The Pinner Association
– The Voice of our Community
For those of you that live in the Pinner & Hatch End area’s of Ruislip, Northwood & Pinner Constituency. The information on the back for how to register for a postal/proxy vote is incorrect as it is only relevant to the Hillingdon part of the constituency.
You will need to apply through Harrow Council – links below
Unfortunately our local health trust was affected by the cyber attack on Friday.
This is the information that they have issued for patients.
Monday 15 May (Updated: 11am)
Since Friday’s cyber attack, staff across the Trust have been working tirelessly to ensure patients are cared for safely.
We identified the virus at 12.45pm on Friday (12 May) in three PCs and two servers. As soon as the virus was identified we took immediate action to protect our systems from any data loss and further corruption.
As a precaution we shut down a number of IT systems and some services are currently using paper-based systems. It is the precautionary measures we have taken that have caused most disruption, not the virus itself.
We continue to work with NHS Digital and will begin to switch our IT systems back on when we feel it is safe to do so.
In the meantime we are asking the public to help our staff and visit our emergency departments for serious and life-threatening injuries and conditions only. Please consider the alternatives, such as visiting your local walk-in centre, pharmacy or calling 111 for minor injuries and advice. This will help relieve pressure on our services.
Advice for patients
Patients are asked to attend their appointment or operation as planned over the coming days, unless they have been contacted and told not to attend. If patients or their loved ones need to get in touch about their appointment or operation, please call (instead of email) our main hospital switchboards:
We apologise for any delays and cancellations that patients will experience and we thank you for your continued patience and cooperation as we work to resolve these issues.
Pinner Association will be putting on the annual “Concerts in the Park”.
The dates are 30 July, 6, 13 & 20 August in the afternoon.
Please find attached the latest report about Pinner Wood School Site. Click on the link below
This is the reply to a public question raised at the last cabinet meeting asked of Councillor Christine Robson, Portfolio Holder for Children, Schools and Young People about Pinner Wood School. (27 April 17)
Question:
“What sites are you concurrently researching for a PINNER ONE-SITE solution in September?”
Answer:
Extracting the information from the recording of the answer. The following sites have been specifically been mentioned as potential for a pop-up school for PWS in September in reply to the above question.
The road works have now been completed and you can access the Pinn Medical Centre via Avenue Road/Love Lane
Love Lane at the junction with The Avenue is closed due to a burst water pipe. It may remain closed until 5 May.
To reach The Pinn Medical Centre please use Bridge Street
The 85th AGM of The Pinner Association, held on 26th April 2017 was attended by some 90 to 100 local residents. Greater detail will be available in the next copy of “The Villager”.
The guest speaker was Dr. Amol Kelshiker, Chair of the Harrow Clinical Commissioning Group. In his most interesting presentation he explained the work of this Group, which involves all GP surgeries in the area, and the challenges it faces in providing the best possible level of primary care to all members of the community. With very high levels of diabetes, obesity (especially of children), a great many over-80s and under-5s, and decreasing numbers of available GPs it is necessary to find solutions for patients using traditional and “innovative” methods. The Group is, however, fortunate to have available the resources of Northwick Park Hospital, a recognized centre of excellence, and is also committed to trying to implement a policy of prevention rather than cure.
Dr. Kelshiker’s presentation was followed by the AGM itself when Robin Youle was elected as President and Christine Wallace as Chairman; the Vice-Chairman’s position remaining unfilled; with the other Officers and the Committee being unanimously elected/re-elected.
The Open Forum that took place after the AGM led to some lively questioning from the floor. The first question naturally covered the burning issue of the day : the future of Pinner Wood School. Mr. Daniel Lester, Head of Communications at Harrow Council, was present to explain the current situation and future plans so far as they have been able to be formulated in what is a very uncertain situation. Insofar as the summer term is concerned Keystages 1 and 2 have been appropriately, though temporarily resited at the Civic Centre and Whitefriars School respectively, with the setting-up of appropriate transport facilities, but for the new school year nothing is yet certain. If safety can be assured it may be possible to install a “pop-up” school on the existing playing fields of the school but this is still an unknown. Twenty possible locations for a one-site solution to house the school for the start of the autumn term are under consideration, and Harrow Council will announce their decision at the end of May. What is certain is that the cost of managing this problem will run to millions of pounds and it is hoped that various government funds will be available to pay for this. Mr. Lester praised the incredibly helpful attitude and support of all local schools and of the local population.
Other questions raised concerned Pinner Memorial Park and the availability of its resources to all members of the public and the need to set up a Park Users’ Group; traffic problems at the Bridge Street – Love Lane roundabout; the dangers of the positioning of the zebra crossing at the end of Chapel Lane and the state of the footpath in Chapel Lane. A further question was asked about activities for young people in Pinner; many are now taking place at the Heath Robinson Museum.
The meeting closed at 10 p.m.
To see Harrow Councils second update, please click on the link below.