Hempton Field News Today

Staff and residents at Hempton Field care home have enjoyed a visit from a range of animals including a bearded dragon and a tortoise.

Staff and residents at Hempton Field care home have enjoyed a visit from a range of animals including a bearded dragon and a tortoise.

An Oxfordshire care home has taken part in a UK-wide quiz involving over 250 care homes.

A NEW defibrillator has been installed and ready for use at a care home. The lifesaving equipment unit is located to the front of Hempton Field care home on Lower Icknield Way in Chinnor and it is the seventh one in the area. The equipment was funded by Chinnor Parish Council. Council spokesperson Susan Ashdown, advised this latest installation supports the target to provide Chinnor with a public access defibrillator within every 400 metres, strengthening Chinnor in becoming a ‘safe c...

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Sally Boult (left) and Tracey Dodds (right) Two care home staff members are celebrating a total of 40 years’ service at the home. Sally Boult and Tracy Dodds have been working at Hempton Field care home, in Chinnor, for 20 years each. Ms Boult said she “loves every minute” of working at the care home, adding that she lives in the village and sees the home as an “extension” of her family. She started out as a carer, progressed on to senior carer and then infection control ambas...

Hempton Field resident Audrey Walsham gets a dose of the Oxford jab. RESIDENTS and staff at a South Oxfordshire village care home were among the first to get a dose of the newly-approved Oxford University/ AstraZeneca vaccine. Healthcare workers from Chinnor Surgery set up a mobile clinic at Hempton Field care home in Chinnor on Monday. Speaking about the vaccination programme that puts care home residents at the top of the priority list, home manager Sharon Thursby commented: “Our team...