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Statement following the conclusion of ...

Sally Young, Director of Corporate Services and Heather Johnstone, Director of Nursing and Quality at the NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) said:  “The CCGs have supported Jonnie's family as they have fought, with exceptional dignity, to ge...

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Residents Urged To Act Now ...

  Residents and businesses across South Staffordshire are being warned the area could face tougher Covid-19 measures, unless the spread of infection is curbed.   The district, like the whole of Staffordshire, is ...

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Nursing recruitment drive underway as ...

A nursing recruitment drive is underway at a Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) hospital to help meet winter demand.   Staff are being recruited at MPFT’s Haywood Hospital near Burslem in Stoke-on-Trent. These will be ma...

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Key leadership appointment announced to ...

    Together We’re Better has today announced the appointment of  Prem Singh, a former nurse who has served the NHS for 45 years, as the Independent Chair of the shadow Integrated Care System (...

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Work to begin on new ...

  Construction work on a new health centre is due to begin next month (November).   The Greenwood House Medical Centre on Lichfield Road, Burntwood, will replace the Hudson Drive site of Darwin ...

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Protect pregnant mum and baby ...

During uncertain times, with new things to deal with, mums-to-be are being urged to add ‘get the flu vaccine’ to their baby preparation to-do list.   Pregnant women are more vulnerable to catching flu and could also e...

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