Family heart disease study
UNIQUE service at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Trust in Ashford, Middlesex, is at the forefront of helping to fight heart disease. People with no known heart disease, but wh...
Breast cancer support encourages women to come forward
MEMBERS of the public got the lowdown on breast cancer facts and a recently launched family history service at a recent seminar run by staff based at a Lancashire hospital. The sem...
Children’s nursing team re-launch their services
CHILDREN and young people in the Harrogate and Craven area of North Yorkshire are to benefit from a more diverse and specialist community nursing service. The improved service was ...
East Lancashire nurse teaches vital skills in Crimea
A SPECIALIST nurse has returned from teaching vital infection control techniques in a children’s hospital in the Crimea, and vowed to keep the spirit of Florence Nightingale alive....
Report exposes massive pay gap faced by women doctors
THE British Medical Association (BMA) has called for action to prevent sexual discrimination in the NHS after research revealed that women doctors earn thousands of pounds less tha...
Seeing the light? Seizures and sunlight
THE extra hour of morning light gained as the clocks went back could make all the difference to some people with epilepsy. Researchers looking into the relationship between sunligh...
Army midwife comes out top in midwife awards
ONGOING care and compassion, coupled with dedication to her role has earned a Blackpool midwife a top national award. The Mamas & Papas Midwife of the Year Awards 2009 has been pre...
New centre for small bowel transplants
TWO leading hospitals have joined forces to create a new centre for children needing small bowel transplants. The centre, which has been the result of staff from King’s College Ho...
New website for cancer patients cuts through medical jargon
CANCER Research UK has unveiled its revamped, awardwinning, patient information website, CancerHelp UK. The new look site offers a question and answer search facility and new ‘quic...
Historic deployment to help in Afghanistan
SIX Guy’s and St Thomas’ staff have deployed to Afghanistan along with other army reservists in what is the largest group called up from a London hospital since the Korean War. The...
Screening is essential message in fight against breast cancer
WOMEN in one region of Scotland are being urged to attend breast screening sessions after the news that currently almost 25% choose not to attend. Public Health professionals in Ar...
Chief nurse aims to lead from the shop floor
THE NEW chief nurse at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust in Middlesex is out to show she means business to improve services for patients. Since taking on the role Caroline...
Hospital staff praised for their dedication
STAFF at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust were praised for their commitment and valuable contribution at the Annual Public Meeting. Trust chairman, John Jesky, joined executive di...
Official groundbreaking event for Liverpool cancer centre
KICK-STARTING building work on Liverpool’s first radiotherapy cancer centre, Marina and football star Kenny Dalglish marked the start of the project at an official event. The new £...
£8m new build paves the way for better services for stroke patients
AS WORK on a new £8 million stroke and general rehabilitation unit in Norwich nears completion work has now begun to recruit staff, including nursing staff, physiotherapists, occup...
No change in caesarean rate but wide variation between trusts
ARUTHIN man has said goodbye to North Wales Ambulance service after a career spanning five decades. Gwyn Thomas is hanging up his jacket after completing 44 years of service in the...
Wales’ top doctor publishes third annual report on the health of the people of Wales
WALES’ chief medical officer has warned that preventing disease and illness is the key to a healthy future generation. Dr Tony Jewell issued the warning as he published his third a...
Emotional reunion at Queen’s Hospital
THERE was an emotional reunion at Queen’s Hospital in Romford, Essex, when a man left paralysed following a car crash walked into a room to thank the surgeon who changed his life. ...
