Month: December 2012

Local Jobs

Fancy a change in the new year, we are looking for experienced & dedicated front of house staff to join the team in the restaurant and creative fun-loving people with gourmet food retail experience for our fantastic shop. Send us…

Success for Re-opening of Tarves Surgery

Tarves Community Council and campaigners to save Tarves Surgery are pleased to announce that Haddo Medical Group are planning to re-open Tarves Surgery in February 2013.  An advert for staff will go out early January and they will need to…

Concern at Tarves Vandalism

Recent vandalism at Tarves Primary School and a local shop has concerned local Councillors Paul Johnston and Cryle Shand.  The issue was raised at Tarves Community Council where Councillor Johnston said he was in the process of contacting the local…

Thanks to Local Business for donation

  Published on Friday 14 December 2012 16:52 in the Ellon Times TARVES Primary School enjoyed a bit of festive cheer, after a £250 donation from a local business towards a new sound system for the school’s Hall.  Local undertaker…

Tarves surgery set to reopen

Tarves folk are celebrating following a tentative decision to reopen Tarves surgery in the New Year.  Confirmation that the GP facility is set to open its doors again within weeks comes after scores of local residents gathered outside the building…

Communities act to protect their own services.

Community spirit? Tinctures, potions and pills as well….. Three Aberdeenshire communities have decided to take local health care into their own hands by making an application for a community-owned pharmacy in the village of Pitmedden. The pharmacy will be run…

NHS Pitmedden dispensing decision backs Community

Dispensing SAVED at Pitmedden Surgery Hope for Tarves surgery re-opening NHS Grampian have just voted by the narrow margin of 11 to 9 to back a recommendation to reverse the decision to stop dispensing medicines from the Doctors Surgery at…