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Over 70s are asked to contact the NHS to have their COVID-19 vaccine   The NHS in North Yorkshire is asking people aged 70 and over who have not yet been invited to have their COVID-19 vaccination to come forward and arrange a jab. Until now, the NHS has asked people not to contact them about their …

Over 70 and not had your COVID jab yet? Read More »

What is it? The Priority Services Register (PSR) is a free service which gives you extra help and keeps you safe. This could be if there was a power cut or an interruption to your gas supply, or if you need larger print bills, someone to read your meter more often, or specific support when …

Are you on the Priority Services Register with your energy supplier? Read More »

Amanda Bloor, North Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s Accountable Officer, will be taking part in a Covid-19 question and answer session hosted by North Yorkshire County Council at 7.30 on Wednesday 20 January. If you have any burning questions you want to ask about vaccinations, or other COVID matters, this would be an excellent event for …

COVID-19: Your Questions Answered by North Yorks NHS Read More »

Health leaders in North Yorkshire and York are urging people to be patient as the phased rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations accelerates. The NHS is currently offering the COVID vaccine to people most at risk from coronavirus. There is no need for patients to get in touch with their GP surgery – their surgery will contact …

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The Prime Minister addressed the nation last night outlining a national lockdown in England. In summary: England will be entering a national lockdown, the Government is instructing people to stay at home and this will be backed up with legislation  People will be permitted to leave home for limited reasons, including shopping for essentials, work if you cannot …

Lockdown Mark 3: What you can and can’t do Read More »

From 00:01 on 31st December, North Yorkshire and York moved into tier 3. For information on tier 3 restrictions please visit the .GOV.UK website. We are still awaiting more information about library regulations and whether browsing is allowed. Click and collect is still available as is booking computer time. We are still operating our community transport …

NORTH YORKSHIRE MOVES INTO TIER 3 FROM 31ST DECEMBER Read More »

The government has scrapped plans to relax Covid rules at Christmas for London and much of south-east England, where tier four restrictions will now apply. In other regions of England, including Harrogate district – in tiers one to three – Christmas bubbles will now only be allowed on 25 December.  Harrogate district, for now, remains …

New rules on mixing at Christmas Read More »

To use what is quickly becoming a hackneyed phrase, this year has been a year like no other! We want to thank the extraordinarily kind and generous volunteers who have given up their time to help others. There are so many of you throughout Nidderdale and Washburn it is impossible to mention you all by …

Merry Christmas!……And our Christmas opening hours Read More »

At a live, Yorkshire-wide, on line awards ceremony on Friday 11th December, our team of volunteer drivers were one of the 10 winners of the “Big thank You” Awards, announced by Harry Gration! (Sandra Walker is pictured above receiving the award on line from Harry Gration.) The awards have been set up by the Yorkshire-wide …

We won! Our wonderful volunteer drivers, worthy winners at JPI Media “Big Thank You” Awards Read More »

At Nidd Plus, we are planning how to recruit digital connectors–people who can help people who are digitally excluded get on line. We hope to roll the programme out early in January. But for anyone who is interested in helping people connect with friends and family this Christmas, there is a new Connect@Xmas initiative. This …

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