Health

THE MAN responsible for running Wexham Park Hospital has resigned following a clash with the health watchdog Monitor.

FINANCIAL management of healthcare in Buckinghamshire is "weak" according to a report by the Care Quality Commission yesterday.

A nurse who gave up hospital life to work as a carer has talked about her job and revealed that the most essential skill is "to be the type of person who will start a conversation with strangers in the queue in Tesco."
Jan Lancaster, 51, an SRN, became a carer 13 years ago with Universal Care in Beaconsfield Old Town because it offered flexible hours and, at £7.85 per hour, the pay is about the same as nursing. But the biggest motivation was the belief that she could make a bigger difference in people's homes than she could in a hospital.

BLOOD donation sessions will be held in Beaconsfield and Chalfont St Giles this month.

The first, on Wednesday, April 15, will be at The Beaconsfield School, in Wattleton Road, between 1.30pm and 3.25pm and 4.15pm and 6.45pm.

On April 17, a session will be held at The Memorial Hall, in Chalfont St Giles.

Booking appointments is advised. Call 08457 711711 or visit www.blood.co.uk.

While most of us were tucking into a hearty Christmas lunch kind hearted nurses Margaret Ottaway and Jackie Allen worked through Christmas.
Both are nurses with Iain Rennie Hospice at Home, a charity which provides palliative care across South Bucks to enable people with terminal illnesses to spend their last days and weeks in their own homes.

Well Baby Clinics on Thursdays, 9.30am to 11am in the Chalfont Community Centre, Gravel Hill.

Call Anne Toon on 01753 888 665.

Give blood on Wednesday, August 13, at The Beaconsfield School, Wattleton Road from 1.30pm to 3.25pm and from

4.15pm to 6.45pm. It is strongly recommended to book an appointment by calling 0845 7 711 711.

The results of this summer's drink-drive campaign shows drivers are still failing to get the message about the potential dangers of drink-driving.