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WE want better communication with our health care providers, we want a minor injuries department, X ray facilities, more provision for respite care and we want our local GPs to be more involved with our care at Thame Community Hospital. Oh, and by the way, we want to keep our Day Centre!
These were some of the views expressed by local people to the organisation responsible for providing community health services in Thame, The Hospitals NHS Trust which hosted an event at Thame Barns Centre yesterday.
VISION FOR THE FUTURE
The aim of this meeting and several similar events planned around Buckinghamshire and Thame, is for the Trust to give an update on its current progress since its integration with Community Health Buckinghamshire in April, to share its ?vision for the future? and to seek views on how it can provide more healthcare services in the community.
?We want to find out what is important to our patients and how we can make the best use of our community hospitals, ensuring they are an integral part of the communities they serve,? explained Lynne Swiatczak, the Trust?s Chief nurse and Director of patient care standards.
M/s Swiatczak explained that the Trust?s ideas for the future included improved care for long term conditions such as terminal illness, COPD (Asthma and other breathing conditions), heart failure and diabetes; increased use of community hospitals, developing more local access to services and making community hospitals the centre of the community.
WORKING IN TEAMS
She said that the Trust wanted to bring together nursing, therapy and social care workers into integrated teams to provide a ??.fully comprehensive and seamless service, responding to urgent health and social care needs 24/7.?
Brenda Prosser, a former Social Worker, welcomed this initiative, pointing out that working in care teams was the norm in her day and worked very well.
INPATIENT BEDS TO STAY AT THAME?
M/s Swiatczak said that the Trust intended to retain inpatient beds at Thame hospital and focus on ?more active rehabilitation eg hip operations, which is better for the patient, the carers and the family.? Finally, the Trust aimed to provide more health services from Thame hospital ??to ensure that it is an integral part of the local community.?
HOW WILL THE CHANGES BE PAID FOR?
A local man, Mr Royal, asked if the Trust has actual plans to make these changes and how it was going to pay for them. The answer was: ?We have some plans more worked out than others which need ?meat put on the bones.? There is no doubt that now the NHS is ?under the cosh? and has to save
THE police officer in charge of the investigation into the murder of a Thame hotel employee, has asked that his family now be left if peace to mourn him.
Det Ch Insp Steve Tolmie, said this afternoon: ?I am aware that there has been some speculation surrounding the circumstances of Mr Varian?s death in the local media.
?Thames Valley Police can confirm that Mr Varian died as a result of decapitation.
?This was a horrific and callous murder and I would request that Mr Varian?s family are now given the privacy they deserve to mourn their loved one.?
Jonathan Limani, 33, has been charged with murder and remanded to provisionally appear at Oxford Crown Court on October 22.
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A tribute to Chris Varian, who was horrifically murdered on Saturday at the Oxfordshire Golf Club, near Thame, has been released on behalf of his family:
“Chris was a wonderful person, everyone?s friend. You could not wish to find a harder and more honest worker.
“He was truly a gentle man who wouldn?t hurt a fly. His passing leaves a hole in this family which can never be filled or forgotten.”
Chris, aged 32, leaves behind his parents, brother and sister.
FOLLOWING the violent killing of an employee at the Oxfordshire Golf Club on Saturday, the Police Commander for Oxfordshire, Chief Supt Brendan O?Dowda, said: ?I would like to reassure the community in the area that this was an isolated incident and, at this time, we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the enquiry.
?The incident happened in a private area at the Oxfordshire Golf Club. Local officers from the neighbourhood team will be patrolling the area and available to talk to any residents who might feel concerned or worried.”
?On behalf of the police I would like to offer my sympathies and condolences to the victim?s family at this difficult time.?
Anyone who would like to speak to the neighbourhood policing team or with information about the incident is urged to contact Thames Valley Police on 0845 8 505 505.
If you don?t want to speak to police and don?t want to leave your name contact the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.
LINK to Youtube video of Sgt Hookham (pictured) giving assurance to local people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlpK7kseBPI&feature=player_embedded
IT has been revealed today that the hotel manager, murdered on Saturday at The Oxfordshire Golf Club, was actually decapitated by his assailant.
An employee of the Oxfordshire, Jonathan Limani, 33, who also lived at the golf club in Rycote Lane, Thame, was remanded in custody at Oxford Crown Court earlier today.
Limani is charged with murdering Christopher Varian, aged 32, on Saturday, August 21, and is due to enter a plea on October 22.
IMAGE: The Oxfordshire Golf Club
AT a meeting of the trustees of the Thame and District Day Centre yesterday, they expressed their pleasure at the reassurance received on Friday, August 20, from the Buckinghamshire Hospitals Trust that the Trust is happy to support its current agreement with the Centre.
This means that the Thame & District Day Centre can continue to use the Day Centre’s accommodation at the Community Hospital for the next few months and maybe much longer, at the nominal rent they pay at the moment, instead of the
THE driver of a car escaped serious injury during the early hours of this morning, after the vehicle collided with a house during torrential rain.
The Collision, on Thame Road in Tetsworth, happened at around a quarter past midnight.
Crew Manager, Kevin Morgan, from Thame fire station, said, ?I would urge drivers and motorists to take extra care on the roads during bad weather and to wear their seatbelts.
“Oxfordshire Fire & Rescue Service are promoting a safety campaign ?365 Alive? where we aim to reduce 365 deaths, save
THAMES Valley Police have charged a man with murder following an incident at The Oxfordshire Golf Club, Rycote Lane in Thame.
Jonathan Limani aged 33 from Rycote Lane, Thame has been charged with murder and remanded in custody to appear before Oxford Magistrates Court tomorrow (23/8).