On Winchester Now this week:
- We talk to the leader of Winchester City Council for an update on the regeneration plans for the city as work begins on the new St Clements surgery after 15 years of planning
- News in brief
- Junior doctors at Hampshire hospitals NHS Trust have joined three days of national strike action in a row over pay and conditions.
- The RVS shop in the main reception at the RHCH has closed this week after 40 years
- There’s more strike action on the trains this week.
- Winchester Crown Court is holding an open day on Saturday.
- A fleet of off road mobility scooters are being unveiled at popular sites in the South Downs.
- Work on the new play area at Abbey Gardens is nearing completion and due to open at the end of the month
- Nearly 2-thousand patients have received hospital care at home – thanks to new virtual wards in Hampshire. Sam Jackson, clinical services manager of the virtual health hub at Hampshire hospitals, explains how it works.
- Shout outs:
- A big thank you is given to everyone who donated to the charity Winchester Street Reach following a campaign to raise money for a pool table for their young people
- A quiz for the charity Lullaby Africa- who we featured last week – raises hundreds of pounds
- An 11 and a half thousand pound donation has been given to the Hampshire Hospitals charity towards a fund to improve children’s health services.
- Winchester hospice received a donation of flowers from Waitrose Winchester
- The Cathedral girls’ choir invite Winchester Radio to their rehearsals to hear what it means to be a chorister as they prepare to mark 25 years since its formation.
