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Ambulance service promises to improve response times
29/08/22
SOUTH Central Ambulance Service has promised changes after its response times were found to require improvement. The Care Quality Commission also found the safety and parts of the service were inadequate. It said key areas of improvement were ...
Shoppers urged not to park at hospital
15/09/14
SHOPPERS have been asked not to use the car park at Townlands Hospital in Henley unless they are visiting it. The plea was made by the firm redeveloping the site at a public meeting to update residents on progress of the new £16 million ...
Firefighters to answer all 999 calls in town
20/10/14
HENLEY’S firefighters will answer every emergency call in the town by 2017. Station commander Marcus Reay made the pledge at a meeting of the town council’s town and community committee. The station’s part-time crews currently answer ...
GPs survey
13/01/14
PATIENTS have been invited to give their feedback on the GP surgeries in Goring and Woodcote. Anyone registered at either practice can fill out a form at www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013ppgsurvey or pick up a form at either surgery. The ...
Centre party
14/04/14
A CENTRE for autistic adults in Tokers Green will host a reception to mark the first anniversary of its refurbishment. The Maples was officially opened by TV presenter Gabby Logan. The £1.5million, six-acre site in Dysons Wood ...
Woman condemns destruction of tree for hospital car park
22/04/14
A TEARFUL woman watched as a tree she had fought to protect was chopped down. Patricia Campbell, 86, had campaigned to save the 200-year-old lime tree in the grounds of Townlands Hospital, near her home in York Road, Henley. ...
GP retires after a quarter of a century
18/01/14
A DOCTOR at a Henley surgery is to retire after 25 years. Dr Elizabeth Collett, 59, who joined Bell Surgery in York Road in 1989, will leave in March. She worked in London for 12 years before moving to Russells Water and ...
Why a career in social care is so rewarding and worthwhile
06/11/20
FEATURED POST: COVID-19 has made millions of us assess our priorities including family, lifestyle and work. The virus has also meant many are considering career alternatives with tens of thousands of vacancies available ...
Surgeries to open via phone over Easter
09/04/20
DOCTORS' surgeries in the Henley area will be open for telephone appointments tomorrow (Good Friday) and on Easter Monday. The Oxfordshire NHS clinical commissioning group has taken the decision in order to alleviate ...
Strict new measures introduced to curb virus spread
24/03/20
HENLEY is waking up to life under lockdown after strict new measures were announced by Boris Johnson last night (Monday) to tackle the spread of coronavirus. The Prime Minister said people should leave home only to ...
Disability charity closes centre in response to pandemic
23/03/20
THE Chiltern Centre in Henley closed its doors on Saturday in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The centre, off Greys Road, offers a range of care services to young people aged 16 to 30 with learning ...
Why now’s the time to get fit and stay fit to improve your physical wellbeing
19/11/20
ADVERTISEMENT FEATURES: Let’s get physical! One of the dangers of lockdown is to be lulled into laziness, watch too many box sets, eat and drink too much, but there is no excuse to not start exercising ...
Crucial system fighting to win war against virus
03/07/20
The NHS Test and Trace service brings together testing, contact tracing and outbreak management into an end-to-end service to stop the spread of the virus and help us move out of lockdown. It is ...
COVID-19: All your key questions answered…
23/10/20
With winter fast approaching, it is now more important than ever for us all to carry on following COVID-19 precautions to help stop the spread of the virus by always observing the three-tier ...
Townlands beds protest not widespread says MP
19/10/17
JOHN HOWELL says the new Townlands Memorial Hospital had “enormous” support from outside the town despite protests at the decision not to have beds there. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, ...
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