Health

Mum gives birth alone to stillborn

TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE: Jane Auden with partner Adrian Turner. Picture: Cara Edgington

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A HOSPITAL is reviewing its childbirth care after a mother delivered her stillborn baby alone in her own bathroom.

Jane Auden, who already knew her unborn baby had died, walked out of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire's recently-opened £40million...

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Pioneering stroke drugs saved Mike

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

FATHER-OF-FOUR Mike Nind owes his life to being at the right place at the right time after suffering a massive stroke. The attack was severe enough to...

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Parents lodge official complaint to find answers

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

WHEN North Staffordshire's £40million maternity hospital, above, opened last summer, officials proudly pointed to its two purpose-built...

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Health plans to be debated

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

HEALTH bosses say they are well underway with a consultation over proposed changes to adult mental health needs in North Staffordshire. Sessions are...

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Wards clear of winter bug

THANKS: Deputy director of infection control, Helen Jenkinson .

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A TEMPORARY visiting restriction at the region's main hospital has been lifted after wards were cleared of the winter vomiting bug. The limit of one...

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New role for BNP deputy

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

THE new chairman of the city council's health committee has been named. Councillor Anthony Simmonds has taken over from Councillor Alby Walker as...

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Surgeons watch on TV monitor as new drug is guided to precise centre of problem...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

THE NEW procedure is called intra-arterial thrombolysis, and involves sending a new type of drug called Alteplase through a guide wire threaded into...

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Confusion over sudden closure of dental clinic

CLOSED: The note on the door at Cheadle Dental Care.

Monday, February 08, 2010

DOZENS of patients have been left without a dentist after the unexpected closure of a private practice. Dentists John Prew and Annie de Souza...

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Euro law sparks doctor shortage

LONG HOURS: Junior doctors are doing 56 hour weeks at University Hospital.

Saturday, February 06, 2010

JUNIOR doctors at Staffordshire's biggest hospital are working longer than European law allows because tighter immigration controls have stopped it...

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Hospital tastes success as food complaints fall

GETTING BETTER: Food at the University Hospital.

Saturday, February 06, 2010

HOSPITAL bosses have said food is improving after a series of reviews triggered by patient complaints. Directors from the University Hospital of North...

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