Health

A Banbury care home’s new manager says she is ‘looking forward to putting smiles on residents’ faces’ as she re-joined the parent company.

Sport England, Run Together Cherwell and Cherwell District Council (CDC) are looking for volunteers to train as run leaders.

Health campaigners have slammed the decision to suspend all new vasectomy procedures on the NHS in Oxfordshire until next year and potentially indefinitely.

The Horton’s midwife-led maternity unit was closed to deliveries and home births suspended on Wednesday, August 8, when the hospital trust requisitioned midwives to the busy JR unit in Oxford.

A woman with appendicitis was shuttled around three wards at Oxford’s JR hospital because of a lack of beds.

Members of the public are being asked to contribute to a strategy for older people in Oxfordshire.

A Banbury care home has been given an Oxfordshire County Council grant to fund a monthly meeting for dementia sufferers.

Patients only have until Friday (August 3) to nominate hospital staff who have gone above and beyond the call of duty.

A Warwickshire champion of the Horton General Hospital has been appointed to Stratford District Council’s cabinet.

A dedicated Banbury teenager was showered with praise as she waved goodbye to her fellow young St John Ambulance volunteers.

Banbury MP Victoria Prentis has waded into the row over where Deddington villagers are allowed to get their prescriptions cashed in.

A Banbury care home has been given the seal of approval by health watchdog inspectors, with residents and relatives praising helpful and attentive staff members.

Children in Oxfordshire who have suffered abuse and neglect need planned services to be assured of help and save increased mental distress as adults.

A Banbury woman is facing her fears with a charity sky dive as she tries to prepare herself for an equally-scary operation to remove her bladder.

Patients and their families at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury have been issued important advice on how to stay cool during the heatwave.

The North Oxfordshire MP called on the Government to think about pregnant women from Banbury who have to travel to Oxford to give birth and their families during the heatwave.

Banburyshire campaign group Keep the Horton General (KTHG) says Deddington villagers should be allowed to continue collecting medicines from their GP.