Carers’ Voice is an opportunity for anyone caring for a friend or relative to share their views and ideas on how Buckinghamshire Healthcare can improve communication with them and help access information. 

If you are a carer looking after someone who relies on you for help with daily life and medical care or just advice and support, this workshop will give you the chance to share your views on what information you need and how best we can get it to you.

This interactive event is free and will include information stands from Bucks Carers and social care, with details on resources available to you.

If you would like to attend or require more information, please call 01494 734952 to book your place. Once you have made your booking, you will be sent a programme and advised of the exact location.

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Notes to editors:

• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust provide a wide range of high quality acute and community services from three acute hospital sites in Amersham, Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe, five community hospitals at Thame, Marlow, Buckingham, Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross and Waterside, and a number of community sites across the county. Details of these can be found here: http://www.buckinghamshirehospitals.nhs.uk/community-health-services.htm,

• Specialist services include our regional dermatology, allergy and skin cancer centre, burns care and plastics sub-regional centre, cardiac services and the National Spinal Injuries Centre

• More than 6,000 staff serve residents across Buckinghamshire, Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire) and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire) - a combined population of 500,000. It serves a much larger population, 1.5m, for burns and plastic services and 14m for spinal injuries

• On 1 April 2010 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust became the new partner to Community Health Buckinghamshire

For further information, contact the communications team on 01494 734959 or at communications@buckshosp.nhs.uk.