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HELP! Bookies assist smokers to kick the habit - Liverpool Echo 10th July 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:40:40 -0400

SMOKERS in Liverpool will receive help on quitting while having a flutter at the bookies. Anti-smoking campaign Roy Castle FagEnds has joined forces with William Hill for a new scheme.

Visa hope for cancer carer - Liverpool Echo 10th July 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:40:40 -0400

A WOMAN who is fighting deportation so she can care for her critically ill husband was given fresh hope today. Immigration officials have invited Cindy Byron to apply for an extension to her visa – but at a cost of up to almost £600.

I’m riddled with cancer, but they’re making my wife go back to Canada - Liverpool Echo 9th July 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:40:13 -0400

THE wife of a critically-ill man is fighting against deportation. Cindy Byron is a full-time carer for her husband Geoff, who is riddled with cancer, at their home in Prescot.

Good health! - Ellesmere Port Pioneer 10th July 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:30:50 -0400

A COMMUNITY has come together to celebrate Westminster Primary achieving National Healthy School Status (NHSS). Partner organisations joined parents, pupils and staff at the John Street school to honour the achievement, which aims to make kids as healthy as possible.

Ambulance service boosted - Ellesmere Port Pioneer 10th July 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:30:49 -0400

A CHARITY champion has raised enough cash to buy seven new rucksacks for the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) in Ellesmere Port. Billy Birch has collected more than £77,000 over the last 18 years for various causes.

Ormskirk Hospital joins in NHS anniversary celebrations - Ormskirk Advertiser 10th July 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:30:45 -0400

CELEBRATIONS have taken place at Ormskirk Hospital as the NHS reached its 60th birthday. Chairman of the Trust Sir Ron Watson served birthday cake to members of staff to mark the anniversary on Saturday, July 5.

Staff shortage forced Merseyside’s ambulance service to spend £35,000 on taxis in just one month - Liverpool Daily Post 9th July 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:09:20 -0400

MERSEYSIDE’S ambulance service spent £35,000 on taxis in just one month – because it did not have enough staff to man its own vehicles. The staff shortages, combined with high numbers of patients, led to the spending on taxis which is not budgeted for at all. The money was used by the service’s Patient Transport Service (PTS) within Merseyside because of unfilled vacancies and delays in treatment, as well as the high amount of people needing the service.

Service to relaunch - Liverpool Daily Post 9th July 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:08:50 -0400

DERMATOLOGY services at a Cheshire hospital will relaunch next week, after a shortage of consultants forced it to suspend the service. North Cheshire Hosp- itals, which include Warrington and Halton hospitals, had to close the department temporarily after the consultant who ran the service left.

Skin patients forced to travel - Liverpool Daily Post 8th July 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:07:19 -0400

A LACK of consultant dermatologists at a Cheshire hospital has forced patients – some with suspected skin cancer – to travel to Merseyside for treatment. Patients are being referred to St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust for vital treatment because of the shortage.

New help for families with cashflow problems - Liverpool Echo 8th July 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:06:37 -0400

HARD-up families feeling the pressure from rising food and fuel prices will receive free financial advice under government plans. The Money Guidance scheme will be launched in Merseyside early next year to help residents budget and pay their bills.

£30,000 thanks for our Pia’s life - Liverpool Echo 7th July 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:06:12 -0400

THE family of a baby saved at Liverpool Women’s hospital raised £30,000 for three new incubators. Twin Pia Ashton was treated in the neonatal unit after being born last November weighing just 1lb 12oz. Pia was born in Liverpool after her mother was transferred in a 190-mile dash from Luton by ambulance when only six months pregnant.

Faye has op to save life - Liverpool Echo 7th July 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:05:57 -0400

LITTLE Faye Lafferty will be spending her school holidays in hospital recovering after a life-saving bone marrow transplant. The Huyton eight-year-old is recovering from a high temperature, but is otherwise doing well after the four-hour operation at Alder Hey. The bone marrow came from a 32-year-old Australian man.

NHS faces threat, say unions - Liverpool Echo 7th July 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:04:53 -0400

TRADE unionists met at the Royal hospital to mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS on Saturday. Merseyside TUC celebrated the NHS and protested at “continual privatisation”. Campaigners carried placards urging for the NHS to be kept in public hands.

Have your say on new hospital - Liverpool Echo 7th July 2008

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:04:24 -0400

A 12-WEEK public consultation on multi-million pound proposals to transform a Wirral hospital begins today. Wirral Primary Care Trust is asking members of the public to give their views on its plan to build a new healthcare facility at St Catherine’s community hospital in Birkenhead.

Hospital festival – and a new name – to mark 60 years of the NHS - Liverpool Daily Post 7th July 2008

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:44:21 -0400

A LIVERPOOL hospital held a festival to commemorate the NHS’s 60th anniversary on Saturday. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital – previously known as the Cardiothoracic Centre, in Broadgreen – held the event, which involved guided tours of an operating theatre, free health checks, acupressure massage, salsa and Tai Chi classes.

60 years on: Liverpool unveils news NHS challenges - Liverpool Daily Post 5th July 2008

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:44:00 -0400

SINCE the Victorian era, Liverpool has had a strong history of public health provision, with the establishment of several institutions dedicated to improving the health of the city’s inhabitants.

Happy 60th to NHS: you saved my baby - Liverpool Echo 5th July 2008

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:43:29 -0400

A MUM whose unborn child was within hours of death when she was given a life saving blood transfusion today praised the NHS on its 60th birthday. If she had been back in 1948, toddler Naomi Mallett would not have survived.

Tell us what you think of Wirral hospital revamp - Liverpool Daily Post 7th July 2008

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:43:03 -0400

TODAY marks the start of a 12-week public consultation on multi-million pound proposals to transform a Wirral hospital. Wirral Primary Care Trust (PCT) is asking members of the public to give their views of its vision to build a new healthcare facility at St Catherine’s Community Hospital, in Birkenhead.

Rewards for healthy attitude to NHS work - Chester Chronicle 4th July 2008

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:36:59 -0400

AN AMAZING 5,000 years of NHS service has been celebrated by employees of Western Cheshire Primary Care Trust to coincide with the health service’s 60th birthday. The Chester-based trust, which commissions health services for the public, has introduced a scheme to recognise long service among its staff.

Southport Hospital staff mark 60 years of the NHS - Southport Visiter 4th July 2008

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:36:24 -0400

A DIAMOND decorated cake sat at the centre of celebrations as Southport Hospital staff marked 60 years of the NHS yesterday. The blue and white iced creation, topped off with a golf-ball sized, fake diamond, took team leader Rhoda Whitley and chef Paul Pedley, from the hospital’s canteen department, a day to ice.

Letters to The Telegraph - One city, nine NHS chief executives - The Sunday Telegraph 6th July 2008

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:18:49 -0400

Your correspondent is right to identify financial inefficiency within the National Health Service (Letters, May 29). The rot started in earnest in the mid-1980s when local health authorities, then managing the whole service for a community, were replaced by multiple independent trusts, each with their own highly-paid internal structures. In Liverpool today there are nine trusts managing substantially fewer beds and services than were managed by one (slim) health authority 20 years ago.

New surgery - Liverpool Echo 3rd July 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:42:03 -0400

WOMEN receiving hysterectomies at Arrowe Park hospital, in Wirral, are among the first in the country to benefit from keyhole surgery which can reduce recovery time by more than a third.

NHS celebration events to be held across the region - Liverpool Daily Post 4th July 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:42:03 -0400

HEALTH Trusts throughout Merseyside are holding celebration events. Some include: University Hospital Aintree is planning guided tours of an operating theatre tomorrow for the first time – though there will be no operations in progress. The tours will also take in the hospital’s physiotherapy and pharmacy departments, chaplaincy and the clinical science centre where medical research is carried out. The tours will be at 1pm and 3pm and car parking is free throughout the day.

Women in Merseyside among first to benefit from pioneering surgery - Liverpool Daily Post 3rd July 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:40:23 -0400

WOMEN receiving hysterectomies at a Merseyside hospital are among the first in the country to benefit from a procedure which reduces recovery time by more than a third. The keyhole technique is being performed at Arrowe Park Hospital, in Wirral, and means patients can be discharged within 24 hours.

Comedian digs in to launch new name for city hospital - Liverpool Daily Post 4th July 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:40:18 -0400

A CELEBRATION to mark the next phase in a Merseyside hospital’s history was held yesterday. The former Cardiothoracic Centre, in Broadgreen, has changed its name to the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, and local legend Ken Dodd planted a tree in its grounds to commemorate the day.

Protest on NHS birthday - Liverpool Echo 3rd July 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:37:45 -0400

A HUGE Trojan horse will lead a demonstration in Liverpool against “the increasing privatisation of the NHS”. Organised to coincide with the NHS’s 60th anniversary on Saturday, the Merseyside Trade Union Council (MTUC) is planning a march to highlight what they believe is the continued erosion of the NHS.

Katie helps save diabetic dad - Liverpool Echo 3rd July 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:36:43 -0400

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl who helped saved her dad’s life when he fell into a diabetic coma has been praised by ambulance bosses. Katie Green was at home in Glazebrook, Warrington, with her father Gary when she realised there was something wrong.

Hospitals turn to public for views - Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News 3rd July 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:34:53 -0400

NORTH Cheshire Hospitals Trust is calling on members of the public to help decide how its centres should be run. The NHS trust, which incorporates Halton and Warrington Hospitals, will be holding elections for the first ever public and staff hospital governors in September, in support of its application for NHS Foundation Trust status.

You say on trust’s services - Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News 3rd July 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:34:51 -0400

CATHERINE Beardshaw, chief executive of North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “This is an exciting opportunity for the public to get really involved in their hospitals and we’re committed to better involving the public in how their hospitals are run.

Hospital election - Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News 3rd July 2008

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:34:49 -0400

HALTON residents who want to play a major role in influencing North Cheshire Hospital Trust’s decision making process are invited to stand in a governors’ election. It is the first time that governors are being appointed to ensure the public accountability of Halton and Warrington Hospitals.