Health

'Madison is at peace but still has that smile on her face'

Saturday, March 20, 2010

LITTLE Madison Parton has died after losing her battle with cancer.

The four-year-old passed away at the Donna Louise Trust's Treetops Hospice on Thursday evening, a week after it was revealed her cancer had spread.

Madison, from Sandford Hill, touched the hearts...

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Beauty advice goes more than skin deep

SNAP OUT OF IT: Charlee Dawe, aged 16, has her nails done and gets stop-smoking advice. Picture: Mark Scott.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

YOUNG smokers can get a manicure or a facial while they think about giving up cigarettes. The pilot scheme, based at Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form...

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'I'm copying a book character'

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Student Jack Tune, aged 16, of Beverley Drive, Bentilee: "I used to smoke, but I have given up, I've come to support a friend. I think it is a really...

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Unfit for the Future

Friday, March 19, 2010

HEALTH planners are to stop using the official name of a £400 million super-hospital scheme, because residents do not have a clue what it means....

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Bed reduction programme to get underway

Friday, March 19, 2010

THE first ward to close at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire to make way for its £400 million re-development will shut next week....

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Don't run out of medicine

Friday, March 19, 2010

NORTH Staffordshire's two primary care trusts are warning people not run out of their medication this Easter by making sure they have their repeat...

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Hospital told it needs more improvements

Friday, March 19, 2010

A HOSPITAL criticised for failing standards has been told it must make further improvements as part of its registration with the Care Quality...

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Patients may have to park in the streets

HEALTH CENTRE: Maureen Turfrey, NHS North Staffordshire project manager, with plans for the health centre.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

RESIDENTS have criticised plans for a new £10 million health centre for not providing patient parking. The latest designs for the proposed...

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Care home referrals suspended by NHS

OUT OF FAVOUR: Hilltop Manor care home and, left, our story in February 2009.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

PATIENTS recovering from NHS hospital treatment will not be transferred into a private nursing home until an investigation into its safety is...

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Panel to assess if suspended GP can work again

Thursday, March 18, 2010

A FAMILY doctor who has been suspended for more than two years was today due to appear before a disciplinary body. The General Medical Council (GMC)...

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