• Search

Health News

Hospital care improving

Patients suffering from five of the North-West’s most common conditions are benefiting from improved standards of hospital care, new figures show.

The Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA) has published figures which show improvements in key quality measures designed to drive up standards.

The aim is to improve recovery for patients by reducing complications and the length of treatment for heart attack, joint replacement, pneumonia, heart failure and heart-bypass surgery.

Date published: 08/02/2012

Up to 300 jobs could go at hospital Trust

Up to 300 jobs could go at the Pennine Acute Trust, Rochdale Online can reveal.

Top hospital bosses have discussed that hundreds of job cuts could be made as the Trust faces financial difficulties.

The revelation follows a week long silence from the Trust, which runs the Rochdale Infirmary, over redundancies and staff being told in a briefing by Trust Chief Executive,...

Date published: 05/02/2012

Help to keep health on track

Research shows that most people have given up on their new year’s resolutions by now, resorting back to unhealthy living.

Whilst around 50% of people make resolutions, 88% of them fail.

The most common pledges people make are giving up smoking, losing weight, exercising more or reducing how much they drink, but the pressures of everyday life make it difficult for some...

Date published: 05/02/2012

Hospital boss accused of spin over redundancies

Pennine Acute Trust Chief Executive, John Saxby

A hospital boss has told staff that no decision has been made over redundancies and all options are being considered, but staff have accused Pennine Acute Hospital Trust Chief Executive,...

Date published: 03/02/2012

Keep your heart healthy

British Heart Foundation logo

People are being reminded to keep their heart healthy as part of National Heart Month.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is preventable but it still kills more than 110,000 people in England...

Date published: 03/02/2012

Pennine Acute Trust recruits over 1000 cancer patients for important clinical research

Dr Steve Woby, Head of research and development at The Pennine Acute Trust

Over 1000 cancer patients being treated at hospitals run by The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have voluntarily taken part in important cancer research as part of a number of National...

Date published: 02/02/2012

Trust silence over redundancies

Health Campaigner, Rochdale Councillor Jean Ashworth, has told the Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust that staff need to be kept informed if redundancies are set to be announced.

At a meeting of the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny meeting, Councillor Ashworth directly asked Tom Wilders, Director of Strategic Planning at the Trust, if redundancies are set to be announced. Mr...

Date published: 01/02/2012

North West Celebrities Back New Campaign

Shobna Gulati

North West celebrities Shobna Gulati, of Coronation Street, Tony Morris, of ITV Granada Reports, and Ricky Whittle, of Hollyoaks, are backing NHS Blood and Transplant’s (NHSBT) new campaign...

Date published: 01/02/2012

New Dentist opens in Bury

The Mayor of Bury, Cllr. Yvonne Creswell, seated in the dentist's chair, when she officially opened Synergy Dental Clinic, accompanied by, from left, Ramakrishna Ginagunta, head dentist, Leanne Holden, head nurse and Zuber Bagasi, principal dental surgeon

A new practice has been opened in Bury by a dentist shortlisted for two top regional awards last year.

Dr Zuber Bagasi, aged 30, has added The Synergy Dental Clinic in Tenterden Street...

Date published: 31/01/2012

Don’t flush away your toilet worries

The Government is today launching a new ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaign across the North West to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer.

Public awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer is low. But spotting the signs early and getting medical advice could save people’s lives.

Bowel cancer affects 33,000 people every year in England with the majority of cases...

Date published: 30/01/2012

Hospital Trust set to announce redundancies

The Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust is set to announce a ‘huge’ number of redundancies, Rochdale Online understands.

The Trust, which runs the Rochdale Infirmary as well as hospitals in Oldham, Bury and North Manchester, is believed to be in talks with the Department of Health and the Department of Employment over the redundancies.

We understand that the Trust wants to...

Date published: 28/01/2012

Join ambulance service on shift

Ambulance service

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a Paramedic? Well, now you can get a ‘virtual’ idea with the North West Ambulance Service’s ‘Tweet-a-thon.'

Every day from Monday (30...

Date published: 28/01/2012

Trust to slash further £13m from budget

The Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust, which runs the Fairfield General Hospital, needs to cut a further £13million from this year’s budget.

The Trust announced last year that it would need to make £43million in savings – it now needs to make savings of approximately £56million by April.

The latest amount comes as the Trust has been given a ‘red’ risk rating by the North...

Date published: 24/01/2012

NHS Summary Care Records to be made available to all patients in Bury

NHS Bury Logo

Patients in Bury who need emergency care will be able to ensure that healthcare staff have quicker, easier access to important information about them.

The NHS Summary Care Record, which...

Date published: 24/01/2012

£8.46 catering bill satisfies Trust

The Pennine Acute Hospital Trust, which runs the Fairfield General Hospital, is spending just under £8.50 a day on breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Figures released by the NHS Information Centre show the Trust spend £8.46 to feed and water each patient per day.

The trust, which also runs hospitals in Oldham, Rochdale and North Manchester, dished up over 1,700,000 meals in...

Date published: 17/01/2012

Last Chance To Share Views On Shaping Services For Heart And Stroke Patients

Patients and members of the public have just days to share their views about changes to heart and stroke services that will affect residents of Rochdale, Bury, Oldham, North Manchester and parts of Rossendale, particularly Whitworth and Bacup.

The consultation finished on 14th January and the closing date for the return of questionnaires is 28th January. To date, more than...

Date published: 17/01/2012

Psychological help for long term conditions

Patients that have a long term health condition can now receive treatment for the psychological effects of their illness, as part of a programme developed by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.

The Bury Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Service has been working with local stroke, cardiac and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) services to provide more...

Date published: 16/01/2012

Help is on hand at Bury Market

Shoppers on Bury Market can take advantage of invaluable health information on all aspects of cancer.

The Macmillan mobile information bus will be on the market all day on Wednesday 15 February to provide high quality information, support and advice to members of the public.

Date published: 14/01/2012

Extra social care funding means better help at home for people in Manchester

An extra £1.7 million for social care in Manchester will mean people can leave hospital earlier and receive better care at home.

This comes from an extra £150m announced by the Coalition Government this week to be spent on shortening hospital stays across the country during the busy winter period.

Thanks to the Liberal Democrats, the cash can be used to access various...

Date published: 13/01/2012

Stroke Patient Thanks Life Saving Team

Kevin Griffiths (centre) with the medical team he credits with saving his life. L- R Stuart Greenwood (Charge Nurse A&E), Cath Curley (Stroke Thrombolysis Co-ordinator), Dr Robert Namushi (Stroke Consultant), Dr Khalil Kawafi (Stroke Consultant), Denise Knowles (Ward Manager at the Acute Stroke Unit) and Stuart Young (Ward Manager for Stroke Rehabilitation)

When retired engineer Kevin Griffiths, suffered two catastrophic and life threatening strokes within hours of each other, he was resigned to life in a wheelchair with severe disabilities....

Date published: 12/01/2012

PIP breast implants not used at Pennine Acute Trust hospitals

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is reassuring the public that it does not and has not used the specific brand of breast implants - Poly Implant Prothese (PIP).

The announcement comes following recent coverage concerning the PIP implants and the Trust say that this particular brand of implant has never been used at any of their hospitals.

Date published: 09/01/2012

More News

Browsing with a mobile? Try our mobile website »