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Henley marches for Townlands beds
11/07/15
Henley town centre came to a standstill as a crowd of residents marched to save beds at Townlands Hospital.
How to stay off tobacco
06/10/14
THE NHS has published a list of 10 self-help tips to help you resist the temptation to light up as follows: 1. Think positive — tell yourself that you are going to do it. 2. Make a plan — set a date to quit and stick to it and don’t be put off by a ...
Woman’s fury at cancer op delay
11/08/14
A WOMAN with terminal cancer has told of her anger at being denied life-extending surgery due to a lack of hospital beds. Lynne Carter, 65, was diagnosed with stage four peritoneal cancer in January and was due to have an operation to remove part ...
Time for flu jab
15/09/14
DOCTORS are urging people in at-risk groups to have a flu jab. They warn that flu is a serious illness and can be fatal and people in at-risk groups should be immunised annually. You can have a flu jab free on the NHS if you are over 65, ...
Work begins on Henley hospital revamp
26/06/14
The refurbishment of Henley's Townlands Hospital began with a ground-breaking ceremony at the site.
Historic tree felled at Townlands
11/04/14
A lime tree thought to be 200 years old has been felled in readiness for the redevelopment of Henley's hospital.
Crowds turned away at Townlands meeting
12/06/15
Scores of people could not get into a meeting on the future of Henley's Townlands Hospital when seats ran out.
Fewer NHS patients to qualify for transport
20/10/14
THE eligibility criteria for patients using non- emergency patient transport in Oxfordshire will change from November 1. It follows an increase in demand for the service over the past four years. The service, which provides transport ...
Non-virus hospital admissions slump
04/05/20
MEDICS fear some people may be putting their lives at risk because they are nervous about attending the emergency department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. The hospital has reconfigured its layout and is now operating a ...
Locum doctors join established team full-time
13/02/17
WHEN Dr Burnett retires three GPs will join the practice. Dr Claire Webster, a long-term locum at the practice, will go full-time and Dr Nick Smith, who was a registrar in 2013, will return. Dr Samuel Muncey, who is currently a ...
Home care no substitute for lost beds, say patients
11/12/23
THE head of a patients’ group in Henley says that losing seven care beds in Henley will be “another nail in the coffin” for healthcare in the area. Janet Waters, who chairs the Bell Surgery’s Patient Participation Group, has ...
Axed NHS beds 'not significant'
16/11/24
THE Health Secretary will not revisit the decision to close NHS-funded and operated beds in Henley because they are “not significant”. The seven “step-down” beds were removed from the Chilterns Court care centre, next door ...
So Selfish
22/08/22
THIS Mini is repeatedly parked in the car park at the Henley GP surgeries when it shouldn’t be there. It takes up a valuable space that is designed for use by disabled, elderly and sick people who need to use it. But when ...
Mother campaigns after losing nephew to meningitis
CATHERINE SCHRIER knows how devastating meningitis can be after her three-year-old nephew Oscar Gale died from the disease in 2001. Ms Schrier, 38, of Elizabeth Close, Henley, was staying with her sister Emma, Oscar’s ...
Counselling service in search of premises
20/04/17
A COUNSELLING service in Henley was told it would cost more than £20,000 a year for the use of two rooms at the new Townlands Memorial Hospital. Riverside Counselling is looking for a permanent base but said it could ...
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