Health

More people in Lincolnshire could help save a life by signing up for organ donation. New data released by the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) service shows that more patients than ever are agreeing to donate organs after death across the country. In Lincolnshire, the number of donors has also increased, thanks to the efforts of the organ donation staff ...

A group that aims to be a voice for patients in Lincolnshire has said more orthodontic services for young people could be available locally. Healthwatch Lincolnshire says it’s spoken to NHS Dental Services and that new orthodontic services will be available in Spalding and other towns in the county rather than being centralised in Lincoln. A spokesman for the group ...

The community trust that runs Holbeach Hospital has said it’s ‘committed to offering the highest level of healthcare’ after a Care Quality Commission inspection found breaches of the Health and Safety Act. The Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust has been told it ‘requires improvement’ following the unannounced inspection in August. It was rated good in the category of ‘caring’ ...

A Holbeach woman’s 80th birthday party has raised more than £750 for the town’s hospital. More than 75 friends and family joined birthday girl Dot Gurd at Holbeach WI Hall on Saturday, October 26, and donated a total of £759.50 for her chosen cause. Dot has had treatment at the hospital and said it is “brilliant”. “You couldn’t ask for ...

Those behind a new dentists set to open in Spalding next year say you’ll be able to pre-register for the service soon. As reported last week, JDSP Dental Ltd is to open an 8am to 8pm, 365 days a year service in March 2020. Winsover Dental Care is due to open in The Spalding Voice’s former offices in Winsover Road. ...

South Holland women are being invited to attend a free breast screening clinic at a mobile unit in Spalding. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s (ULHT) Lincolnshire Breast Screening Service is inviting women registered with Beechfield Medical Centre, Spalding, to attend an appointment on the mobile unit based at the Johnson Hospital in Spalding Road, Pinchbeck, PE11 3PB. Women aged between ...

The group that oversees hospitals in south Lincolnshire, including the Pilgrim Hospital, is £88.2m in the red and has been branded ‘inadequate’ over how it uses its resources. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has also been told it still “requires improvement” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and will remain in special measures following an inspection from June 11 ...

It’s 100 not out for the Munro Medical Centre who celebrated their centenary in style with some of their patients who are around the same age as the practice. It was set up by Dr James Ramsey Munro in September 1919 in High Street before moving to its current West Elloe premises in 1996. And on Wednesday, September 25 staff ...

A Spalding care home has been rated good across the board after a recent inspection. St John’s Care Home in Hawthorn Bank can care for up to 51 people over the age of 65 and had also been rated good overall at its previous inspection. The report into the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) latest visit in June describes the staff ...

Despite being suddenly left paralysed from the waist down, a Long Sutton mum of six has set herself a target to climb Snowdon. As previously reported, doctors are unsure why Charlotte Bates has been left in a wheelchair and officially classed as T6 paraplegic having lost most of her bodily functions from the waist down. It’s left her struggling to ...

You have until Saturday to vote on seven potential new names for the GP surgery that’s based at the Johnson Hospital. What’s currently known as the Johnson GP Centre was set up at the Johnson Hospital for the patients of Pennygate Health Centre which closed last September after being rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission. Health officials say they’re ...

Drug deaths in South Holland have continued to increase, with addiction experts blaming “budget cuts” for the rise in deaths. The latest figures released by the Office of National Statistics report a 20 per cent rise in drug poisoning deaths across the East Midlands over the past five years and a 26 per cent rise in drug deaths in Lincolnshire. ...

Money pledged to Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital during a visit by the prime minister on Monday has been described by a union as “a drop in the ocean”. The emergency department at Pilgrim Hospital has received a national funding boost of £21.3m, as announced by Boris Johnson when he visited the hospital with the Secretary of State for Health and Social ...

The group that runs Long Sutton and Sutton Bridge Medical Centre has been rated good across the board in its latest inspection as it continues to improve. Suttons Medical Group was found to be in breach of legal requirements in a 2017 Care Quality Commission (CQC) and though rated good overall was told it required improvement in terms of leadership ...

There’s further hope for a 12-year-old and her family battling for her to access a potentially life-saving drug after her condition was brought up in Parliament. Rae White, of Gedney Hill, hopes the drug Spinraza will stop the type two Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) she’s had since birth from further limiting her movements. And after numerous delays there’s hope she ...

An NHS statement has said families are “reaping the benefits” of a new community children’s service, launched earlier this year. A new service to treat respiratory problems in children with complex physical disabilities at home was launched in February 2019, by Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS). The Children’s Rapid Response Respiratory Service provides specialist assessment, treatment and management ...

After a new mum lost a battle with cancer, a family has raised over £1,000 to ensure her legacy of helping others will continue in the future. Emily Briston passed away aged 35 after being diagnosed with liver cancer following complications when giving birth to her 10 week premature son Samuel. She enjoyed six months with son Samuel and husband ...

Two boys aged just nine and seven got on their bike to thank and raise money for the hospital that saved their little brother’s life. Lincoln (9) and Swaley (7) Douglas cycled the 21 miles from their Tydd St Giles home to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn where sibling Chase (3) spent the first few weeks of his ...

A mum who says she’s watching her 11-year-old daughter slowly waste away has been left distraught over the delay of a potential treatment. Rae White, who turns 12 next week, was born with type two Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) a condition that slowly stops her body functioning. She has always been wheelchair bound and is now also starting to lose ...

The community is being asked to back a “phenomenal” proposed upgrade to the Johnson Hospital by completing a survey. As previously reported in The Voice, as part of the local NHS’s Healthy Conversation 2019, the hospital could be upgraded to a Major Treatment Centre providing care for all but the most serious cases. A recent engagement event in the town ...