Baby Arthur Nye was born just 14 minutes after arriving at the delivery suite on Weston Road, highlighting the protestors’ cause to keep consultant-led maternity services in Stafford.
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Baby Boy Born Just In Time
A STAFFORD family who have been campaigning to keep consultant-led maternity services at Stafford’s County Hospital almost saw their fears of giving birth on the road realised when their new son arrived four weeks early.
Increase In Outpatient Services At County Hospital
THE new University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust has announced increased outpatient services at County Hospital in Stafford to fulfill its promises made to patients and the public.
Stafford Hospital Campaigner To Contest In Election
A STAFFORD Hospital campaigner has announced she’s contesting the town seat in next year’s general election.
Karen Howell will stand for the National Health Action Party in a bid to counter what she calls “lies and deceit”.
Dozens Quit Amid Hospital Staff Crisis
Dozens of workers are leaving Stafford Hospital each month – with bosses struggling to find replacements as a staffing crisis deepens, it has been revealed.
Stafford Park Meeting On End Of Life Cancer Care
MORE than 100 people turned out in Victoria Park in Stafford to debate plans for end of life cancer services in the area.
Stafford Hospital Campaigners Call For Jeremy Hunt Meeting
Campaigners have set up a camp outside Stafford Hospital in protest at services being downgraded have invited the health secretary Jeremy Hunt to meet them. People have been camped on the hospital grounds for more than a month over the downgrading of the hospital which was deemed financially and clinically ‘unsustainable’.
Call To Take To The Streets
STAFFORD residents should get ready to turn out on the streets for another march to defend the town’s hospital, a civic leader is warning.
It may take another mass protest to get NHS bosses to take people’s concerns about the future of hospital services seriously, Stafford Borough Council leader Mike Heenan says.
Recruitment Event At Stafford Hospital
A recruitment event is to be held at Stafford Hospital in a bid to tackle a shortage of nurses at the site. The event on September 15 from 10am to 3pm comes after it recently emerged that the hospital was facing a shortage of 85 full-time equivalent nurses and midwives.
Giant Banner Spells It Out
Campaigners camped at Stafford Hospital have started creating what they hope will be the world’s biggest banner. Using dozens of bed sheets, the protesters will then inscribe a huge message across the fabric.