BICESTER'S new community hospital opened its doors to patients yesterday.

Bicester Community Hospital has taken 18 months to create and has 12 individual rooms that look onto a central garden.

Chief operating officer at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Yvonne Taylor said: “We are delighted to have moved into this purpose-built community facility which provides an excellent, modern and safe environment to deliver community hospital services and care to local people.”

Procurement was agreed in 2011 by the former Oxfordshire PCT and South Central Strategic Health Authority, among others.

Our top stories



Do you want alerts delivered straight to your phone via our WhatsApp service? Text NEWS or SPORT or NEWS AND SPORT, depending on which services you want, and your full name to 07767 417704. Save our number into your phone’s contacts as Oxford Mail WhatsApp and ensure you have WhatsApp installed.