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New Specialised Decision Unit (SDU)

Emergency patients are set to benefit from a brand-new purpose built unit at University Hospital of North Midlands aimed to reduce unnecessary admissions to hospital and provide better patient experience. Royal Stoke University Hospital was awarded ...

The demolition of disused Royal Infirmary Hospital begins

University Hospitals of the North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has begun the demolition of the old Royal Infirmary site in Stoke-on-Trent. The site has not been used for NHS clinical services since 2012, when the hospital closed and services were trans ...

UHNM helps patients go digital

Kevin McGibbon, Arrhythmia Clinical Nurse Specialist at UHNM, using a health app which can help to check for atrial fibrillation UHNM is helping hundreds of patients to go digital with their health. Medical teams at the trust are giving people with ...

CEO thanks IM&T lead for pandemic contribution

IM&T Deputy Director Heidi Poole has been given the Chief Executive’s Award in recognition of her outstanding dedication throughout the pandemic.  Heidi has worked tirelessly on the design of essential new systems for clinical teams and has even ...

Hospital Staff Rest Areas Opened Thanks to Community Funding

Staff at Staffordshire’s largest hospital can now access new rest areas thanks to the generosity of the local community and businesses. UHNM Charity has funded two temporary rest areas at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, providing staff with a t ...

UHNM staff part of SIREN study which finds past COVID-19 infection provides some immunity for at least five months

Initial reports from the national SIREN study say that antibodies from past COVID-19 infection provide 83% protection against reinfection for at least 5 months. The study was designed to understand whether prior infection with SARS-CoV2 (the virus th ...

Council workers volunteer to support hospital’s critical care teams through rise in coronavirus cases

Redeployed workers from city council services that have temporarily closed during the lockdown, as well as staff who are giving their own time, have taken on volunteer roles to support Royal Stoke hospital’s critical care unit. Fifteen staff from St ...

Cardiac Rehab team are ‘Pumping Marvellous’

UHNM’s cardiac rehab team have won a national award for their outstanding service to heart patients. During lockdown the team launched an innovative live-stream exercise programme which enabled people to continue with rehabilitation from the safety o ...

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