University Hospital

Charity wants to help parents after loss of child

Friday, March 12, 2010

BEREAVEMENT counsellors could be based at North Staffordshire's new maternity hospital after health bosses admitted they had let down a couple grieving over their stillborn baby.

Specialist charity The Dove Service had tried to set up a service for difficult or...

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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...

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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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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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Official launch for £40m unit

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

THE region's new £40 million maternity unit will be officially opened tomorrow. Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, president of the Royal...

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Cancer patients to tune into free telly

Monday, March 08, 2010

CANCER sufferers will be given bedside televisions and computer access as they battle the disease in hospital. They are the first group to benefit...

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Name is not Fit for purpose

Saturday, March 06, 2010

THE title given to a programme of changes to health care is leaving the public cold. Called Fit For The Future, the project includes the creation of a...

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Hospital's stroke prevention boosted by £375k grant

Saturday, March 06, 2010

STAFFORDSHIRE'S biggest hospital has scooped a £375,000 grant to find ways to better protect the brain from a stroke. Researchers at the...

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Family makes donation to hospital

Saturday, March 06, 2010

DONATION: Family and friends have donated money to a children's ward in memory of a great-grandmother. Josephine Hulse, pictured inset, died of...

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Pupils feel the beat in 3D lesson

ANOTHER DIMENSION: Thistley Hough pupil 14-year-old Abby Burgess experiences the 3D technology. Picture: Wesley Webster

Friday, March 05, 2010

CINEMA technology similar to that used in Hollywood blockbuster Avatar has been brought into a hospital's classroom. The 3D method may date back to...

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