Thame health services to resume after Covid-19 adjustments

FOLLOWING a thorough assessment by its Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Team, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, that runs the various health services at Thame Community Hospital, now known as Thame Community Hub, will be reopening more services on September, 21. 2020.

In a statement, the Trust said: “Temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, services have been risk-assessed and a number of changes made to ensure the safety of staff and patients, such as adapting our buildings in line with national guidelines, adopting social distancing measures and increased hand sanitising for all, changing the patient flow through buildings where necessary, asking patients to wear facemasks and checking patients’ temperatures before allowing them in. 

“This means more outpatient clinics, paediatric services and the Community Assessment and Treatment service (CATS) can now be resumed.”

A community hub is a place where different health and social care services can work together, in a way which is best for the local population. They are designed to provide rapid, local care to the people living in the area.