Aylesbury Today - Dear PatriciaThe Bucks Herald is campaigning over the health service in Bucks amid budget cuts and growing populationsHospice bed numbers could be cut in half- February 9, 2007 THE number of beds at Florence Nightingale House, the Aylesbury Hospice, could be reduced by half as part of a series of cuts to primary healthcare in Aylesbury Vale, The Buckhttp://www.bucksherald.co.uk/dearpatricia/Hospice-bed-numbers-could-be.2039736.jp Is this really the best year ever for the NHS- February 9, 2007 HEALTH Secretary Patricia Hewitt says the NHS is enjoying its 'best year ever'.http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/dearpatricia/Is-this-really-the-best.2039733.jp Challenging times ahead for acting chief executive- February 9, 2007 THE acting chief executive of the Vale of Aylesbury Primary Care Trust has admitted she is facing one of her biggest challenges trying to balance the books.http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/dearpatricia/Challenging-times-ahead-for-acting.2039730.jp Doctors refuse to let their patients suffer- February 9, 2007 DOCTORS furious at cuts to healthcare services in Aylesbury Vale took the unprecedented step yesterday (Tuesday) of voicing their fears publicly.http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/dearpatricia/Doctors-refuse-to-let-their.2039728.jp More doctors hit out over cuts to services- February 9, 2007 DOCTORS at two more Aylesbury surgeries have backed our Dear Patricia campaign after the team at Meadowcroft surgery took the unprecedented step of voicing their fears publiclhttp://www.bucksherald.co.uk/dearpatricia/More-doctors-hit-out-over.2039715.jp Hospice beds will definitely be axed- February 9, 2007 CUTBACKS to the level of care offered at Florence Nightingale House, the Aylesbury hospice, will happen, The Bucks Herald understands.http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/dearpatricia/Hospice-beds-will-definitely-be.2039706.jp Primary care trust seeks to reassure care home patients- February 9, 2007 PEOPLE who have relatives in a home for elderly severely mentally infirm residents in Stone say they are appalled after receiving a letter asking if they would like their relahttp://www.bucksherald.co.uk/dearpatricia/Primary-care-trust-seeks-to.2039703.jp 'I am a ticking time bomb without treatement'- February 9, 2007 A WOMAN says she feels like a ticking timebomb after she was told there was no money available to treat her in hospital for a problem with her veins which could develop into thttp://www.bucksherald.co.uk/dearpatricia/39I-am-a-ticking-time.2039701.jp Speak out at Primary Care Trust AGM- February 9, 2007 MORE than 1,000 people have now signed up to The Bucks Herald's Dear Patricia campaign, which is calling on the Government to give assurances about the future of healthcarhttp://www.bucksherald.co.uk/dearpatricia/Speak-out-at-Primary-Care.2039698.jp Dear Patricia campaign hits the streets- February 9, 2007 OUR Dear Patricia campaign hit the streets of Buckingham on Saturday and, thanks to the efforts of town councillors Robin Stutchbury, Derrick Isham, Tingewick parish councillohttp://www.bucksherald.co.uk/dearpatricia/Dear-Patricia-campaign-hits-the.2039693.jp |