Look after your health this Easter
The local NHS is reminding patients of a few simple steps they can take to stay healthy over the Easter four-day weekend. Good Friday and Easter Monday are bank holidays, so most GP practices will be closed.
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals welcome £80k investment in maternity training
The Maternity Services team at The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have been awarded £80,000 from Health Education England’s (HEE) Maternity Safety Training Fund to pay for maternity safety training for Maternity staff that will be spent over 2017/2018.
Mid Yorkshire launches diabetic eye screening programme across Leeds, Wakefield and North Kirklees
Eye screening experts from the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust will be helping thousands of people with diabetes in West Yorkshire care for their sight from 1 April 2017.
Wakefield Intermediate Care Unit welcomes new volunteers
The Wakefield Intermediate Care Unit (WICU) based at Queen Elizabeth House in Wakefield, has recently welcomed seven new volunteer ward befrienders to their unit to provide patients with additional support and companionship during their stay.
DEWSBURY WELCOMES THE CADBURY MILK TRAY MAN
Pictured: The Milk Tray Man with volunteers from Dewsbury & District Hospital and Susan Nash (top left), Trade Communication Manger, Mondelez International.
Hero Health Care Assistant saves life of cyclist on Horbury Bridge
A hero Health Care Assistant from The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust arrived in the nick of time to help save the life of a gentleman after he collapsed at the side of the road in Horbury Bridge (Wakefield) in January while out cycling.
New dining experience for elderly patients
The nursing and safety support teams on the elderly care wards at Pinderfields Hospital, in Wakefield, have implemented a new dining table initiative on Gates 41 and 43 to encourage socialisation, and interaction between patients on the wards.
Hospital services reconfiguration update
The way in which some hospital services are delivered by The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is to change over the summer months.
Improved care for the elderly thanks to partnership working in Wakefield
Wakefield’s Connecting Care programme has reported a reduction in the number of elderly people being admitted to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department at Pinderfields Hospital, thanks to partnership working through the care home vanguard.