Health

Eligible residents in Lincolnshire will be offered the COVID and flu jabs from this week. The adult vaccination programme was due to start in October 2023, but those who are in care homes or housebound will be vaccinated in the scheme that launched on Monday.The change from October to September is a ‘precautionary’ measure and follows an announcement by the ...

A massive step forward has been taken in modernising Holbeach Hospital. Digital help is at hand now for staff at the Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust.“We have been rolling out digitisation this week, using new handheld devices that we will us to record all care needs and care received, rather than recording the information using traditional paper records,” said ...

A new management team has been recruited to Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust.They will support manager Julie Scott who joined last year and is driving improvements at the care home.Clinical Lead is Juliet George who qualified as a nurse in 2009 and has extensive experience working in elderly care, neurological and cardiac centres.She is joined by Rebecca Griffin, also ...

A group that’s the voice of patients in Lincolnshire are looking to hear people’s views of mental health services in the community. Healthwatch Lincolnshire are looking for the experiences from service users and their carers, parents, relatives, and friends.The survey explores how easy it was to access support, the quality of it, what worked well and what could be improved.It ...

The number of women in Lincolnshire still smoking when they have babies is way above the national average. The county fares badly when it comes to smoking cessation and South Holland has the highest number of smokers in the county.Figures from Lincolnshire’s Integrated Care Board (ICB)show almost 20 per cent of adults in the district smoke.South Holland has 19.4 per ...

A new group to promote better mental health in Spalding has launched new public sessions at the town’s library. Community Mind Matters started its new group six weeks ago and it runs from 12pm to 2pm on Fridays.“Spalding Library is at the heart of the community,” says group leader Vanessa Browning. “If anybody is struggling, they can come here, have ...

A series of public events are being held this month to learn more about the redevelopment of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn. Ten weeks after the government announced the hospital was added to the New Hospital Programme, leaders are updating members of the public on progress.A series of events are being held later this month and they will be ...

A Spalding care home has been told to take action managing medicines after a recent inspection. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) re-visited Southernwood House in Matmore Gate, which had been told to put an action plan into place after a visit last August.But at the follow-up visit, in May, the inspector found the provider remained in breach of two regulations.“We ...

Adult social care is still a postcode lottery, with Lincolnshire having one of the highest death rates among those waiting for help. Figures released this week show that 79 people in the county died while on a waiting list for care.And while nationally some people are assessed within a day or two, others wait more than a month, according to ...

An event is continuing to boost mental health in Spalding thanks to Community Chatters. The regular events put on by the Community Mind Matters group, see talks from people about their experiences of mental health and encourages others to do the same.Sessions are held at the Castle Sports Complex every six weeks with Coun Mark Le Sage and Joel Wiseman ...

A Spalding teenager who has a brain tumour has been left distraught after his only mode of independent transport was stolen. Jack Schweikhardt often doesn’t often feel well enough to leave the house, but last Thursday he felt OK to go to Gregg’s in Hall Place.The 18-year-old locked his BMW bike with mudguards in a rack, but between 10.15am and ...

Dentists could be given a £15,000 ‘Golden Hello’ to open in the county and see NHS patients. The lack of NHS dentists is a national issue, and South Holland is no different.A meeting of the county council’s Health Scrutiny Committee received an update on the situation this week.The commissioning of all NHS dental services was fully delegated to the Lincolnshire ...

Ahead of its summer fair, Holbeach Hospital has been given a boost thanks to a birdie or two. Malcolm Miller from Tydd St Giles Golf Club raised £1,200 thanks to a golf day in aid of the institution.A spokesman for the East Elloe Trust, which runs the hospital, said: “Thank you to Malcolm and his wife for all of their ...

Maternity services at Peterborough Hospital (pictured) have improved, says the Care Quality Commission. An inspection and report found there had been ‘significant improvement to the maternity service since the last inspection.’The report said there was also improvement in management of equipment, governance and storage of patient records.“Leaders ran services well using reliable information systems and supported staff to develop their ...

A woman who gets up at 2.30am every day to hula hoop for 30 minutes has lost five stone in weight in a year. Tina Taylor was referred to Slimming World and the gym after being told by the doctors if she didn’t lose some of her 19 stone 2lb she might not be around to care for her parents ...

Four beautiful images are set to adorn the revamped rooms at a palliative care ward. The Spalding Hospice Foundation appealed through The Spalding Voice for readers to submit their photos that could adorn the walls of the four rooms at The Tulip Suite where patients receive end of life care.It’s part of a plan to refurbish each room at a ...

Labour shortages in the farming industry could be linked to loneliness, members of Lincolnshire County Council have suggested. A report brought before the council warned that staff shortages in Lincolnshire will threaten the agricultural sector if they are not solved soon, writes local democracy reporter James Turner.It highlighted that farms across the county are struggling to hire new workers who ...

United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust (ULHT) has warned that some non-urgent operations and appointments are likely to be cancelled during upcoming staff industrial action. The strike, involving junior doctors, is scheduled to take place between June 14-17, which could significantly impact the trust’s services and workforce including at Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital. The hospital spokesperson said, “While we will not know the ...

A South Holland motorsport racer is raising money for a hospital where his partner underwent major heart surgery twice this year. Ryan Sayer, of Fleet Hargate, is aiming to provide new radios for patients and staff at Leicester’s Glenfield Hospital’s intensive care unit.His partner Abbie Cook, (pictured with Ryan) was had two life-saving open-heart operations this year.For every £10 raised, ...

After a long and loud campaign, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn is set to be rebuilt. The hospital has more than 4,300 steel and timber supports propping up 56 areas of the building.And the plan is to have the new facility open to patients by 2030.The hospital has been added to the replacement list along with other RAAC ...