11/04/2017 South Today - Oxford

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Coming up - provide more funding - or see more GP practices close.

Health bosses in Oxfordshire tell NHS England surgeries need more

Also, how demand on a foodbank has increased by 50%

How you could help stately homes like Waddesdon Manor

stop the destruction caused by clothes moths.

The government's being urged to review how much funding

it's giving to Oxfordshire's GPs - amid concerns of what's being

Health bosses in the county applied for 50 million pounds

but only received two million from NHS England.

The Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee

for Oxfordshire has written to the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt

warning that several practices have already had to close.

But what if GPs weren't here to see us at all?

Fears for the future of general practice have been raised

And doctors in Oxfordshire say the situation is serious.

You've got a drop in GP funding, now at its lowest level for ten years.

When you think that general practice deals with 90% of NHS contacts each

It is a perfect storm and the general

practice and the NHS is really struggling.

Oxfordshire's Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee has now

written to the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

It says it has grave concerns about the sustainability

of general practice across the county.

It points out that Oxfordshire health bosses

were granted just ?2 million of the ?50 million they asked for

And it says some GP practices have already had to close,

risking a "detrimental impact on access to essential care".

One of those closures is here at Deer Park in Witney.

Patients say it is a huge loss for the area.

My husband had cancer, my daughter had cancer, they are both

If we had been in Witney, no disrespect to the doctors

there, we would have waited five or six weeks to see them.

We wouldn't have got the diagnosis so quickly.

Doctors say they're worried the Government isn't listening

Unless government wakes up to the reality

of general practice, I

really do fear for its continued existence.

And of course, if general practice fails, the NHS in its

The Department of Health says it's invested ?2.4 billion

into the sector to improve care, and is doing more to attract GPs

into the profession, including agreeing a pay rise

and bringing in flexible working schemes.

?20,000 worth of aid's left Oxfam's warehouse

in Bicester this afternoon - destined for Somalia.

Nearly three million people are facing a severe food shortage

The charity says that many are reporting the crisis is far

worse than the one in 2011 - in which a quarter of

The shipment from Oxfordshire includes one and a half

A food bank in Aylesbury says demand has gone up by around 50%

It's fed nearly 750 people in that time.

Each box provides three days' worth of food for people in crisis.

Adina Campbell has been to visit the warehouse where the food

A new delivery for these volunteers to unload.

Three days a week, they come here to this warehouse in Aylesbury,

to sort and package up food boxes for those in need.

You only need something to go wrong, like you need a car to work,

You have enough money for food or to repair the car.

We would then give them the food for that week

There are a handful of food banks in the Aylesbury area.

But this is the only one supported by the Trussell Trust,

a national network helping people below the poverty line.

I'm actually homeless, living in a toilet,

On the dole, not having a job, being homeless...

Without the food banks, do you think you would go hungry?

The Aylesbury Foodbank opened exactly one year ago and says

demand has doubled during that period.

It's fed more than 500 adults and 200 children.

As you can see, this warehouse is jam-packed

and all the supplies have been divided up to ensure

the sorting process is as quick and easy as possible.

At the moment, there are more than four tons of food,

enough to supply 200 families for three days.

There are a number of check points across Aylesbury where boxes

are dropped off and collected, like this church.

But there is some paperwork involved.

People have to get a voucher from Citizens Advice

or the police, job centre, a similar organisation,

and bring it along to somebody like More Plus

Back at the warehouse, it's a meticulous operation,

Each box is enough to feed a single person or family

When you see large families and you

are providing multiple boxes for a

weeks' worth of food, it can be

quite alarming, when you are packing so little into a box but is crucial

Transporting boxes using personal cars will soon be

A recent donation means the foodbank now has enough money

Making deliveries more efficient and a greater number of people aware

Work's starting on a new 20 million pound multi storey car park

It will increase the number of spaces

at Foxhall Road by two thirds - to 1800.

The first phase of construction will start this moonth -

The work - which includes a covered walkway to the station -

They're the flying visitors that no-one wants.

English Heritage says the number of clothes moths has doubled

in the past five years, and stately homes like

Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire are particularly at risk.

Waddesdon Manor is a magnet for tourists,

but not all of the visitors here are welcome.

Left to their own devices, they can cause all kinds of damage.

Houses like this are full of textiles of the kind that Home

Office just -- that moths really low. We have curtains, tapestries,

felt on billiard tables. All sorts of things that are tempting to them.

Clothes moths are not only a problem in stately homes.

They've probably get their eye on your property too.

English Heritage is researching the spread of the insects.

The charity's giving out free traps, and wants people to tell

Clothes moths like warm temperatures and we've seen an increase in the

general temperature which is helping them. We are putting our central

heating on more in our properties and at home so if it's warmer

throughout the year, you can have three life cycles throughout the

year so far more moths. Even the exhibits at Oxford's

Natural History museum aren't safe. Clothes moths have attacked the

fur of this fox but staff here say You need to make them as

uncomfortable as possible. This means removing their food sources.

Give your house deep clean, behind the cupboards, under the bed, vacuum

all the places you don't usually touch. If you want to preserve

special items, but I'm in a bag and put them in the freezer.

Regular vacuuming is doing the trick at Waddesdon but the bad news

is that a new species of the insect,

called the Pale Backed Clothes Moth,

Before we go - the story of a tiny kitten, a hotel and dramatic rescue.

Tatty had become trapped in the wall of a cottage at the Swan Hotel

Staff smashed down part of the wall to rescue her.

They say it's a mystery how she got in there.

Tatty is thought to be two to three weeks old -

and is being cared for at the Blue Cross in Buford.

A very big adventure for a very small kitten.

A high of 15 Celsius across the region.

There will be more cloud tomorrow and the next few days.

Generally, at first overnight tonight, clearing skies

but the cloud will increase from the north through the course

of the night and temperatures will dip away to around seven

In the countryside, we could see a low of 4-5 C.

Tomorrow, a lot more cloud than today and as a result

There will also be one or two brighter spells.

There is a chance of the odd spot of rain during the afternoon.

Temperatures reaching a high of 12-13 Celsius,

which is around average for this time of year.

Now, through the course of Thursday, a good deal of cloud but some

brighter spells to be had as well and Thursday should be mainly dry.

Winds will fall lighter with an area of high pressure

The day will be mainly dry, that's also the case on Friday

but there is the risk on Friday that we could have the

As we look ahead to the weekend, Good Friday will be dry,

Over the next few days, one or two brighter spells,

the chance of the odd shower but most places will remain dry.

On Sunday, on the cool side for East itself.

Good evening. Grace of all it -- it is greatest of all in Scotland. A

weather front is on the move. The rain edging down into south-western

parts of Scotland and northern Ireland. Much of England and Wales

will have a dry note but not quite as Chile to start tomorrow. Let's

deal with the wet weather first thing tomorrow. It will be a damp

start for Scotland and Northern Ireland. Heaviest rain on the hills

towards the coast and east of the Pennines, not too much rain at all.