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THIS is a public service message: Health Oxfordshire is your voice on health and social care. Whether it is improving services today, or helping to shape them for tomorrow, Healthwatch Oxfordshire is all about enabling local voices to influence the delivery and design of local health and social care in our county. Not just for the people who use them now, but for anyone who might need to in future.

Healthwatch Oxfordshire was set up on April 1 2013, as a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. The organisation sits alongside 151 other local Healthwatch across the country. Healthwatch Oxfordshire hears what children, young people and adults have to say about health and social care services, whether that is praise, criticism or ideas for improvement.

We strengthen the collective voice of patients and the public, so that service providers and commissioners listen to what they have to say. We then hold them to account on how they use the information we provide to shape, inform and influence service delivery and design.

In order to ensure that we have the best possible evidence and the widest possible views to influence the delivery and design of health and social care services, we need as many people as possible to speak out about their experiences, so that we can speak up on their behalf.

Healthwatch is independent, and we are accountable to the people of Oxfordshire, so please tell us how you would like to be treated and cared for, and what is important to you when using health and social care services, and we can make a difference together.

To find out more about Healthwatch Oxfordshire, please visit our website, www.healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk
Contact us on 01865 520 520 or email hello@healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk

You can also follow us on Twitter @HealthwatchOxon 

THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following thefts from vehicles in South Oxfordshire.

Between Tuesday (20/10) and today (22/10), offenders have broken into a number of work vehicles whilst parked overnight in hotel car parks, including in Wheatley and Didcot.

Offenders have forced door locks and pushed vehicles forward to gain to the rear of the vehicle or smashed a side window to gain entry.

Power tools, laptop computers and other electronic equipment were stolen.

Commercial vehicle owners are advised to remove tools and valuable items from their vehicles when parked up at night and if possible to try to park in well lit areas where there is good CCTV coverage. Property mark your items and list any serial numbers is also the advise.

To obtain vehicle crime prevention and property marking advice please click on the link below which will take you to the Thames Valley Police website: LINK HERE

If you have any information relating to this message, please call PC Matt Agar at Didcot police station via the 24 hour non-emergency telephone number 101.

SOUTH Oxfordshire Distict Council’s ‘Active Women’ group has got together with  Racquets Fitness Centre, Thame, and are offering six exercise classes for just £5 each including free crèche facilities.

Classes on offer include yoga and pilates and can be selected from the current timetable at – http://www.racquets-fitness-centre.com between 14 September and 21 December 2015

For more details and to get your Active Women rewards card (required) please contact Anna Clarke – anna.clarke@southandvale.gov.uk or 07768 567 876. T & C’s apply.

If you’re not a twitter follower, you may not have heard of two important warnings today from Thames Valley Police, concerning two incidents in the Thame area.

The first was a warning from PCSO Jacky Madden to keep car spares and any other valuables out of sight, after the theft of some old car batteries in Towersey, near Thame.  two suspicious males were seen in the area.  Call 101 with any information.

In a second incident earlier in the day, fog light lenses were stolen from a Mini Cooper in Thame. Do you know who needed some? Let the police know in confidence. Call 101 and quote reference P4146.