A team of Olympic hopefuls will use Life Leisure facilities to help with their training. Team New Balance, under coach Steve Vernon, has joined forces with Life Leisure, which runs 13 sports and leisure centres across Stockport, to ensure its eight long-distance runners have access to the very … [Read more...]
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MP meets staff and patients at Stepping Hill Hospital
MP Andrew Gwynne met with both surgical staff and younger patients when he paid a visit to Stepping Hill Hospital. The MP for Denton and Reddish took time to speak to staff and children at the Tree House children’s unit, which treats over 6,000 young patients each year. Mr Gwynne also took a … [Read more...]
Midshire staff put their best feet forward for fitness
Staff at office technology provider Midshire have walked almost eight million steps as part of a Life Leisure fitness drive. The ActiLIFE programme uses a combination of technology and coaching to help participants who are not as active as they would like to be in taking positive steps to achieve … [Read more...]
Health and care technology provider celebrates first year
Health and care technology provider telmenow.com has celebrated its first year anniversary by moving to new offices and by taking on new members of staff. The firm has tripled its headcount and moved to the Stockport Business and Innovation Centre in Reddish. It has also increased its monthly … [Read more...]
Borough Care select Queen Bee for comms project
Borough Care Ltd, the largest care home provider in Stockport, has appointed PA and Marketing specialists, Queen Bee, to manage communications for its Vision 2020 project. The brief included developing a communications strategy, planning and fulfilment to support the £20 million investment by … [Read more...]
Stockport Student Nursing Times Award winners
A team which provides healthcare for patients in the Stockport community has been recognised for its excellence in supporting students and trainees by winning a national award. The Stockport Intermediate Care Team, a joint service between Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Stockport Metropolitan … [Read more...]
Stepping Hill in tracheostomy care project up for two national awards
A project to improve tracheostomy care for local patients, including those at Stepping Hill Hospital, has been shortlisted for two prestigious national awards. The SHINE tracheostomy project has been shortlisted in both the British Medical Journal Awards and the Health Service Journal Value in … [Read more...]
Doctors connect to speed up care
An innovative system that connects busy hospital consultants and GPs is speeding up patient treatment and reducing hospital appointments in Stockport. Stockport is the first area in Greater Manchester to introduce the system where GPs can call ‘Consultant Connect’ during patient appointments to … [Read more...]
Stepping Hill Hospital nurse shortlisted for top award
A leading gynaecology nurse at Stepping Hill Hospital is up for an award as one of the most inspiring women in the north west. Gill Clarke has been shortlisted in the public sector category at this year’s Inspiring Women Awards for leading and transforming gynaecology services. In the past 15 … [Read more...]
Stockport medics praised for lifesaving action on and off duty
A Stepping Hill Hospital A&E sister and her paramedic husband have been praised for helping save the life of a heart attack victim – not at hospital but in a department store car park. Senior A&E sister Clare and her husband John Carrie, a senior paramedic for the North West Ambulance … [Read more...]
Stockport health & social care providers pledge to work together
Senior leaders from the organisations providing health and social care services in Stockport have entered into a brand new working arrangement, by signing an agreement to work as a Multi-specialty Community Provider (MCP). Stockport Together represents NHS Stockport Clinical Commissioning Group, … [Read more...]
Junior football club scores first-aid goal from the Alex
A local junior football club has received £1,200 from the privately owned BMI Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle to buy life-saving equipment. Richmond Rovers Junior Football Club has used the cash to buy a defibrillator, which has been installed at the Norbury playing fields in Hazel Grove, Stockport … [Read more...]