Our hospitals are continuing to see exceptionally high levels of demand for the services we provide, along with the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, but we continue to prioritise those in most urgent need of treatment and urge people to get help when the ...
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Local NHS under significant pressure as we head into the Easter weekend
People across Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are being urged to ‘choose NHS services wisely’ as demand remains high going into the Easter weekend. Together, organisations as part of the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System have ...
New Covid service helping vulnerable patients
The team on County Hospital’s ward 14 have been thanked for setting up a Covid medicine delivery unit during the height of winter pressures. The service provides administration of neutralising monoclonal antibody (nMAbs) treatment to manage symptoms ...
Doctor thanks oncology team for "best NHS experience"
A doctor has thanked UHNM’s oncology team for one of the “best NHS experiences” in his professional life. Dr Virgil Sivoglo, clinical oncology consultant, worked at Royal Stoke as a locum between October 2020 and December 2021. Speaking about the te ...
Cancer patients invited to share their experiences
Alison Falkonakis, UHNM dietitian Staff, patients and family members connected to the chemotherapy units at Royal Stoke and County Hospital are being invited to write and share their experiences of cancer treatment. UHNM dietitian and published chil ...
Independent report into culture published by UHNM
Dr Matthew Lewis, Medical Director at University of North Midlands Hospitals NHS Trust said: “We take these matters very seriously and, after taking action to commission the independent report, we have already made progress on behalf of our workforc ...
Asthma patients praise groundbreaking treatment
Karen Moseley with husband John Asthma patients from Stoke-on-Trent have spoken about the “life-changing” effect of asthma biologics. The groundbreaking treatment is being offered to patients as part of a pilot programme at University Hospitals of N ...
CoVaR-MS Study - Have you had a full course of Covid-19 vaccinations?
Have you had a full course of Covid-19 vaccinations? Would you like to take part in an immune-response study? We are looking to recruit 240 people to take part in this study, who fall into these two groups: Study Group – 210 peo ...