A new Chair has been appointed to Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Stepping Hill Hospital as well as community health services across Stockport. Tony Warne (pictured below) brings an extensive range of experience from his 20 years in clinical, nursing and management practice to his new … [Read more...]
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New Stepping Hill ultrasound clinic opens, helping prevent blindness
A new state-of-the-art specialist ultrasound clinic service at Stepping Hill Hospital is helping to improve the diagnosis of a condition which can cause blindness, and save the sight of many more people. The hospital’s rheumatology team have set up a new ‘fast track pathway’ using ultrasound … [Read more...]
Stockport businesses invited to free health and wellbeing webinar
Businesses in Stockport are invited to take part in a free webinar to discuss how they can support health and wellbeing in workplaces across Greater Manchester. Did you know that approximately one third of UK employees have a long-term health condition? And 42% of these individuals feel that … [Read more...]
Green light for St Thomas Gardens development
Stockport Council has given the green light to a proposed residential scheme, St Thomas Gardens, that will repurpose the former St Thomas Hospital in the town centre. Councillors expressed enthusiastic support for the scheme, which comprises 67 new homes and a 70-bed care facility, for its model … [Read more...]
Stepping Hill chosen as among top NHS catering sites
Stepping Hill Hospital’s catering team has been chosen as part of an NHS scheme aiming to improve hospital food standards across the country. The hospital has been chosen as an ‘exemplar site’ for NHS catering, following the recommendations of a national Independent Review into NHS Hospital Food … [Read more...]
Stepping Hill radiographer receives national training award
A radiographer working at Stepping Hill Hospital has received a national award from diagnostic provider InHealth for outstanding performance in training. InHealth Reporting presented Jack Butler, Chest Reporting Radiographer with the InHealth Award for Academic Excellence in Clinical Reporting – … [Read more...]
NHS award for Bramhall care home
The team at New Care’s Bramhall Manor care centre on Robins Lane in Bramhall has received a special Making a Difference award from Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. Personally delivered and presented by chief executive of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Karen James OBE as part of the Trust’s wider … [Read more...]
Stockport employers encouraged to share mental health resources with staff
Stockport Council is encouraging employers in the borough to share with staff mental health resources and services available. The pandemic and on-going lockdown have proved challenging for many residents in Stockport, and so the council has compiled a number of resources for businesses to share … [Read more...]
Nursing boost for Stepping Hill thanks to international recruits
Nursing numbers at Stepping Hill Hospital have recently received a boost with a group of 10 nurses from India and Nepal joining the workforce. The Indian and Nepalese nurses are helping to support the hospital as it meets the challenge of the large numbers of COVID-19 admissions it currently … [Read more...]
Workplace wellbeing webinar to form part of Damar Training’s National Apprenticeship Week activities
Apprenticeship provider, Damar Training, will host a webinar on supporting wellbeing in the workplace as part of its National Apprenticeship Week activities. Taking place on Wednesday 10th February at 3pm, the Zoom webinar will be hosted by guest speaker Ian Cole, from the Workplace Wellbeing … [Read more...]
Cheadle Hulme respite care service goes above and beyond to offer full-time support
Care staff at Meridian in Cheadle Hulme offering respite care to young people with autism, have gone above and beyond to help a family in need of extra support during lockdown. Operated by Stockport charity, Together Trust, Meridian is a short breaks service for children and young people with … [Read more...]
Stockport NHS at the forefront of COVID-19 research
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has played a key role in two recent medical research projects which have recently published important findings in the ongoing fight against Covid-19. The trust’s research and innovation team based at Stepping Hill Hospital, together with other staff and patients in … [Read more...]
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