Health
Two top nurses from Basingstoke hospital have been chosen to join an elite course designed to train up the next generation of leaders shaping NHS healthcare.
Following a lengthy series of tests and interviews, Hampshire Hospital’s NHS Foundation Trust’s clinical services lead Julie McPherson, and paediatric nurse Lorraine Major, were selected for the Clinical Leadership Fellowship Programme, run by the NHS National Leadership Council.
The pair join 58 other health professionals, chosen...
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Eye unit at hospital gets £550,000 revamp
More patients will be able to have treatment for eye conditions at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital after a £550,000 redevelopment of the ophthalmology unit.The Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane, Councillor David Leeks, officially reopened the facility at Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust on Friday, August 12. Cllr Leeks was joined byhospital staff and Trust chairman Elizabeth Padmore, chief executive Mary Edwards, and director of nursing Donna Green.
Mayor...
Milestone reached at new South Ham surgery
Work on a £3.2m doctors surgery in South Ham has reached an important milestone.Foundation stones from the original St Andrew's Hall, the site of the new facility, have been removed for safekeeping. The stones were laid on June 29, 1955, thanking the main benefactors, the Joseph Rank Benevolent Trust and the Moullin family, Basingstoke Methodists.
The old hall is being demolished to make way for a surgery with seven consulting rooms, a dental practice and pharmacy. The surgery...
NHS launch bowel cancer drive
NHS Hampshire is launching a new health drive at the Ark Conference Centre today (Thursday).
Health authorities across the south east have teamed up to target bowel cancer.
The campaign is urging people aged over 50 to go to the doctors if they exhibit any symptoms of bowel cancer.
The disease claims up to 16,000 lives across the UK each year.
STI checks for over 55's
A national campaign fighting STI's in the over 50's is being supported by Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust. Sexual Health Week, which started on Monday, September 13 and runs through to Sunday, September 19, aims to increase the awareness of STI's in older patients.
The hospital stresses that STI's can affect anyone of any age having unprotected sex.
Hospital spokesperson, Gina Hanafin, said: “If you are having unprotected sex, an STI will find you just as...
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