Updates on Friday 5 February 2016
In November 2015 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had the highest number of "bed-blocking" patients - people occupying a bed when they did not need to.
Patients lost 4,447 days to "bed-blocking", about 148 beds each day of the month.
In December the trust introduced a new scheme in an effort to free up beds, with about 150 patients moved into nursing homes.
Andrew Humphrey
BBC Local Live
The county's top stories this morning:
Oxford United boss Michael Appleton has yet to decide who will take the goalkeeper spot in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final.
Image source, Getty ImagesSam Slocombe in action against Swansea
Sam Slocombe will return in goal for the U's tomorrow at Exeter after Benji Buchel was given a start in midweek against Millwall.
Quote MessageThe decision I make on that will be two or three days before the game... as it is at the minute Sam's got the jersey and it's his to lose or Benji's to win, but the comfortable thing from my point of view is that I have got two more than capable goalkeepers."
Michael Appleton, Manager, Oxford United
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A narrow boat that has been stranded at the Botley Bridge since Monday should finally be removed this afternoon, the Environment Agency says.
Work to prepare the bank took place on Thursday
A temporary slipway has been created and the plan is to winch the boat up on to the bank.
Access to the Botley Bridge walkway will be restricted during the operation for safety reasons.
Quote MessageWe're going to drag it up the bank and it will be placed on the small green adjacent to the allotments on the Botley Road. It's the only safe option at the moment... as the flow in the river is far too dangerous to put our divers on the vessel."
Russell Robson, Environment Agency
A Chipping Norton employer that failed to pay an employee the new National Minimum Wage has been named and shamed today, external by Business Minister Nick Boles.
Joe Nimmo
BBC News Online
The owner of a stranded narrow boat that crashed in the River Thames has said his home must have been deliberately untied.
John Simmonds said the boat was properly secured when he left it, and blamed "delinquency" for it becoming unmoored.
Engineers are still trying to winch One Old Peculiar out of the water after it was one of two boats that came loose on Monday and crashed into Botley Bridge.
A former councillor who pocketed £155,000 worth of coins from launderette machines, external was jailed for three years yesterday.
BBC Radio Oxford
Oxfordshire's GPs aren't being responded to quick enough when they call for an ambulance when a patient falls ill, according to Abingdon GP Dr Pritt Buttar.
He says a policy which means calls where a doctor is present are not given the highest priority is an "inappropriate" attempt by the ambulance service to alleviate pressure on their workload.
Quote MessageWe had a case of a patient who collapsed in the surgery... and 41 minutes later an ambulance finally appeared. The irony is, had he collapsed walking from his car to the building an ambulance would have been there in eight minutes..."
Dr Pritt Battur
Danny Cox
Presenter, BBC Radio Oxford
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BBC News
The parents of a British man who reportedly travelled to Iraq to join the so-called Islamic State group have revealed they were arrested by police.
John and Sally Letts told Channel 4 News, external they were arrested after they sent him money for food and new glasses.
Jack Letts, 20, from Oxford, has been labelled "Jihadi Jack" by some newspapers, which reported he left the UK to join the group when he was 18, a claim he and his parents have denied.
South Central Ambulance Service is reviewing how it deals with calls from GPs dealing with patients at their surgeries, amid claims from doctors that they're not being responded to quickly enough.
The concerns stem from a policy which means a lower priority status is used when a doctor is already present.
This means 999 medics must be there in 30 minutes, but the ambulance service says it aims to be there well before that.
Holly Green
BBC Weather
It's a cloudy start to the day with some patchy rain, and feeling very mild.
The winds will strengthen as the day goes on and we should see highs of 11C (52F).
You can get the latest forecast on the BBC Weather site.
Al Ryan
BBC Oxford travel presenter
You can get the latest where you are on the BBC Travel site.
Andrew Humphrey
BBC Local Live
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BBC Local Live
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