Health

PRESSURE to increase funding to prevent widespread cost-saving cuts at Amersham Hospital was piled on the Government this week.
Cheryl Gillan, MP for Chesham and Amersham, spoke in Parliament of how she had received 'heartbreaking' letters from her constituents who face longer journeys due to a 40 per cent reduction in outpatients services at the Whielden Street hospital.
She called the adjournment debate, which took place on Tuesday as staff at the hospital fear for their jobs, and was joined by Beaconsfield MP Dominic Grieve, Aylesbury MP David Lidington, and Wycombe MP Paul Goodman.

HOSPITAL bosses have said a reduction in outpatient services at Amersham Hospital to will 'have a bigger impact' than at their other sites.
However they added that they believe 60 per cent of clinics will remain at the site in Whielden Street following the cost-saving shake-up.
This follows outcry by patients and councillors from Amersham, Chesham and surrounding areas who faced uncertainty on hearing of the proposals.

ANSWERS about the future of services at Amersham Hospital are being demanded by concerned councillors following the announcement of cost-saving measures.
Uncertainty has shrouded the Whielden Street hospital, which has sparked fears among patients from Amersham, Chesham and across South Buckinghamshire. Worried Chiltern District Councillors agreed to write to Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust to ask them to explain cost-saving proposals.

COST-SAVING measures to patient services are set to take place at Amersham Hospital in a major-shake up.
The hospital currently provides outpatients appointments, which it is feared may be axed from the site.
Among those who would be affected include patients from Amersham and Chesham and surrounding areas - but Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust insists it wants to provide care closer to home.

FOR one Amersham School pupil constant headaches and nausea during his exams made GCSEs an uphill struggle.
Weeks after taking the exams George Von Kutzleben was given life-changing news when he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour.

FOR an Amersham woman the landmark victory of multiple sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy for law lords to debate euthanasia is a step closer to her brother's last wish.
Lesley Close, 52, spoke of her joy following the ruling to clarify the law regarding whether relatives of those who end their lives in Swiss clinic Dignitas would be prosecuted on their return to Britain.

Amersham Chiropractic Clinic is urging people to take steps to improve their posture after newly released figures show back pain is on the rise.

IF your New Year Resolution is going to be to lose weight, then why don't you shed lbs and raise £££'s for cancer patients in South Bucks!
Scannappeal, based at Amersham Hospital, is running its third annual sponsored slim in aid of its Cancer Fighting Fund. This Appeal is for state-of-the-art equipment to detect cancer, and for the treatment of cancer patients in the Buckinghamshire area.

STAFF from Buckinghamshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) will be out and about in the county next week for a special roadshow.
Between Tuesday, September 9, and Saturday, September 13, they will set up stall to answer questions about the services they provide and giving people the chance to have their say on all things good or bad about the PCT.
On Tuesday, September 9, the roadshow will begin with a trailer parked in Amersham Town Centre, before moving on to Buckingham, High Wycombe, and finally Aylesbury.

When it comes to discussing our bowels, we Brits are a pretty reticent bunch, which is why one Chesham woman's decision to go public about her 10-year battle with Crohn's disease is all the more remarkable.