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"My heart is full of love": New baby and engagement double joy for Silverdale couple

A Silverdale couple have double the cause for celebration, getting engaged shortly after welcoming their daughter Robyn into the world at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. Ben Gallagher popped the question to his now fiancé Alex Bowser at the Roya ...

Design underway for Stoke-on-Trent’s new Community Diagnostic Centre

Stoke-on-Trent is to benefit from a new £42.6 million Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) with designs now underway for the chosen site in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.  This is part of a national roll out, which aims to create 160 centres across England. L ...

50 trees planted at Royal Stoke to create new woodland area

50 trees have been planted at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) creating a new woodland area for the benefit of patients, staff and local wildlife. A mix of cherry blossom, silver birch and sorbus trees have been planted in a p ...

UHNM chosen as UK-first for new heart valve procedure

Patients with heart conditions at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) are set to benefit from quicker and safer procedures thanks to a revolutionary new valve implant. UHNM’s Cardiology Department has become the first in the UK t ...

Property boxes help to provide peace of mind for patients

Patient property boxes are being introduced in UHNM’s emergency department at Royal Stoke and County Hospital as a trial to help patients keep personal items safe during their time in hospital. The property boxes provide a safe place for important b ...

“Never give up on your dreams”: Royal Stoke nurse completes London Marathon two years after MS diagnosis

A Royal Stoke nurse has successfully run the London Marathon just two years after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) at the start of MS Awareness Week. Sian Fern, a senior sister on the Critical Care Unit at Royal Stoke University Hospital ...

Ribbon cut on new Royal Stoke staff car park

University Hospitals of the North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust today officially opened its new staff car park at Hilton Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme. The new car park at the former Grindley Hill Court, Royal Stoke University Hospital replaces the existin ...

UHNM CEO Award Winners: Ward 222 (Respiratory) and the UHNM Armed Forces Champion Team

Two teams involved in the end-of-life care of an elderly patient at the Royal Stoke University Hospital have received praise for their compassionate and timely support.  After learning one of their patients nearing the end of his life was not only a ...

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