Care home residents and staff are set to be among the first in the world to receive the new, variant-tackling jabs from next week, as the NHS Covid-19 vaccination programme moves to the next phase.

Due to start during the week of 5 September, NHS staff across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West (BOB) begin the next phase of the COVID-19 vaccination programme. 

The charity Blood Pressure UK is running its annual ‘Know Your Numbers’ Week campaign from 5-11 September 2022.

Patients are urged to choose well over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Patients across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West are being reminded to order repeat prescriptions in plenty of time for the August Bank Holiday weekend.

As part of our transformation into an ICS, HTI spoke to Ross Fullerton, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS).

NHS community musculoskeletal services (MSK) in Oxfordshire are moving to a new provider from 1 October 2022.

People in Oxfordshire are urged to take care as temperatures increase again across the UK.

Warnings about exceptionally hot weather across large parts of England have been issued by the Met Office and UK Health Security and remain in place for Thursday 11 August through to Sunday 14 August.

Chief Executive of NHS England; Amanda Pritchard, reflects on her first year in the role.