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Over 70’s now benefit from cancer screening Triple award winning success for Trust communications team Multi-million facelift for Good Hope’s emergency services Hospital Trust crowned national award winner for patient safety
 
Over 70’s now benefit from cancer screening

Over 70’s now benefit from cancer screening

The age from which locals can be screened for bowel cancer at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has been extended.  Previously open to 60-69 year olds, anyone aged 60-74 years old in the Hospital’s catchment area can now be screened for bowel cancer.  With early detection of the disease being vital to the success of [...]

Over 70’s now benefit from cancer screening
Triple award winning success for Trust communications team

Triple award winning success for Trust communications team

The communications team enjoyed triple award winning success at the CIPR PRide Awards 2011 during December. � Heart and Soul, The Trust’s members’ magazine, won Gold in the external newspaper or magazine category; our staff magazine, Heartbeat, won the Gold award in the internal newspaper or magazine category; and a silver was also awarded in the internal [...]

Triple award winning success for Trust communications team
Multi-million facelift for Good Hope’s emergency services

Multi-million facelift for Good Hope’s emergency services

Emergency services at Good Hope Hospital are to benefit from a multi-million pound investment to improve facilities for patients, with the planned works commencing this week.   The emergency department, which sees more than 80,000 patients every year, is to be completely refurbished to provide state-of-the-art facilities to improve the flow of patients through the department during [...]

Multi-million facelift for Good Hope’s emergency services
Hospital Trust crowned national award winner for patient safety

Hospital Trust crowned national award winner for patient safety

Nurses at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust won national recognition this week for their innovative work around patient safety. Having competed against hospitals across the country at the Nursing Times Awards 2011, the nurses were finally crowned victorious at the prestigious awards ceremony at London’s Hilton Hotel, Park Lane. The accolade, for patient safety improvement, was [...]

Hospital Trust crowned national award winner for patient safety

Because they are special – Good Hope facelift will help premature babies

26 January 2012

Good Hope Hospital’s unit for babies needing special care is being given a £1.1million facelift. The new state-of-the-art facilities will create an environment promoting family-centred care and will provide much needed extra space for more cots. Work starts on 25 January with the special care baby unit moving to a nearby ward in the Hospital’s Fothergill [...]

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Free help to start the year by stubbing out

26 January 2012

Solihull Stop Smoking Service has set up a new clinic to help people wanting to make 2012 the year they kick the smoking habit. Sessions are held at Ashram Housing, 291A Bosworth Drive, Chelmsley Wood, every Tuesday evening from 5 – 7pm. New clients can drop in between 5 and 6pm before a group session. Anyone [...]

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Good Hope’s Guardian Angel is all Heart

Good Hope’s Guardian Angel is all Heart

23 January 2012

Staff on the Richard Salt unit are delighted to have received a donation of an ECG machine from Good Hope’s Guardian Angel, Vera Holley. Vera, aged 81 from Walmley, has volunteered at Good Hope since her retirement from nursing in 1995. She donated the heart monitoring machine to the Hospital in memory of her husband Ray [...]

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Hospital specialists get under the skin of region’s common conditions

17 January 2012

Locals will have the opportunity to ask medics about two of the most common skin conditions, eczema and psoriasis, at a forthcoming health seminar at Good Hope Hospital. With psoriasis affecting around 2 per cent of the UK population and eczema now diagnosed in one in five children, skin condition specialists, Dr Kaur and Dr [...]

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