Concerns aired over access issues to minor injury unit at Blairgowrie Cottage Hospital

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Members of Blairgowrie and Rattray Community Council raised a number of issues with representatives from Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership at the community council’s most recent meeting, held last week.

Following a presentation by Amanda Taylor and Lisa Milligan, community councillors queried why it was so difficult for members of the public to access the care and treatment services available in Blairgowrie Cottage Hospital.

Conservative-elected councillor for the Blairgowrie and the Glens ward, Bob Brawn, also raised concerns. He said: “We have had people turning up at the hospital with injuries that could not be treated there and they had to be directed to A&E.“We were told before Covid that there would be a local number that people could phone to get advice - not 111, which can take 20 to 30 minutes to answer.

People can die in that time.”Ms Taylor responded by explaining: “We’re trying to help the community understand where they should present.