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Two advanced clinical practitioners at Stepping Hill Hospital have received a national award recognising their project to ensure swifter diagnosis and treatment for patients in Stockport with IBD (Inflammatory bowel disease). Advanced clinical practitioners Rachel Campbell (pictured, right) and … [Read more...]

Stockport's ambitious journey to becoming one of the UKs most sustainable and liveable towns has taken a major step forward, as work begins on transforming an historic hospital into a multi-generational residential community in the heart of the town centre: St Thomas Gardens. After over 15 years … [Read more...]

Stockport arts and health charity, Arc, are launching new careboxes to help businesses in the borough support wellbeing in the workplace this Christmas. Staff turnover due to mental ill health costs the UK economy a staggering £43.1 billion, and this Christmas, Arc is calling on Stockport … [Read more...]

A senior nurse in Stockport has received a top national award for her longstanding leadership and care for both patients and colleagues. Carole Sparks (pictured, centre, with with chief nurse Nic Forth, left, and deputy chief nurse Helen Howard, right), Assistant Chief Nurse for Stockport NHS … [Read more...]

Greater Manchester Urgent Primary Care Alliance (GMUPCA), a partnership of urgent care providers in the city-region including Stockport's Mastercall Healthcare, has been named a finalists in the Technological Innovation Award category at the UHUK Awards 2024. Bardoc, gtd healthcare, Mastercall, … [Read more...]

New Care, the care home developer and operator behind two facilities in Stockport, has announced it has been acquired by Staffordshire-based Lovett Care. Cheshire-based New Care was established 15 years ago, and has a portfolio of 15 facilities comprising 1,057 care beds across the North of … [Read more...]

A new report has found Stepping Hill Hospital to be one of the safest in the country for emergency abdominal surgery. The 9th annual National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA) report has been published nationally which looks independently at the outcomes from major emergency abdominal … [Read more...]

Stockport-based out-of-hospital healthcare provider, Mastercall, has been named as a finalist in two categories at the Urgent Health UK (UHUK) Awards 2024. Mastercall Healthcare’s BI team are finalists in the Operational Quality and Safety Initiative category at the UHUK Awards, and have been … [Read more...]