Complete This Survey To Help Keep Vital Services at The Horton General

Could you please spend a few minutes to complete survey link below. The Oxfordshire University Hospital Trust, has launched a on line survey, to establish what services are required at the Banbury Horton Hospital. They have only aimed this survey at the 900 or so OUHFT registered members, mostly elderly trust members.

We fear, that this survey is designed, to get the desired result, to back up their decision to downgrade the Horton, to a day case unit.

Keep The Horton General Group, are extending the survey to all the Horton catchment area users. You may be aware, that there are plans afoot, to once again downgrade, Consultant led Maternity/Children’s services/Special Care Baby Unit/Paediatrics/Obstetrics/ 24hr Children’s ward, at the Banbury Horton Hospital.

Please click on, and complete survey below, then please forward to your contacts list, asking that they also complete survey, and forward to their contacts list. (Local)

Thanking You. Keith Strangwood. Chairman KTHG.

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Remarkable Achievement for Cricket Pavilion Fundraising

HCCHCC Pavilion plans-front

Way beyond the wildest expectations here’s the July Fundraising Update:

Sunday 10th July 2016 was a pretty remarkable day at Horley Cricket Club, apart from one early light shower, the sun shone all day. The club came together across all playing age groups, social members, supporters and villagers to raise on total over £2,500 for the new pavilion fund – way beyond the wildest expectations of the Fundraising Committee.

The day further emphasised what a great club this is and how it richly deserves the new facilities that it will eventually get.

There are too many people for the Fundraising Committee to thank so huge apologies in advance for those names missing off this list but here goes in no particular order(!): Ross; Terry; Clive; James; Jamie; Claire; Richard; Mark; Sue Row; Sue Row’s sister; Rosie; all juniors who played in the morning and all parents who supported them; all those that offered Promises for the Auction and all those that bought Promises; all who offered items for sale that have been held over for an auction of physical items later in the season; all 1st & 2nd team players that both played and supported; and finally thanks to playing friends of Horley from Long Compton CC and Sibford CC and their families.

A very high benchmark has been set and we now have a stockpile of physical items to auction later in the season. We’ve had new ideas for Fundraising including a Cheese and Wine Winter Evening – which will happen. Please keep the ideas coming. We are continuing positive funding discussions with ECB, OCB, CDC and Sport England but these processes are typically quite slow – bear with us. Many have asked when we can start to see some of the ‘Batometer’ on the pavilion beginning to be coloured in – watch this space!

Some more dates for your diary are below.

Fri 22nd July Summer Games Evening
Sat 13th Aug V.I.P. Pimms & Presecco evening
Sun 14th Aug Presidents Day
Mon 29th Aug Children’s Fundraising Day
Sun 4th Sept Parents v Children’s Match
Sat 15th Oct Annual Dinner Dance at Bloxham School

The cricket club bar is open whenever there is a match being played in addition until the end of July we will be open

  • Tuesday – Thursday 6:00 – 10.00
  • Friday from 6:00
  • Saturday and Sunday 2pm onwards

 Please feel free to come along have a drink and watch some cricket

Huge thanks to all one again

The Fundraising Committee

Shakespeare Medley – 23rd July

all the worlds a stageTo mark the 400 anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, a selection from his works will be performed by adults and children from Horley.

Tickets priced at £5 (adults) and £3 (children) available now from Dave and Jenny Reynolds.

All proceeds will go towards the church fund.

Only one performance starting at 6.00pm on Saturday  July 23rd in St Etheldreda’s Church

Family Fundraising Cricket Day – This Sunday 10th

Family Fundraising Cricket Day

We are very excited to announce the details for our upcoming Family Fundraising Cricket Day this Sunday. The day will run as follows  (all timings are approximate):

10am  –  Juniors cricket match
Midday  –  BBQ Farm shop burgers and sausages
1-2pm  –  Promises Auction
2pm  –  Adults cricket match

All comers are welcome on the day, including non-club members.  Please contact fundraising@horleycc.co.uk to let us know if you or your children would like to play.

If you are unable to be there on Sunday, but don’t want to miss out on bidding for some of our fabulous promises (see below), you can email fundraising@horleycc.co.uk with a ‘commission bid’. For this you need to  tell us the MAXIIMUM you would bid for that Lot. As with ebay, you won’t necessarily pay that total amount if you win. Bids will go up in increments so you could win with less than your maximum bid. However, if bidding goes above your maximum bid you will not win.

If you are coming for the juniors match, please stay on to support the adults, many of whom are parents who will be needing all the support they can get! Bring a picnic and make a day of it. The bar will be open all day.

So… here are the Lots for the Auction of Promises! Thank you SO much from all at the club to everyone who has kindly donated and committed to giving up their time. We were overwhelmed by the response. Some items offered were goods rather than services and we have decided to hold these back for another auction later in the year.
Lot 1      1 hours professional relaxation massage

Lot 2      2 cars cleaned

Lot 3      16 hours (2 days of building labour)

Lot 4      A professional photographic portrait session

Lot 5      1 hours dog walking

Lot 6      A professional interior design consultation

Lot 7      3 sets of shoes polished

Lot 8      ‘Fair Dinkum True Blue Aussie Experience’ (lesson/viewing of Aussie rules football, non-Fosters beer & BBQ) for 4

Lot 9       1 hour swimming lesson with Level 2 instructor

Lot 10     Professionally record a song with backing vocals and upload to Sound Cloud (suitable for under 18’s)

Lot 11     A cricket tea

Lot 12     Personal yoga lesson

Lot 13     3pm to 6pm in the pub on a Sunday for two, all drinks paid

Lot 14     2 nights at Dorset holiday cottage in Wareham (sleeps up to 6)

Lot 15     Lift to and from the airport

Lot 16     Cooking lesson and meal by professional Head Chef (6 people)

Lot 17     1 hour 1:1 batting coaching with Level 2 Coach

Lot 18     1 hour 1:1 bowling coaching with Level 2 Coach
See you on Sunday!

The Fundraising Team

more information found on www.horleycc.co.uk

Special Parish Council Meeting – July 14th

Are you concerned about the impact on our village of the closure of the B4100?

There will be a special Parish Council meeting at 7.30 on Thursday July 14th in the Old School to consider the closure of the Warwick Road for 8 weeks starting on 10 August.

This meeting is open to the public.

Agenda Items:

  1. Apologies
  2. Declaration of Interests
  3. Recently the Council has become aware of plans to close the B4100 Warwick Road for a period of 8 weeks from 10 August to 6 October, to facilitate the building of a new sewer.  The closure will be in the vicinity of Dukes Meadow, and will mean that traffic from Horley into Banbury will be required to find an alternative route.  The Parish Council has not been consulted on these proposals, and has had no opportunity to comment.Oxfordshire County Council has been invited to provide an officer to attend the meeting to provide further details, to explain the reasons for the road closure, and the measures which will be put in place to minimise the impact on Horley.
  4. Date of next meeting: 25 August 2016

See 16 07 14 agenda

No ‘Knit and Stitch’ Now until 8th Sept

knit-and-stitch[1]Next meeting is on Thursday 8th September

As there is a referendum vote being held in the Old School this Thursday, this week’s ‘Knit and Stitch’ Group meeting is cancelled. There will then be a summer break before the next one.

Any questions, please contact Alison Carr  Tel. 01295 730102.

Summer Fete – Next Saturday 25th June

Picture2Horley’s Summer Fete  is NEXT Saturday 25th June, lots of work has gone into making this annual event special so make sure you get there from 2 to 5pm, in the Old School and Church.

Stalls include the tombola, plants, bric-a-brac, splat the rat, homemade cakes, nice or nasty jars, water or wine and many more.

Wandering minstrels, refreshments – teas, cakes, Pimms and a barbecue

Raffle Prize Draw – first prize £100 cash, second prize a BMW for a weekend.

 

 

 

Here We Go Again – Hands Off Our Horton

Dear Horley Views.

As Chairman of KTHG and a resident of Horley. I was wondering if you would be willing to post our latest update, containing details of the Hospital Trusts, early options document, which has just been made public.
The proposed change options are staggering, if implemented, will severely affect, the availability of services at our Horton Hospital. In particular, the loss of A and E, and children’s ward and services. A trek to the Oxford JR, with our sick young ones is unthinkable.
Keith Strangwood. Chairman KTHG 2 Lane Close . Horley. 07740599736
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THIS COULD BE OUR BIGGEST FIGHT EVER
Breaking news – A&E, medicine, orthopaedics, CCU also at risk!
At today’s public session of the CPN, the OUHFT presented their “emerging options” for the Horton General Hospital. The OUHFT said all options will need to be assessed for activity, workforce, finance and estates and there will be a full consultation in October 2016.
Option 1 is what we currently have at the Horton General Hospital. It was initially presented to the CPN, and to the midwives on 3 June, as the “status quo” but more recently (perhaps as a result of unwanted publicity?) it has been honoured as an Option.
Option 1, the status quo, is what the experts in the form of the IRP decreed we must have, at the end of the last campaign in 2007/8.
Andrew Stevens, OUHFT Director of Planning & Information, said “Option 1 is the status quo but if we thought that was adequate ….. we would not be doing this exercise”.
So let’s look at Options 2 and 3, which the OUHFT believe to be the only real options.
Under Option 2, Banbury’s Horton General Hospital would:
  • Lose A&E – downgraded to GP urgent care and Minor Injuries Unit
  • Lose Acute Stroke and Rehab – downgraded to Rehab and Early Supported Discharge
  • Surgery (elective day cases) – would be limited to 8am to 3pm
  • Lose Surgery – elective inpatients
  • Lose elective orthopaedic inpatients
  • Medicine – elective day cases – would be limited to 8am – 3pm
  • Lose Medicine – elective inpatients
  • Medicine – non-elective inpatients – inpatient ward would be downgraded to frail assessment unit
  • Lose Critical adult care (Critical Care Unit)
  • Lose consultant-led Maternity – downgraded to Midwife Led Unit (ie no consultants or anaesthetists allocated to maternity)
  • Lose Special Care Baby Unit
  • Paediatric inpatients downgraded to paediatric observation and assessment unit (8-10)  (We think this means open 8am to 10pm, ie no overnight patients)
Under Option 3, Banbury’s Horton General Hospital would see:
  • A&E retained as “integrated urgent care centre with ED function + out of hours + minor injury unit + walk in centre”
  • Lose Acute Stroke and Rehab – downgraded to Rehab and Early Supported Discharge
  • Adult Critical Care – retained but in the form of a High Dependency Unit on-site + “e-ICU”
  • Lose consultant-led Maternity – downgraded to Midwife Led Unit (ie no consultants or anaesthetists allocated to maternity)
  • Lose Special Care Baby Unit
  • Paediatric inpatients downgraded to “paediatric observation and assessment unit, assessment and clinical decision unit (24/7)”
Keep the Horton General campaigners, midwives, SCBU staff and members of the public mounted a spirited and angry attack on the safety aspects of the options presented, the failure to communicate properly with staff, and the OUHFT’s failure to ensure that the so-called midwife staff representatives were indeed representative of the staff, their opinions and commitment to the Horton General Hospital.
We were delighted to hear from Andrew McHugh (practice manager) that, although he had supported previous OUHFT proposals, he was very concerned about the Midwife Led Unit (MLU) proposal. He had undertaken a survey of GPs in the area and they were “overwhelmingly against the MLU on the grounds of safety”.
Andrew Stevens (OUHFT) stressed that they are still “evaluating and refining options” and that there will be a full public consultation beginning October 2016. He repeatedly attributed the options to various Clinical Groups, and said the OUHFT would consider other options if put forward by the CPN. As KTHG is aware of other smaller hospitals running Consultant Led Units with middle-grade staff (something the OUHFT Dean maintains is not possible, thereby creating the very problem that the OUHFT seek to “solve”), this offers some hope .
A special CPN maternity workshop will be set up, including actual working midwives, and attempts were made to secure similar promises for A&E, paediatrics and inpatient orthopaedics.
KTHG chairman Keith Strangwood proposed a motion to remove the worst option, Option 2, from consideration, it being totally contrary to the statement in the same paper that “almost all the patients currently being cared for at the Horton will continue to be cared for locally”. A vote was taken after KTHG forced the issue, but unfortunately the motion did not pass, with 3 votes for striking out the option, and 9 for keeping the worst option in the process. The documents presented in the meeting are publicly available athttp://www.cherwell.gov.uk/…/CPN_Agenda___Meeting_doc_14061…The slide attached to this post is on page 11.