Let's talk Dewsbury Hospital
Come along to our first ‘Let’s Talk Dewsbury Hospital’ event to tell us your thoughts and views on the proposed changes to Dewsbury and District Hospital.
News
The Tour de Yorkshire comes to Wakefield
The Tour de Yorkshire arrives in Wakefield on Sunday 3 May for the final stage of the three day race.
There will be a number of road closures in Wakefield city centre and surrounding areas while the race goes by and this could affect patients and visitors travelling to Pinderfields Hospital.
Dewsbury and District Hospital - just the facts
Read about the changes at Dewsbury and District Hospital.
Essential work at Pontefract Hospital
We would like to give advance warning of some essential work that is taking place at Pontefract Hospital on Saturday 28 March from 7am until 7pm.
Can you help knit a Twiddlemuff?
Staff caring for patients living with dementia at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust are appealing to knitters to help them produce Twiddlemuffs. These are knitted bands that items can be attached to and which a patient with dementia can ‘twiddle’ in their hands.
Stomach bug? Stay away from visiting hospital
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is asking anyone planning to visit its hospitals to stay at home if they or their family members have had diarrhoea, vomiting or ‘flu-like’ symptoms in the last four days.
Staff achievements
Everyone at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been working very hard to ensure the care we provide patients is of the highest quality.
Support for Dr Kate Granger’s campaign
‘Hello my name is...’ asks that NHS staff pledge to always introduce themselves to patients, relatives and visitors.
Terminally-ill Dr Kate Granger, an acting consultant in elderly medicine at Pinderfields Hospital launched her ‘Hello my name is…’ campaign to encourage health workers to introduce themselves to patients.
Industrial action - Thursday 29 January
The healthcare trade unions involved in a pay dispute with the Government have announced that they will stage a further period of industrial action with a strike on Thursday 29 January.
Cervical Cancer Awareness Week
Doctors at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust are encouraging local women to get smear tests as part of national Cervical Cancer Awareness Week (25-31 January).