University Hospitals of North Midlands lung health checks is the first lung screening service in the UK to introduce a partnership with local pharmacies in which current smokers who attend a lung health check can access stop smoking support. More th ...
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Quick-thinking actions of expert clinicians at Royal Stoke save baby's life
A tiny baby born with unexpected severe breathing difficulties at University Hospitals of North Midlands is now thriving thanks to the quick thinking life-saving actions of expert clinicians at Royal Stoke University Hospital. Alexander O’Flaherty w ...
UHNM Armed Forces team raise awareness for veterans support
The UHNM Armed Forces Champion Team is raising awareness for the armed forces community by providing bespoke workshops to trainee GPs. The team recently provided awareness training in Stoke-on-Trent to over 80 trainee GPs who are currently in either ...
Former Stafford Medical Secretary to feature in final episode of 999:Critical Condition
A Stafford grandmother who received a life-saving operation for a massive hiatus hernia at University Hospitals of North Midlands is to feature in the final episode of 999:Critical Condition on Channel 5 at 9pm on Wednesday 26 July. Margaret Hale, ...
Royal Stoke surgeon carries out record five hysterectomies in one day thanks to surgical robot
A surgical team at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has carried out five hysterectomy procedures in one day. In a believed first in the NHS, Mr Zeiad El-Gizawy, Consultant Gynaecologist and a team of nurses, anaesthetists and ...
999: Critical Condition: Staffordshire granddad left with “shark attack” arm injuries after falling from attic
A North Staffordshire granddad was rushed to Royal Stoke University Hospital by ambulance after falling from his attic and suffering injuries to his arm likened to a “shark attack”. Jim Clarke, 71, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, will feature in the latest ...
Families continue save and improve lives through deceased organ donation at UHNM
New figures out today reveal that there were 38 patients who donated their organs after death at University Hospitals of North Midlands last year, helping save or improve the lives of 4,532 people desperately in need of a transplant across the UK. N ...
North Midlands Hand Centre welcomes first patients to County Hospital
Patients requiring hand surgery will have a shorter wait for their procedures thanks to the opening of a new dedicated day-case facility at University Hospitals of North Midlands. The North Midlands Hand Centre welcomed its first patients today at C ...