Buckinghamshire Council<\/a>\u2019s health and adult social care select committee, she linked the review to calls for A&E\u2019s return.\n<\/p>\n\n She said: \u201cThere is a very strong feeling in Wycombe that people are severely disadvantaged.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAnd I\u2019m pleased to see that this report provides some evidence for that.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n The report recommends that FedBucks, supported by the relevant commissioner, pilot extending opening hours until 10pm to help manage demand across the healthcare system.\n<\/p>\n
\n An evaluation would examine how many patients used the additional hours and the seriousness of their conditions.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Wassell questioned whether the extension would meet the wider need, saying she would be inclined to abstain if members voted on that recommendation separately.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI do feel that Wycombe needs a far more developed treatment centre,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n
\n The centre treats urgent conditions that are not life-threatening, including minor injuries and illnesses. The report says most patients are treated there without needing onward referral to hospital.\n<\/p>\n
\n The review also calls for equitable funding for GP surgeries in Buckinghamshire\u2019s most deprived areas to improve access.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Wassell asked whether there should be a timetable for addressing that inequality.\n<\/p>\n
\n Committee chair Cllr Shade Adoh said the recommendation already called for action \u201cas a matter of urgency\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said councillors would have further opportunities to review progress and hold partners to account.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Alan Sherwell supported the report, arguing that patients unable to secure GP appointments were turning to A&E, adding pressure to emergency services.\n<\/p>\n
\n Principal scrutiny officer Elizabeth Wheaton said health partners could agree with recommendations, accept them in part or disagree.\n<\/p>\n
\n Accepted recommendations would return to the committee for monitoring.\n<\/p>\n
\n The later closing time remains a recommendation for a pilot. The proposal comes amid continuing calls to restore Wycombe Hospital\u2019s full A&E department, with a petition demanding it return having reached 11,300 signatures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A council review recommends a pilot scheme to extend opening hours, amid continuing calls to restore the town\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-793782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}