms to the telephone exchange, until
March 8, resurfacing works, 10mph convoy.
Green Lane, Corwen, until February 24, gas works by Wales and West
Utilities, road closure.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Council checking gas appliance safety
Staff from Denbighshire's Environmental Health Team are visiting catering premises across the county to assess whether business owners are maintaining their gas appliances and having them checked by competent gas engineers.
They are also providing a supportive and advisory role for businesses.
During inspections, Environmental Health Officers ask for evidence of how appliances being maintained. If there are any safety concerns, the officers may serve a formal notice stating what actions must be taken to comply with the law.
So far, In this latest round of safety checks:
Servicing should be carried out in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Generally the maximum period between services specified by equipment manufacturers is 12 months.
Emlyn Jones, Denbighshire's Public Protection Manager, said: "We are focusing on commercial catering gas safety, as it can be very serious if something goes wrong. A gas explosion or carbon monoxide from a faulty appliance may affect the public, not just employees.
"That is why it is vitally important that businesses comply with the law and these latest checks are a good way of raising the profile of this issue and making sure people in Denbighshire remain safe."
Councillor David Smith, Cabinet Lead Member for Environment, said: "There is a legal duty on business owners to maintain gas appliances, for their own safety and that of people who use their premises.
"We work closely with businesses to educate and advise them about issues of this nature, but the Council will not hesitate in taking enforcement action if business owners willingly ignore advice or if appliances pose a health and safety danger to the public. We would far rather see everyone complying with the law than having to take action against business owners".
All businesses are asked to find a registered engineer to carry out safety checks. People can call Gas Safe register on 0800 408 5500 or check the www.GasSafeRegister.co.ukwebsite for details of registered engineers.
They are also providing a supportive and advisory role for businesses.
During inspections, Environmental Health Officers ask for evidence of how appliances being maintained. If there are any safety concerns, the officers may serve a formal notice stating what actions must be taken to comply with the law.
So far, In this latest round of safety checks:
- Three prohibition notice have been issued to three separate businesses, due to them having a gas cooking range in a dangerous condition.
- An improvement notice has been served on a cafe owner in Rhyl where the Council found the gas cooking range had not been maintained in a safe condition
Servicing should be carried out in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Generally the maximum period between services specified by equipment manufacturers is 12 months.
Emlyn Jones, Denbighshire's Public Protection Manager, said: "We are focusing on commercial catering gas safety, as it can be very serious if something goes wrong. A gas explosion or carbon monoxide from a faulty appliance may affect the public, not just employees.
"That is why it is vitally important that businesses comply with the law and these latest checks are a good way of raising the profile of this issue and making sure people in Denbighshire remain safe."
Councillor David Smith, Cabinet Lead Member for Environment, said: "There is a legal duty on business owners to maintain gas appliances, for their own safety and that of people who use their premises.
"We work closely with businesses to educate and advise them about issues of this nature, but the Council will not hesitate in taking enforcement action if business owners willingly ignore advice or if appliances pose a health and safety danger to the public. We would far rather see everyone complying with the law than having to take action against business owners".
All businesses are asked to find a registered engineer to carry out safety checks. People can call Gas Safe register on 0800 408 5500 or check the www.GasSafeRegister.co.ukwebsite for details of registered engineers.
Friday, February 15, 2013
Minister tweets big no to shake-up intervention
Wales’ Health Minister Lesley Griffiths has
categorically ruled out intervening in controversial plans for a major shake-up
of services in the region, which include the axing of Llangollen Cottage
Hospital.
Watchdog body the Community Health Council is currently considering whether to lodge a formal objection to the proposals by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB).
But a number of groups and individuals have urged Ms Griffiths (pictured below) to intervene now and halt some parts of the package which they oppose.
However, on Twitter earlier today (Friday) the Minister posted three consecutive messages in which she stresses that this will not happen.
The tweets say:
SERVICE CHANGE PLANS: It’s vital people understand the current process to determine what changes take place in the NHS in the future 1/3
SERVICE CHANGE PLANS: After local health boards share their service change plans, CHCs have 6 weeks to review those proposals 2/3
SERVICE CHANGE PLANS: As Health Minister, I cannot and will not intervene during this time 3/3
Her stark refusal to make an early intervention follows news reported on llanblogger this morning that the minor injuries unit at Llangollen Hospital is to close and be transferred to the town’s health centre in the week commencing March 3.
It is believed there has been no formal announcement of the move other than as a footnote to a press release posted on the board’s website earlier this week.
This has brought strong criticism from the campaign group Keep Llangollen Health Services, whose spokesman said the board was treating local service users with “complete contempt.”
Mike Edwards, chair of Keep Llangollen Special, who earlier this week wrote to Lesley Griffiths asking her to call in the change proposals, said the situation had now reached the stage where it would be impossible for the change proposals to be undone.
Watchdog body the Community Health Council is currently considering whether to lodge a formal objection to the proposals by the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB).
But a number of groups and individuals have urged Ms Griffiths (pictured below) to intervene now and halt some parts of the package which they oppose.
However, on Twitter earlier today (Friday) the Minister posted three consecutive messages in which she stresses that this will not happen.
The tweets say:SERVICE CHANGE PLANS: It’s vital people understand the current process to determine what changes take place in the NHS in the future 1/3
SERVICE CHANGE PLANS: After local health boards share their service change plans, CHCs have 6 weeks to review those proposals 2/3
SERVICE CHANGE PLANS: As Health Minister, I cannot and will not intervene during this time 3/3
Her stark refusal to make an early intervention follows news reported on llanblogger this morning that the minor injuries unit at Llangollen Hospital is to close and be transferred to the town’s health centre in the week commencing March 3.
It is believed there has been no formal announcement of the move other than as a footnote to a press release posted on the board’s website earlier this week.
This has brought strong criticism from the campaign group Keep Llangollen Health Services, whose spokesman said the board was treating local service users with “complete contempt.”
Mike Edwards, chair of Keep Llangollen Special, who earlier this week wrote to Lesley Griffiths asking her to call in the change proposals, said the situation had now reached the stage where it would be impossible for the change proposals to be undone.
Closure date given for Llan injuries unit
* Now with Keep Lllangollen Health Services comment at foot of story
The minor injuries service is due to transfer from Llangollen Community Hospital to the Health Centre during the week commencing the 3rd of March.
The last paragraph says: “In Llangollen the minor injuries service
will transfer from the Community Hospital to the Health Centre during the week
commencing the 3rd of March.”
The minor injuries service is due to transfer from Llangollen Community Hospital to the Health Centre during the week commencing the 3rd of March.
That piece of important information for
local people is buried in the last paragraph of a press release issued
yesterday (Thursday) by the Betsi
Cadwaladr University Health Board.
The release, which llanblogger has
picked up from the board’s website, is mostly about new opening hours for the
minor injuries service across the region.
It says: “For some hospitals opening
hours will be extended further once staffing arrangements have been completed.
“The Minor Injuries
Service is one of the care options available to people who become ill or suffer
an injury: as its name implies it is intended for people who suffer a physical
injury such as a cut, insect bite or sprain.
“Other care options
include:
·
For minor illnesses
and injuries that don’t need to be seen by a nurse or doctor you can use over-the
counter medicines and dressings. If you need healthcare advice you can visit a
local pharmacy or contact NHS Direct on 08 45 46 47.
·
For more serious
illness or persistent pain you should contact your GP for advice and treatment.
Outside office hours the GP out of hours service can be called via your normal
GP surgery number or by ringing NHS Direct 08 45 46 47.
·
If someone is badly
injured or very ill then they should be taken to an Accident & Emergency
Department or, for genuine emergency cases, call 999 for the ambulance service
to arrange an appropriate response.”
The release goes on
to list the places where Minor Injuries
Services are available.
These include
Denbigh Infirmary (8:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to
Friday), Mold Community Hospital
(8:30am to 6:00pm) and Wrexham Maelor
Hospital (24 hour minor injuries and A&E service).
The last paragraph says: “In Llangollen the minor injuries service
will transfer from the Community Hospital to the Health Centre during the week
commencing the 3rd of March.”
+ Meanwhile, a llanblogger reader has
sent in a picture he took of a notice which says that the minor injuries unit
at Chirk Hospital will close next Monday (February 18).
Mike Edwards, chair of Keep Llangollen Special, which recently raised the issue of Llangollen Hospital and local services with wales' Health Minister Lesley Griffiths, said of the latest development: "My main concern would be that as far as I am aware there have been no official notifications to advise patients what is actually happening and when.
"The Community Health Council seems to have not acted decisively to object to BCUHB's confirmed proposals and asked the Health Minister to call them in and examine them in the public interest.
"In the absence of this the Health Board are clearly pushing ahead with their reorganisation and it will be shortly be impossible for anyone to undo them, be it the Minister or anyone else."
A spokesman for the group Keep Llangollen Health Services said: “The Health Board seem to be treating Llangollen and the service users in the community with complete contempt.
"I sincerely hope that the Health Board have put in place the necessary arrangements in order for the Health Centre to be able accommodate the new patients that they’ll be receiving.
"The Health Board need to ensure that the people of Llangollen and the surrounding area are fully aware of the change – the last thing we want is to see a patient suffering and not knowing where to turn to because the hospital is closed and the information hasn’t been properly circulated.
"It’s great that Llanblogger is trying to ensure that people are aware of these changes in advance.
"The Health Board cannot ignore public opinion, and that’s why the Community Health Council must intervene and insist that the final decision is taken by the Health Minister, it’s on her door step after all.
"The fight to keep our Health Services in this valley continues because this Valley, it’s people and it’s visitors deserve a proper community based health service.”
"The Community Health Council seems to have not acted decisively to object to BCUHB's confirmed proposals and asked the Health Minister to call them in and examine them in the public interest.
"In the absence of this the Health Board are clearly pushing ahead with their reorganisation and it will be shortly be impossible for anyone to undo them, be it the Minister or anyone else."
A spokesman for the group Keep Llangollen Health Services said: “The Health Board seem to be treating Llangollen and the service users in the community with complete contempt.
"I sincerely hope that the Health Board have put in place the necessary arrangements in order for the Health Centre to be able accommodate the new patients that they’ll be receiving.
"The Health Board need to ensure that the people of Llangollen and the surrounding area are fully aware of the change – the last thing we want is to see a patient suffering and not knowing where to turn to because the hospital is closed and the information hasn’t been properly circulated.
"It’s great that Llanblogger is trying to ensure that people are aware of these changes in advance.
"The Health Board cannot ignore public opinion, and that’s why the Community Health Council must intervene and insist that the final decision is taken by the Health Minister, it’s on her door step after all.
"The fight to keep our Health Services in this valley continues because this Valley, it’s people and it’s visitors deserve a proper community based health service.”
Major scheme to improve the Dee
The Daily Post is reporting today that a major project is to be launched to improve the River Dee.
See the full story at: http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2013/02/15/major-initiative-to-improve-the-river-dee-55578-32813150/
See the full story at: http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2013/02/15/major-initiative-to-improve-the-river-dee-55578-32813150/
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