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Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Maternity services back to 'good' after inspection
Maternity services at Royal Stoke University Hospital have been rated "good" by the health watchdog, following an unannounced inspection in November. Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors carried out the visit to check on the progress of improvements that University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust was told to make at its previous inspection. The CQC had issued a warning notice then to ensure the trust focussed on improving safety at the service. Inspectors said during November's visit that they found significant improvements, which meant the warning notice was removed. The overall rating for the service, as well as the ratings for how safe and well-led the service was, have now improved from "requires improvement" to "good". Inspectors said the November visit did not look at how effective, caring and responsive the service was - and these remained rated as "good". "We were pleased to see that leaders and staff working in maternity services at Royal Stoke University Hospital had acted on our feedback from the previous inspection and worked hard to make improvements," said Steven Paisley, CQC deputy director of operations in the Midlands. He said leaders now thoroughly reviewed incidents to identify areas for improvement to reduce the risk of them happening again. They also held weekly risk meetings to help keep people admitted to the maternity unit safe. "The trust was proactive in seeking feedback from people and their families about their experiences of care," Mr Paisley said. He said the inspection team spoke to a family member who described how staff were on hand to answer questions and provide reassurance. He added they also spoke to a mother who talked about how staff had been confident, knowledgeable and kept her updated after the birth. However, inspectors reported some staff did not feel confident that leaders would act on the concerns they raised, and there were some instances where staffing was below recommended levels due to cover needed in other areas. The unit lacked posters and resources in other languages for people whose first language was not English, the report added. "Overall, the maternity team at Royal Stoke University Hospital should be proud of the improvements our inspection found," Mr Paisley said. "We have identified some areas where they can make continued progress, and we look forward to seeing their plans develop." Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Hospital reports maternity progress Spike in baby deaths blamed on Covid pandemic Hospital ordered to improve maternity services 'They saved me and my baby when my heart stopped' University Hospitals of North Midlands
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Couple have same heart surgery within days - and five more local stories you missed this week
A couple who underwent the same life-saving heart surgery at the same hospital within the space of a few days feature in our best local stories of the week. Cheshire Live reported how Donald and Joan Curzon - who have been married for 56 years - are now recovering from their operations at their home near Winsford. Elsewhere, a former Miss Wales finalist has won a £6m house in the Omaze draw and German tourists travelled 700 miles to Scotland for a pie. You can read the full version of each of our selected articles through the links under each story – or read more top headlines from around the UK's regions on the Yahoo UK local news page. A married Cheshire couple of 56 years have hailed the "marvellous" care they received after both undergoing the same life-saving heart surgery within the space of a week. Donald and Joan Curzon both needed surgery for a transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) after separately being referred to University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust's (UHNM) cardiology department. Donald, 86, and Joan, 77, are now recovering at their home in Meadow Bank, near Winsford, following their treatment at the Royal Stoke hospital earlier in the month. Read the full story from Cheshire Live A former finalist in Miss Wales who has never owned her own home has won a spectacular £6m home through the Omaze million pound house draw. Vicky Curtis-Cresswell, 38, had been living with her family until she won the property. Vicky is now the owner of a New England-style coastal property in Norfolk inspired by the architecture found in Cape Cod and the Hamptons in the United States. Her incredible new home is the most valuable property ever to be offered in a UK prize draw. Read the full story from Wales Online Two childhood sweethearts have been reunited after 85 years thanks to an old school photo. Jim Dougal and Betty Davidson used to walk to school together hand in hand in Eyemouth in the Scottish Borders in the 1930s. They lost touch after Jim's family moved away in about 1939, but his son Alistair's efforts to trace all the members of a class photo from 1936 brought them back together. Read the full story from the Daily Record The opportunity for Kernewek, the Cornish language, being taught in all schools in Cornwall took a step forward yesterday (Wednesday, March 26) when Anna Gelderd MP delivered a 'ten minute rule bill' in parliament calling for Cornish to have equal status to the other four Celtic languages of the UK. The MP, backed by Cornwall's five other MPs, would like to see children being able to learn Kernewek in all primary schools. She pointed out that Cornish is still not formally embedded in secondary or higher education. Read the full story from Cornwall Live A tourist travelled all the way from Berlin to West Lothian to try an award-winning speciality pie. Paul and Christine Boyle have enjoyed a surge in business after their kebab pie went viral for winning the "pie of pies" title at the 2025 British Pie Awards in Leicestershire. Now, a tourist from Germany embarked on a journey over 700 miles via Prague, Leicester and Newcastle, to Boghall Butchers in Bathgate. Michael Hunter travelled with a friend and is no stranger to kebab meat with over 1,000 shops in Berlin. Read the full story from Edinburgh Live Police swooped to help a lost swan outside a Coventry school just before home time on Tuesday afternoon (25 March). A few people picking up their little ones at Grange Hurst Primary on Anderton Road were in a bit of flap when they spotted the seemingly lost bird. But a police officer was on hand and the long arm, or should that be neck, of the law managed to save the day, by ushering the swan towards more familiar ground. Read the full story from Coventry Live
BBC News
15-03-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Stoke-on-Trent sisters mark 40 years since landmark transplant op
Two sisters have marked 40 years since one donated her kidney to the other and became a city's first live organ Plant, from Cellarhead, near Stoke-on-Trent, suffered with years of health complications and had to be treated with dialysis after she was diagnosed with small kidneys in February 1985, her sister Pearl Anderson approached staff about kidney donations and asked if she could be a potential was found to be compatible and a month later, on 15 March, the pair underwent a transplant surgery at the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary. The operation made history as it was the first live organ donation to be carried out in Stoke-on-Trent, according to the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM).Mrs Plant, now 64, said she was able to live a normal life "just like anyone else" after the operation and had her sister to thank."After my kidney transplant, my life was absolutely fabulous," she said. 'Something really special' Ms Anderson, who was 26 at the time of donating her kidney, said she has "lived a lovely life" with only one kidney, having two children and "great health".She said: "After seeing Dawn's quality of life improve so much, I would really recommend that people look into living donation as it really is just brilliant."Mrs Plant started experiencing issues with the donated kidney 32 years later and had to go on the transplant list before her husband Glyn donated one of his kidneys in 2018."We are now both retired, have been married for 45 years and have two grandchildren so it is fantastic that this gift has allowed us to keep enjoying our life together as a family," Mrs Plant Dimmick, clinical nurse specialist at UHNM, said Mrs Plant's story was "amazing" and watching her case evolve over the years was "something really special"."It is really important that people research the benefit of donating a kidney and how it can transform people's lives, just like Dawn," she said. Follow BBC Stoke & Staffordshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
