Health

VIP day for babies at £40m hospital

FIRST ARRIVALS: Celebrating the opening of the new maternity unit are, from left, 11-month-old Joseph Davis, the first baby to be transferred from the old block, Professor Cathy Warwick, Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, 11-month-old Ruby Wynn, the first baby born at new block and head of programmes for BLISS Jane Abbott. Picture: Shaun SmIth

Thursday, March 11, 2010

HEALTH reporter Dave Blackhurst met two very special guests among the great and the good at the official opening of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire's £40 million maternity unit

THE place may have been full of high-ranking NHS officials, big-hitting...

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Winning the battle to stop bad habit

Thursday, March 11, 2010

STUDENT Liam Littlejohn is one of thousands of people across the city who are hoping to quit smoking. The 18-year-old has been lighting up since the...

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Health walk scheme reaches target

Thursday, March 11, 2010

ORGANISERS of a health walk scheme have hit their annual membership target early. Walk North Staffordshire aimed to get 200 new walkers within a year...

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Go-ahead for £12m complex fit to serve 21st century

Thursday, March 11, 2010

WORK is set to begin on a £12 million leisure centre after the scheme was approved by council planners. The state-of-the-art Health and Wellbeing...

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Blood sessions hailed a success

Thursday, March 11, 2010

MORE than 100 donors came forward to give blood and save lives at a donor session. People gave generously at the National Blood Service donor sessions...

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'I packed in smoking for son-in-law'

TAKING ACTION: Hilda Wright decided to give up smoking after her son-in-law Mark Hardy, above, was diagnosed with cancer. Picture: Mark Scott

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A PENSIONER who quit smoking after lighting up for 55 years urged others to break the habit today. Hilda Wright gave up just weeks before her 70th...

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NHS treats parking firm cash as secret

SECRECY: Above and below, car parks at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire complex. Pictures: Malcolm Hart

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

OFFICIALS running the University Hospital of North Staffordshire are refusing to say how much patients, visitors and staff are paying out in parking...

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'In-house staff are much more helpful'

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

STAFF, patients and visitors paid out more than £1.15 million to park at two hospitals in just 12 months. The 2008/09 total of £1.156m...

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MP backs call for NHS inquiry

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

DAVID Kidney MP has written to police and ministers about the Stafford Hospital scandal. The Labour MP for Stafford said he wrote to Health Secretary...

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Rush to sign up at £3m health centre

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

RECORD numbers of patients are flocking to sign up with doctors at Stoke-on-Trent's latest health centre. A staggering 350 people have registered at...

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