NHS managers in Oxfordshire are offering GP practices half the money saved if they cut the cost of drugs being given to elderly patients in care homes.

Papers show the scheme has been offered to all GPs in the area.

The local clinical commissioning group says it wants to improve the quality and cost-effectiveness of prescribing.

But Patient Concern has condemned the plans as a bribe.

Does the party you are thinking of voting for really have the policy you like the most?

We asked voters to choose the health policy they liked the best from the five main parties.

Once they had chosen, the party behind the policy was revealed - often with surprising results.

Listen Live as the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat candidates standing in Southampton Test in the upcoming general election face questions from listeners on BBC Radio Solent.

Oscar-winning illustrator Alan Lee worked on Beren and Lúthien, the newest book from The Lord of the Ring author J. R. R. Tolkien.

Stephen Stafford
BBC South

Two teenagers have been admitted to hospital after a "rogue batch" of ecstasy tablets began circulating on the Isle of Wight.

It is thought the red tablets, known as Beano's or Red Death Cons, may contain ketamine or methamphetamine.

A girl aged 14 and a 15-year-old-boy were taken to hospital on Tuesday night and have since been released.

Police said taking the tablets could be "life threatening" and urged anyone who has any to hand them in.

For the second time this week emergency crews have been called out to assist a yacht in the Solent.

The 38ft Marta raised the alarm last night after one of its crew members fell ill.

The coastguard helicopter lowered a paramedic on to the yacht to provide immediate assistance before the man was taken on a lifeboat for treatment.

Joe Nimmo
BBC South

A new book by Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien is going on sale - 100 years after it was first conceived.

Beren and Lúthien has been described as a "very personal story" that the Oxford professor thought up after returning from the Battle of the Somme.

It was edited by his son Christopher Tolkien and contains versions of a tale that became part of The Silmarillion.

The book features illustrations by Alan Lee, who won an Academy Award for his work on Peter Jackson's film trilogy.

Image source, Alan Lee

• An ex-serviceman who has lost his sight says parts of the south are no-go areas and unsafe for the visually impaired
• Video footage has been released showing the dramatic rescue of three people left clinging to a cliff on the Dorset coast
• Dorset Police are to name those caught drink and drug driving during this year's summer campaign

Chris Browning
BBC Radio Berkshire

• The funeral of Gareth Browning, a former Thames Valley Police officer who died three years after being hit by a stolen car, is being held today
• An elderly woman was fatally injured when her husband crashed their car into a Hungerford branch of Tesco by stepping on the accelerator instead of the brake, an inquest heard
• A mobile breast screening unit is now available in Cippenham in Slough, in a bid to increase the number of women having the free examination

Natalie Verney
BBC Radio Oxford

• A new JRR Tolkien book is out today, 100 years after it was first conceived
• Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust "requires improvement", according to the Care Quality Commission
• South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have posted adverts saying they "urgently need" staff to work at polling stations next week

Luke De Costa
BBC Radio Solent reporter

• A warning has been issued about a rogue batch of ecstasy tablets on the Isle of Wight after two people were taken to hospital

• Parents are signing up their babies to their local library as part of a new Hampshire County Council initiative
• Hampshire Constabulary is conducting a targeted campaign both day and night as part of its summer drink and drug drive operation

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