21/01/2010
NHS Surrey has renewed its efforts to get more people in for cervical screening, after the “Jade Goody effect” begins to wear off. Screening shot up when the reality TV star died last year, but one in four aged 25 to 49 are still putting themselves ta risk by not having smear tests. The message to women in Surrey during European Cervical Cancer Prevention week, which starts on January 24, is: “Don’t put yourself at risk – keep your smear tests up to date.” Dr ...
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04/01/2010
East Surrey Hospital in Redhill has refurbished two side rooms in its neonatal unit, to created new facilities for a hospital’s maternity and gynaecology units, turning them into modern areas where parents can stay overnight and get extra support with a newborn baby. The new units are now operational and have been designed to ‘creating homely and quiet spaces for patients’. The ‘Sweet Pea Room’ has been created by Gynaecological staff to provide a safe environment w...
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21/12/2009
Medical staff from the Royal Surrey County Hospital are preparing for a trip to a war-torn country in Central America to train doctors there. The group led by retired GP Chris Jagger, will take the group of 10 El Salvador on February 10 and spend a fortnight in Hospital Nacional Rosales in San Salvador.
Dr Jegger said “We are going to be doing a four-day teaching course for the doctors, and we will also spend some time working with them on their rounds as they go about their work Upper ga...
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16/12/2009
20 ill children were treated to a special party at Harrods in London. The kids, who are all being treated at the Outwood Ward of East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, were welcomed to the store with their families and hospital staff for a special breakfast followed by a morning of entertainment and activities. Harrods chairman, Mohamed Al Fayed, throws a party for sick children every year and those who have been in hospital for a long time. Mohamed Al Fayed son was treated at the old Redhill General ...
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15/12/2009
Esher and Walton MP Ian Taylor and Guildford MP Mrs Milton have pledged their support to a campaign launched in opposition to changes to the county’s community hospitals. The Save Our Surrey (SOS) Community Hospitals group was formed following the closure of beds in Walton Community Hospital’s Burwood ward, the reduction of beds at Molesey Community Hospital and the threat to community beds in Cranleigh.
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09/12/2009
The Royal Surrey County Hospital has completed its first operation using an innovative new robot for the entire procedure, hopefully taking weeks off the recovery time for the patient. The da Vinci robot, stated to be a ‘quantum leap in technology’, enables surgeons to operate using enhanced 3D vision, greater precision and agility thanks to the steady and manoeuvrable robotic arms.
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08/12/2009
A pioneering transplant technique is giving kidney patients a new hope. The new technique which allows surgeons to transplant a kidney from donor to recipient even if their blood types do not match. This new technique, which was performed by the transplant team at St George's Healthcare NHS Trust for the first time in September, is only available at a handful of trusts across the country and in Europe.
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07/12/2009
Doctors at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust are treating patients who have problem bladders with Botox – a procedure that can drastically improve the lives of patients.
Roger Walker a Urology consultant said “Botox is used in treating muscle spasms, eye-squints and even excessive sweating. For our patients, Botox can help the bladder to store and retain urine without squeezing and emptying when it’s not supposed to”.
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07/12/2009
Midwives Colleen Robinson and Sue Sasse, were nominated for the prestigious Royal College of Midwives' 'Team of the year' award and are now through to the final. The team of midwives who care for pregnant teenagers at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has been shortlisted for a national award. Sue Sasse has said: "We're a friendly and welcoming team and we never judge the people that we care for. The young women that we see know that we're always here for them and that they can ...
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07/12/2009
A planning application which would bring forward the development of a Primary Care Centre (PCC) for Devizes is to be made to Wiltshire Council.
The planning application signals a change to the original plans as local GPs and NHS Wiltshire take the opportunity to co-locate the Primary Care Centre on land alongside a purpose-build retirement village on land near London Road. The majority of patients visiting GP practices are aged over 65 so placing the Primary Care Centre within the new developm...
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