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999: Critical Condition: Shrewsbury grandmother falls from her loft after retrieving her Christmas decorations

A Shrewsbury grandmother was rushed to Royal Stoke University Hospital by ambulance after falling from her loft after reaching for her Christmas decorations and badly breaking her ankle. Jackie Jones, 59, will feature in this week’s episode of 999: ...

Local hospitals celebrates twenty newly registered nurses

20 nursing assistants from University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) are celebrating after qualifying as registered nurses.  The nurses have completed their Registered Nursing Degree Apprenticeship (RDNA) and are now working across a wide range ...

Team surgery receive CEO award

The surgery team from University Hospitals of North Midlands has received a CEO award for going above and beyond to help a vulnerable patient and their baby. The patient was admitted with their newborn baby with cholecystitis.  They had been relocat ...

Sodexo at UHNM receives gold award at RoSPA Health and Safety Awards

The Sodexo team at University Hospitals of North Midlands have been awarded the ninth consecutive gold award at the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards. The gold award acknowledges a very high level of performance, demonstrating well developed occupation ...

Asthma team secure £100k funding

Asthma care within Stoke-on Trent has been given a £100k cash boost thanks to a research grant scooped by University Hospitals of North Midlands.  The funding will deliver a 12 month Healthcare Inequalities Programme (IHIP), which will support four ...

999: Critical Condition: A Shropshire pensioner has bladder removed

A Shropshire pensioner is living a healthy retirement thanks to live-saving surgery at University Hospitals of North Midlands. Ena Plant , of Jackfield, near Ironbridge, had her bladder removed at Royal Stoke University Hospital after doctors diagno ...

UHNM Lead Research Practitioner receives Hero award

A research practitioner from University Hospitals of North Midlands, who spotted a colleague, was unwell and required urgent treatment has been thanked for saving their life Katrina Parkinson, Lead Research Practitioner, noticed her colleague Tyrone ...

999: Critical Condition: Trainee teacher crushed by horse

A 21-year-old student teacher who can no longer feel her left leg after being crushed by her horse is to feature in the latest episode of 999: Critical Condition, the exclusive documentary charting the life and death decisions and actions of staff at ...

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