Bobby Bragg passes away

Bobby Bragg passes away

It is with great sadness to deliver the tragic news of the recent passing of Radio Horton’s Vice President, Bobby Bragg who recently lost his battle with a long term illness. Bobby worked on virtually every game show, sitcom and chat show produced by popular TV broadcasters such as the BBC and ITV, to date in excess of 4,000 programmes.…

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Radio Horton helps Children’s Ward Celebrate National Play in Hospital Week 2016

Winner of 5 to 9 yrs

National Play in Hospital Week is organised by the National Association of Health Play Specialists (NAHPS) and Starlight Children’s Foundation is delighted to support NPIHW for a sixth year. This special week is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of play and activity in the treatment of poorly children and young people. Radio Horton teamed…

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New service at HART of Oxfordshire patient care

HART Team

A new service that aims to deliver high quality care in Oxfordshire patients’ own homes or places of residence has been launched. The new Home Assessment Reablement Team (HART), launched on 1 October, will allow people to leave hospital once their medical needs are stable or to remain at home after a minor accident or illness, rather than being admitted…

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One week to Nominate Horton Staff for Patients Choice Award

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Patients Choice Award

Just one week remains for patients and their loved ones from across the Banbury area to nominate Horton hospital staff who have delivered outstanding care to them over the past year for a new recognition award. The Patients’ Choice Award, run by Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust, is an opportunity for patients to thanks members of staff who…

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OUH Trust temporarily suspends Horton obstetric unit

At an Extraordinary Board Meeting held yesterday (31st August 2016), the Board of Directors of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have determined that for immediate and real patient safety reasons contingency plans must be put in place to temporarily suspend obstetric services at Horton General Hospital in Banbury from 1 October 2016. The decision was made after it was revealed that…

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Horton Q&A Public Meeting at St Mary’s Banbury

St Marys Church - Horton General Hospital Public Meeting

Crowds turned out in force once again to attend a public meeting at St. Mary’s Church on Thursday, jointly organised by Victoria Prentis MP and Banbury Town Council in which executives from the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust* and the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group** answered questions from the public concerning the future of the Horton General Hospital and in particular…

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Thousands turnout to support Hands around Our Horton Protest

Hands around Horton

Map showing Hands around our Horton route Hands around the Horton protest route Close to 5,000 people took to the streets to support the “Hands around our Horton” protests at Banbury’s Horton General Hospital today. The protest, organised by Keep the Horton General as a cross-party campaign formed a one mile route of members of the public joining hands around the…

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Interview with Dr. Miller concerning future of Obstetrics at Horton

Horton General Hospital, Banbury, Oxford Road entrance

Radio Horton exclusively spoke with Dr. Veronica Miller, Clinical Director for Women’s Services concerning the possibility of suspension of the obstetric services in the Horton’s maternity unit. The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recently announced its contingency plans to convert the unit to a midwife led facility,  following the difficulties in recruiting obstetric doctors. In an exclusive interview with…

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Meeting to determine whether the obstetric service at the Horton needs to be suspended

Horton General Hospital, Banbury, Oxford Road entrance

The Board of Directors of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will now hold an Extraordinary meeting of the Trust Board on Wednesday 31 August at 3pm at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The meeting will consider whether or not obstetric services at the Horton General Hospital will be suspended from the end of September this year because of…

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Health & Heartbreak: Healthcare Before the NHS

Author, Jeannie Duckworth

A Gloucestershire author has had her book, ‘Health and Heartbreak – Healthcare Before the NHS’, published in February this year. Radio Horton’s resident Live at Three presenter, Liz MacLeod took the opportunity to speak with author, Jeannie Duckworth about the release of her book, and to find out what healthcare was like in Britain, prior to 1948. Listen back below.…

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