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SPEAKING OUT: Healthcare professional Dr Paul Charlson.

Binge drinking to blame for STI rise in North East Lincolnshire

Wednesday, September 01, 2010

"BINGE drinking" is to blame for the outbreak of chlamydia in our area which has seen thousands of young people contract the sexual infection in the...

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Pub health checks just the tonic as death rates fall in region

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

MAKE mine a pint of bitter and a blood pressure test!. A pub might not be the typical venue for a check-up, but for locals it has proved the perfect...

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Kenny Loraine, left, a volunteer from the Coronary Heart Disease Collaborative group, does a blood pressure check on pub supervisor Tommy Stewart at The Grosvenor pub in Cleethorpes.

Dedicated staff ready to help at pregnancy advice clinic

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

ONE of the hardest decisions any woman may have to make is to terminate a pregnancy – but The Pregnancy Advice Service is on hand to help an...

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Staff nurse Lorraine Cadey, left, and Sister Janet Piper, from B1 ward at the Diana, Princess Of Wales Hospital in Grimsby.

A&E offers alcohol help

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

PATIENTS who turn up to A&E while intoxicated will now be given an appointment to see an alcohol professional. The aim of the scheme – which...

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Reminder on asthma to children

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

HEALTH experts at NHS Yorkshire and the Humber are urging children who have asthma not to forget to take their preventative medication during the...

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Classical singer's donation makes life easier for tiny premature babies

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

PREMATURE babies in Grimsby receiving life-saving care at the hospital's neo-natal unit are benefiting from special equipment thanks to local singing...

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Baby joy: From left, Dr Bemigho Etuwewe, singer Michael Dore, Alan Crosby, staff nurse Sandra Pegram and Michael's mother Peggy Dore. Picture: Abby Ruston

North East Lincolnshire Council's Youth Bus is touring venues this summer

Saturday, August 21, 2010

"I think the bus is so popular because we treat the young people like equals and never judge them." This was the view of youth worker Donna Chandler...

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Youth worker Tariq Jawaid, left, with staff and youngsters on the Youth Bus.

New chairman of NHS Trust ready for the challenges ahead

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

AS the NHS enters a phase of radical change and financial scrutiny, the new chairman of the region's hospital trust has assured the public he is ready...

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DIFFICULT TASK AHEAD: The new chairman of North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust, Jim Whittingham.

'Amazing' service helps to improve patients' quality of life

Monday, August 16, 2010

PATIENTS suffering from chronic respiratory conditions have praised a "amazing" rehabilitation service – which has helped cut the number of...

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Service user Betty Huckle, 85, of Waltham, receives advice on one of the exercise machines from Tanya Smith, one of the physiotherapist technical instructors at the clinic.

All 1,600 workers at health trust offered voluntary redundancy

Friday, August 13, 2010

All 1,600 workers at North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus have been offered voluntary redundancy – in what has been heralded as "a big step"...

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All 1,600 workers at North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus have been offered voluntary redundancy
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