Stroke patients are benefitting from the appointment of Royal Stoke’s first 'Physician Associate'. Rachel Gunston (pictured) trained on the stroke unit and will now be staying on to help care for patients within the specialty. The role is relatively ...
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Sit Up, Get Dressed, Keep Moving
Campaign relaunched to give healthcare professionals new resources to combat deconditioning in hospital University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM) and the British Geriatrics Society have relaunched the ‘Sit Up, Get Dressed and Keep Moving’ campaig ...
Thermographic technology installed at County Hospital
Thermographic technology which protects patients, staff and visitors from the spread of Coronavirus has been installed at County Hospital. In June, UHNM became the first UK healthcare organisation to deploy the innovative new technology, leading the ...
Breast nurses nominated for Royal College of Nursing Institute award
Pictured: Helen Francis (left) and Julie Boulton (right) Two of UHNM’s advanced nurse practitioners have been nominated for a prestigious RCNi (Royal College of Nursing Institute) award. Helen Francis and Julie Boulton work in the breast clinic at U ...
UHNM amongst ten leading trusts for COVID-19 clinical studies
Pictured from left: Minnie Gellamucho, Research Practitioner, Jo Tomlinson, Senior Research Practitioner and Martin Booth, Assistant Research Practitioner UHNM is one of the top three trusts in the West Midlands and top 10 nationally for recruiting ...
Working together saves lives
Researchers at UHNM and the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network West Midlands (NIHR CRN WM) are working together to bring potentially life-saving Coronavirus treatments a step closer. As a number of different trials for C ...
Outpatient appointments update
We are starting to increase the outpatient appointments at UHNM and our teams will be contacting patients that previously had their appointment cancelled to offer another appointment. Appointments could be: · Face-to-Face · tele ...
Breast Self-Managed Pathway celebrates one year since launch
Pictured from left: Julie Boulton, Liz Lamont and Helen Francis One year ago, UHNM launched a new care pathway for breast cancer patients with funding from the West Midlands Cancer Alliance. The self-managed approach means that when a patient has co ...