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NHS Trust in UK's top 20 for cleanliness and waiting times

Northern Lincolnshire And Goole Hospitals, which runs Scunthorpe General Hospital, improved in 30 of the 39 areas highlighted.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

A LEADING health body has revealed a huge improvement in patient satisfaction at Northern Lincolnshire hospitals.

The organisation's 2009 Outpatient Department Survey, shows Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospitals were in the top 20 per cent in the UK for satisfaction...

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I can't wait to drive again - crash teen

RECOVERY: Alice Watson, 19, who despite breaking her back in a crash during a driving lesson, has vowed to start learning again. She is pictured with her grandma June Watson. Picture: Richard Addison.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A BRAVE teenager who suffered multiple injuries in a car crash last year has organised a fundraiser in honour of the paramedics who treated her. Alice...

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Walk helps smokers kick the habit

FIGHTING THE HABIT: North Lindsey College students who took part in the walk around Normanby Hall to promote No Smoking Day (from left) Sam Cowling, Hayden Stevenson, Luis Moorhouse and Ashley Gibbons, 'fight off' cigarettes.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A DAY dedicated to helping smokers stub out the habit proved a huge hit. More than 100 people including smokers and supporters of the cause, strode...

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How would you spend play park £70k fund?

Emily Oliver and her mum Teresa Sowerby at Lilac Avenue Park, Scunthorpe, which is set for a makeover.

Monday, March 08, 2010

PARENTS have been urged to have their say on a project to rejuvenate a Scunthorpe park. Lilac Avenue's battered play area is to get a £70,000...

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Success in bid to help drinkers

A new scheme has helped slash the number of people seeking help for drinking problems.

Saturday, March 06, 2010

THE number of people needed help for alcohol abuse has fallen slightly according to health chiefs. Last summer, on average between 10 and 12 people a...

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Reaction to hospital shuttle bus price rise

Reaction to hospital shuttle bus price rise

Saturday, March 06, 2010

FARES on the Scunthorpe Hospital shuttle bus have gone up by 10p after a taxpayer subsidy was withdrawn. The number nine shuttle bus service between...

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Diabetes bed stay rates among worst in the UK

Mum Angela Dawson and her diabetic son, Henry.

Saturday, March 06, 2010

NORTHERN Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals are in the bottom 20 in the UK for diabetes hospital stays. A report, published by the National Diabetes...

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Start 4 Life roadshow comes to Scunthorpe

Ceri Lynaghan, Kerry Moore and Tracy Kirkby preparing fruit at the roadshow

Saturday, March 06, 2010

SCUNTHORPE has become one of just eight towns to hold a health roadshow dedicated to helping parents keep babies healthy. The Start 4 Life team...

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Baby overdose - investigation underway

Friday, March 05, 2010

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a baby was left seriously ill having been given an overdose of a TB vaccine at Scunthorpe General Hospital. T...



Social worker suspended over safety checks

Social worker suspended after suicidal patient dies

Thursday, March 04, 2010

A SOCIAL worker has been suspended after failing to carry out any safety checks on a suicidal patient who later killed himself. Stephen Graham...



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