Age 40+ and checked your blood pressure recently? Get tested at your community pharmacy

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) carried out an inspection of the Midwifery-led Unit at the Horton General Hospital site in Banbury on 23 October 2023. They reviewed the service considering the Safe and Well-led domains and concluded that both were rated Requires Improvement. This rating has led the rating for this site being changed to Requires Improvement overall.

This year’s national No Smoking Day is Wednesday 13 March and the goal is simple: to encourage people who smoke to stop for a day (in the hope of stopping for good).  

Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) has pledged to help local smokers quit the habit in line with the Government’s plans to make the country smokefree by 2030. 

Junior doctors are due to take further strike action for five days from 7am on Saturday 24 February.   

The public have until Thursday 29 February to share their views on the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB) draft Primary Care Strategy.

Local NHS health teams are reminding eligible people that the free flu vaccines remain available until 31 March

The online webinar will be held via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 21 February,  6pm - 7pm with a presentation and your chance to ask questions to the panel.

Patients in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) will be able to get treatment for seven common conditions at their high street pharmacy from today. 

Local NHS services are urging parents and carers to book their children in for their missed measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, as measles cases continue to rise across the country.