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In spite of the Covid19 restrictions, some of the contractors who are working on the new Brackley Community Hospital building have been able to continue to work. This has depended on availability of materials, on an ability to maintain social distancing and on the fact that some of the sub-contractors were furloughed.
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The Brackley Community Hospital 2020 Trust was contacted last year by Sarah Marshall, manager of the branch of Specsavers in Bicester and herself a local resident. Aware of the Trust’s wish to help with th provision of ophthalmology services within the new Community Hospital, Specsavers offered to donate a slit-lamp. This morning (5 February 2021), the new slit-lamp was presented by Sarah to Dr Paul Parsons in the presence of our Treasurer, Paul Bennett.
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The connection between mental health and the therapeutic benefits of gardening is widely recognised, so when plans were being discussed for the new Community Hospital and the grounds surrounding it, the decision was made to include a sensory garden. An area was chosen close to the building, easily accessible for patients having respite care, their family and friends, or for people with time to spare on their visits to the hospital facilities.
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2020 will be a memorable year for us all, mostly for the wrong reasons.
However, in Brackley, 2020 will forever be remembered as the year when our new healthcare facility finally came to fruition. This project has been many years in the planning and it has had to overcome many hurdles. Finally, the initiative was taken by a private company to undertake the construction of the building and the various bodies would then be able to take occupation. Covid19 has delayed the building, partly because of reduced labour availability but also because essential materials were diverted at one point to the rapidly constructed Nightingale hospitals.
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November brings a new beginning for healthcare in Brackley, with the planned opening of the new state-of-the art medical centre and community hospital.
It has been quite a journey since our Chief Executive Angela Hillery joined the Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MP, Dr Philip Stevens (GP Partner) amongst others to officially launch construction of the new medical centre and community hospital in January 2019. Despite challenges including a global pandemic (which saw the floor which was created for the centre diverted to the NHS Nightingale Hospital in London) the construction team has delivered a fantastic new facility and we are now in the final stage of preparing the building ahead of opening.
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