Local charity to receive royal award
A Wakefield based children’s burns charity has won a prestigious royal award
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Knit an octopus or two to help our patients living with Dementia
We need people who want to get creative by knitting an octopus or two (or three, or four) for our patients living with Dementia.
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals awarded for commitment to patient safety by National Joint Registry
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is celebrating, after being named as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider, after successfully completing a national programme of local data audits.
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals improve its delivery of cancer services
The cancer teams across all tumour groups at The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have contributed towards successfully delivering the national cancer performance targets for the first three quarters of the year. The team have provided more chemotherapy and complex therapy treatments to patients closer to home.
Surgery success for bladder cancer patient
A bladder cancer patient treated at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield has become the first person in West Yorkshire to undergo a laparoscopic cystectomy with bladder reconstruction without the disease returning.
Therapist’s Innovative Health Product goes National
A unique and universal hand and wrist splint developed by an Occupational Therapist from Pontefract Hospital, aimed at helping patients with rheumatology related health conditions, has been recognised by a national Orthopaedics company for distribution.
Pupils delight in artwork success
Izobelle Broadley (15), from Spen Valley High School will be one of the lucky pupils whose artwork will be displayed for all to see after winning a competition run by The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Britain’s longest serving burns nurse celebrates 40 years in the job
A Wakefield Burns Nurse has recently celebrated a key 40 year milestone working in the Regional Adults’ Burns Centre at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield.
Mid Yorks Pharmacy Director new chairman of Pharmaceutical Market Support Group
The Director of Pharmacy at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been appointed as Chair of the Pharmaceutical Market Support Group – a national medicines procurement group who help to manage the medicines market on behalf of all hospitals in England.
Young Macmillan Champion’s Royal invite
A Macmillan Information and Support Centre Coordinator at Pinderfields Hospital, in Wakefield, has received an official invitation from HRH the Prince of Wales to attend a reception for Macmillan Cancer Support at Buckingham Palace in January.