Health

The NHS is reminding residents in South Holland that many pharmacies will be closed over the Easter break. But there is expert -medical treatment during the holiday at a number of pharmacies. Patients can save time by visiting pharmacists for quick, confidential advice on a range of common illnesses. “Your local pharmacy can help you with more than you might ...

A Spalding businesswoman is in the final stages of training for the London Marathon to raise money for a young girl with a mystery illness. Monika Todd will be pounding the streets of the capital for Alethia Greenfield who will be 11 three days after the marathon. The Donington youngster has been left immobile and is now without speech as ...

A campaign to make it law that all medical centre personnel are first-aid trained has been started by two Spalding residents. The campaign started after Spalding woman Naty Cruz was left “shocked and unempowered” after she claims staff at Munro Medical Centre in Spalding refused to call an ambulance for her friend who was unwell. The surgery has responded with ...

A Spalding snooker player who has Motor Neurone Disease has pocketed a place performing at the sport’s World Championships. Despite struggling to walk as a result of the condition, Nigel Brasier (49) has continued to play the sport he’s loved since he was eight-years-old. And on April 24 he will be appearing at the sport’s spiritual home, The Crucible in ...

South Holland residents are being invited for a free health check that could help prevent a stroke. On Saturday, April 13, Spalding’s South Holland Centre will host Spalding Rotary Club and Stroke Association’s day of free blood pressure checks. A Rotary spokesman said of the day: “Blood pressures will be taken by health professionals who can give advice if there ...

The national initiative to clean up Britain has taken off in a big way in South Holland, with teams taking to the streets on Tuesday morning and two major clean-up groups joining forces in Spalding. “We’re just trying to make the place better, that’s what it comes down to,” said Mark Douglass, who at the end of last year formed ...

A South Holland GP surgery serving more than 8,000 patients has been put into special measures following a recent inspection. Holbeach Medical Centre was rated as being ‘inadequate’ by inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC.) “The service will be kept under review and if needed could be escalated to urgent enforcement action,” says the report. The surgery will be ...

A Spalding businesswoman is running her first ever marathon to help the family of a ten-year-old girl battling illness. Monika Todd will be pounding the streets of the capital for the London Marathon next month and has extra motivation to succeed. She is raising money for Alethia Greenfield who is waiting for a vital appointment at Great Ormond Street Hospital ...

A dedicated dementia cafe opens its doors in Crowland tomorrow (Thursday). Run by charity Tonic Health, the Crowland Dementia Cafe holds its first session from 10am to noon at the Snowden Pavilion. The cafe sessions will then be weekly every Thursday at the same time. There is no need to book spaces ahead of time as the cafe is a ...

Lincolnshire County Council along with NHS partners has launched the Lincolnshire Joint Strategy for Dementia. Launched as part of an event at the Showroom Lincoln called ‘Living Well with Dementia in Lincolnshire’, the strategy sets out how adult social care, working alongside public health and the NHS will help people living with dementia. Coun Patricia Bradwell OBE, Executive Member for ...

Dirty ambulances and low staff morale were reported by inspectors looking at a service contracted in South Holland. The Thames Ambulance Service staff had no access to running water in Spalding and inspectors found dirty vehicles when they checked the site in October. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) report was discussed by county councillors at a meeting this week. Members ...

A South Holland care company has been judged to require improvement by inspectors. Atlas Care, at Pode Hole, has been rated good for caring and effectiveness by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). But it requires improvement for safety, responsiveness and leadership. Atlas Care provides services to clients ranging from older people with dementia and those with physical disability. An inspection ...

Lincolnshire is the worst place in the country for patients looking to find an NHS dentist. The news comes hard on the heels of the revelation that two promised surgeries in Spalding are not going to materialise. A 2018 survey carried out on behalf of the government has revealed that patients in South Lincolnshire have the lowest success rate of ...

Patients registered at a Gosberton GP surgery are being invited for breast screening at a mobile unit in South Holland later this month. The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s (ULHT) Lincolnshire Breast Screening Service will be inviting women registered with Gosberton Medical Centre to attend an appointment on the mobile unit, which will be based at the Johnson Hospital in ...

A brand new scanner that it’s hoped will improve waiting times at Johnson Hospital is up and running thanks to charity funds. The £26,000 ultrasound scanner has been purchased by the hospital’s League of Friends partly with donations from the thousands raised by the Johnson Hospital Ball. The Venous Ablation machine can look at veins and arteries and as it’s ...

The NHS is to look at “alternative models of service delivery” after failing to land two new dentists in Spalding. As previously reported in The Voice, plans to open full-time dental surgeries at the Johnson Hospital and Winsover Road have been shelved with the companies behind them citing recruitment problems as the reason. An emergency dental service is continuing for ...

A planned bereavement suite in Boston’s Pilgrim hospital will help provide families with comfort and support following the death of a baby. A suite is already open at Lincoln County Hospital and is “there to make memories and give families and chance to grieve in a quiet, comfortable space away from the hospital”, a United Lincolnshire Hospital Trust statement said. ...

Stroke victims in South Holland who would normally be treated at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston will face a longer trip alternate weekends from February. At both weekends and Bank Holidays from next month, one specialist stroke team will alternate its time between the Pilgrim and the Lincoln Hospital. A report to Lincolnshire County Council states that United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS ...

Patients at Beechfield Medical Centre are being given extra incentive to get fit in 2019. The Patient Participation Group (PPG) is hosting weigh-in days on Tuesday and Thursday, January 22 and 24 from 9am to 12pm. You will be able to have your weight and BMI measured without an appointment. Advice will be offered and you will also be invited ...

Anger and dismay has greeted the news that two new NHS dentists are not coming to Spalding as planned. As revealed in last week’s Spalding Voice, neither of the proposed dental practise have been able to recruit and the town remains without a surgery taking on NHS patients. JDSP Dental Ltd was looking to move into Winsover Road and had ...