10/05/2013 BBC Oxford News


10/05/2013

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Good evening. A dramatic rise in the number of

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operations cancelled at short notice. Hundreds have had surgery

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postponed because of a shortage of beds in hospital.

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And the system that promises fewer delays for passengers. It is

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designed to keep train times on track. And best foot forward for

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breast cancer. We hear from some of the women

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taking part in this year's and a lack of hospital beds has led

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to a dramatic increase in the number of operations needing to be

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cancelled. Hundreds of people needing routine surgery have had

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their operations postponed at the last minute. This is one day after

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the Care Quality commission warned that accident and emergency

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admissions are out of control. Why are some of many operations being

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cancelled? Dash-mac so many. What we are seeing is the knock-on effect on

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patients waiting for a routine operations in other parts of

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hospitals. If we look at the first three months of the year, 170

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patients were needing surgery at Milton Keynes General Hospital, they

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had their operations cancelled at the last minute. That is double the

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number for last year. In Buckinghamshire and 94 patients had

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their operations cancelled. That is four times higher than the year

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before. There were also large increases in Reading and Swindon. It

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is not like of surgeons -- lack of surgeons. Now, it is lack of beds.

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The beds are full of people coming into accident and emergency. We have

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people in beds that used to be on the waiting list. It is an overall

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problem. It is a lack of proper care pathways. People do not know when

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and how they will be moved on. Drastic things have to be done.

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patients Association wants changes to the new helpline. People don't

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really trust it yet. We also need more care in the community. The

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weather has also not helped. There have been more chest infections as a

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result of the weather. I wore operations being cancelled in

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Oxford? We simply do not know. Apparently the computer says not. We

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are not listed. It has often been running at full capacity, it has

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been working very hard to compete with the demand for its services. In

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Milton and they have assured us that they have been moving through the

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backlog of operations weight successfully now. NHS England has

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pledged that hospitals struggling for money will have a fix.

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A man arrested after a connection to Operation Bullfinch. It was an

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operation looking at child sex ring. He is charged with sexual

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assault of a girl between the age of 13 and 15. There are also two

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charges of assault. The court is ongoing at the Old Bailey.

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One woman was assaulted near Altrincham while she was walking on

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the bath with her young daughter. I'm undecided -- a man described as

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being in his least 40s exposed himself and then indecently

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assaulted the woman who was pushing her daughter in her body.

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Last weeks local elections left the Conservatives won seats short of an

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overall majority. Independent councillors were going to work with

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them but say that it is not a coalition and they will retain their

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independence. My key aim of the time is to make

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sure that we have a good stable administration. It only to see that

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we are all working for Oxfordshire. We are not bickering about party

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politics. I have not merged with the Conservatives, I have never been a

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conservative, but we think it is important to work with a party who

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has the largest share of the vote. It is very limited as a wicket.

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There are only three of us. It is becoming one of the busiest

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stations in our region. The station is in the middle of an upgrade. It

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is also the home of a signalling centre that will in the end control

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of trends in the rich from Cornwall to London. In the -- in the rich.

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It used to be labour-intensive work. Then technology moved on and

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pressing buttons do the same work. Now it is a computer that controls

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when and where computers tell trains to go to. The transformation is part

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of a major investment in rail infrastructure. Some acquirement is

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being replaced that is more than 50 years old. It is hoped that by the

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time this project is complete, passengers will notice a real

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difference in train performance. At the moment around 400 hours of

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delays per year are caused as a result of signal failures.

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Passengers want more trains are they want them to run on time. The

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cyclical in -- the signalling a comment is a part of that problem.

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Passengers were pleased at the prospect of fewer delays, but most

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wanted even more improvement. Regular passengers to find problems

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and it is getting worse. The first cheap rate train is often late, if

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it were on time this morning, that would be great. Norma commuter --

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normal commuter travel is crowded and uncomfortable. It should be more

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competitive. Real industry in -- experts and confident that real

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difference will be made. We have needed it for half a century. We are

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at last going to an air traffic control type of arrangement. It

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means that things that go wrong can be put right more quickly. And with

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increasing pressure as passenger numbers rise, anything that reduces

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have been scrapped by local campaigners. The environment agency

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had said they would replace the paddle with a motorised alternative.

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The wheel will now be preserved. Brackley Town could complete a

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remarkable rise to the highest level of nonleague football.

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They reached the final after a three against nothing when. This match

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will be a sell-out as the coaches -- try to seal their fourth when. I

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felt sick all week. One of our directors says that he waits all

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week for the games to start and then he cannot wait for the finish. That

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is what we will feel like. Their influence of last year's

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Paralympic games are still being felt. Hundreds of children are at

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competing at my level stadium. Judging aged six to 16 have been

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Stadium is the home Paralympic sport. Buckinghamshire led by 400

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runs in table cricket. Next, Best Buy tried his hand at this game

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which is similar to balls. It is like you're in a big tournament.

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are in a team and you win some medals. It is good. Inspired by the

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games last summer, this girl won her own medal today. It makes a really

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proud to the cat. It can be really hard, but people just do not give up

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on themselves. They keep on going and going. More than 100

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schoolchildren is from eight different countries have been

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competing here today. Since the Paralympics, there has been a rise

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in the number of disabled children taking part in sports. It has really

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raised the awareness and understanding and it has made more

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people see the ability rather than the disability. It has undoubted Lee

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meant that there are more disabled people who are recognising that

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