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Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent has received £1.2m of new NHS funding to utilise innovative digital technologies and treatments that could lead to thousands of fewer hospital admissions nationally.The area is one of seven locations nationwide to become part of the NHS Test Beds programme. Clinicians at Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent will look specifically at how they can improve care for patients with chronic long-term heart failure.
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Temperatures this weekend are forecast to plummet across the UK which is why local health chiefs are encouraging residents who suffer from asthma to wear a scarf by wrapping it around their nose and mouth to help prevent asthma attacks.
We’ve just heard that SSOTP will not be renewing their agreement with SSSFT LKS for library services for this financial year. Because of this we will be reviewing our Be Aware bulletins. Sadly we won’t be accepting any new sign-ups from SSOTP staff and will be withdrawing some of the physical healthcare bulletins that we…
The Live Well Community Cafés will provide, fun, entertainment, advice and guidance to anyone living in south Staffordshire that has been diagnosed with or cares for someone with an illness or condition that has changed the way they live, whether that be diabetes, heart disease, dementia, Parkinson disease, fibromyalgia, arthritis, depression & anxiety, …… the list is endless.
Hundreds of pupils are taking part in a major project to raise awareness of asthma by producing health information booklets for other schoolchildren.
Nine and 10-year-olds from five Stoke-on-Trent primaries have been researching and designing the newspaper-style flyers so their schools can use them as teaching resources.
Health experts also hope it will drive home the message to young asthma sufferers that they need to keep taking their medication during the six-week school break
The demand for Continuing Healthcare (CHC), packages of care which are arranged and funded solely by the NHS for individuals outside of hospital, is increasing, as is the cost. Staffordshire has been particularly heavily affected, with an average growth rate of 13% over the last three years.
Come and visit our first pop-up library at Severn Fields, Shrewsbury 19th July 11.00am-3.00pm. Join the library, borrow and return books, get help finding information and evidence, set up an Athens account, find out what the library can do for you and your team.
A pioneering project to improve the wellbeing of people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is to be expanded across seven sites in the East and West Midlands.
The project, called ‘Making Waves’, aims to get people living with COPD more active and involved in the community.