Health

An appeal has been launched to rejuvenate a vital Spalding service – and you can play a part either financially or even with your camera. The Tulip Suite provides end of life care at the Johnson Hospital. But the four rooms that have been an oasis for families in the last 12 years haven’t been refurbished since the hospital opened. ...

A Spalding dentist is still not providing safe care for patients or complying with regulations and is now facing enforcement action. The Care Quality Commission’s report into Dr Baber Khan, at The Crescent, says a December inspection was carried out to review actions taken following a previous inspection which showed improvement was needed. “The inspection was led by a CQC ...

Holbeach Hospital has thanked one of its longest serving members of staff. Lynne Carter is retiring after 25-years working as a carer for the Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust which oversees the community hospital. She started there on November, 19 1997. A party lunch was organised by the care team and she received gifts and cards from staff.Hospital trustee, ...

A new group has been set up to help South Holland residents with cancer ‘Survive and Thrive’. It’s come after Charlotte Astley found there were few places in the district to talk about her battles. At the moment Survive and Thrive is a WhatsApp group, but will soon have their first meeting and are looking to set up a Facebook ...

The transfer of patients from the closing Spalding GP Surgery at Johnson Hospital to other medical centres is to begin tomorrow (February 1). Patients registered at Spalding GP Surgery have all now received a letter confirming the GP practicethey are being transferred to, the NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) has said. The phased approach will take place first for ...

The University of Lincoln has joined a mental health pilot scheme in South Holland. Coffee and Company is the initiative of HW Lincs (HWL) and up to 300 employees in the district could benefit. Currently, Crowland Pharmacy, Moulton Bulb Company and the University of Lincoln National Centre for Food Manufacturing in Holbeach are all taking part. The free scheme is ...

The final act of a club set up nearly 50 years ago for Spalding’s hospital has been to donate all its cash to local good causes. The Johnson Hospital Social Club was established by a Matron Ward in 1975 to initially raise funds for the old hospital on Priory Road. Members paid in and went on social occasions, the profits ...

A COVID-19 vaccination clinic is to run for three Mondays in Long Sutton. The walk-in sessions for autumn boosters for the over 50s and clinically vulnerable plus first jabs for five to 17-year-olds will take place at St Mary’s Church Hall with the first this Monday, January 23. The sessions will then be on Mondays January 30 and February 6. ...

The Spalding Lloyds Pharmacy branch in Sainsbury’s is to close. The company has announced shutting all its 237 branches in the supermarket stores during 2023 putting around 2,000 jobs at risks. Its currently open 7am to 11pm, Monday to Friday, 7am to 10pm Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays. Lloyds Pharmacy chief executive Kevin Birch said: “This decision has ...

A new mental health team is to be launched to support people in the Spalding area. NHS Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs) in the county are expanding to support even more children and young people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing. New teams, run by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT), are set to launch in Spalding and the ...

Two COVID-19 vaccination clinics for five to 15-year-olds are at Spalding’s Johnson Hospital on Monday and Tuesday next week. On both January 16 and 17 the session is available for 5 to 11-year-olds and 12 to 15-year-olds from 4pm to 7pm. You don’t have to book an appointment and walk in.

Lincolnshire residents affected by cancer have access to more than 1,000 types of support via the county council’s website. The Connect to Support website now includes an area dedicated to a multitude of topics relating to cancer. “While it’s been a huge task for the team to research and gather all of this information, we are absolutely delighted that anyone ...

The former Pinchbeck and Pennygate surgeries are to reopen while the Spalding GP Surgery will now definitely close as health bosses hope to end the limbo its 3,300 patients have been in. In July it was announced that the service, based at the Johnson Hospital since 2018 to replace Pennygate Surgery, would be closing last October. But after a public ...

Patients at the Spalding GP surgery are to be transferred to three surgeries, two of which are re-opening former premises its been revealed. However a proposal that the Johnson Hospital surgery remained but operated by Gosberton Medical Centre appears to no longer be happening. Today (January 3), the NHS issued a statement saying that “most” Spalding GP patients would be ...

An urgent plea for help has come from Holbeach Hospital amid fears that it could disappear. The hospital was saved when the NHS announced it was to close in 1988 but the community rallied and kept the doors open. It is run by a group of trustees as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, but new trustees are needed. Chairman Chris Penney ...

Patients in Lincolnshire are set to benefit from longer opening hours, including Saturdays, at their GP surgeries.Launched last month, the Enhanced Access initiative sees practices open during the evening on weekdays and from 9am to 5pm on Saturdays. NHS Lincolnshire says the new hours ‘aim to simplify the existing models of enhanced hours and access currently in place.’According to the ...

Staff at Holbeach Hospital have been recognised for the end of life care they provide. Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust has achieved Gold Standards Framework Platinum status. It’s part of The National Gold Standards Framework (GSF) Centre in End of Life Care which aims to improve standards of care for all people nearing the end of life. Maxine Winch, ...

Patients at the closing Spalding GP Surgery are to be registered with Gosberton Medical Centre, it’s been announced. However, they’re being told to continue to attend appointments at its current Johnson Hospital base for now. In a Frequently Asked Questions factsheet sent to patient it says: “Gosberton Medical Centre have made a commitment to continue providing services from Johnson Community ...

Sutton Bridge U3A (University of the Third Age) are hosting a Diabetic Education Workshop on Tuesday (November 1). Lisa Master, the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme for this area will be at the Curlew Centre from 1.30pm. Frank Heinrich-Jones of Sutton Bridge U3A said: “Lisa kindly gave a very interesting and though provoking presentation to the Long Sutton Men’s Shed last ...

A terminally ill woman has turned to crowd funding after having no heating for 18 months at her South Holland home. Lisa Hartley (45), has clinically died 11 times amid a series of health scares, but her oil boiler broke 18 months ago and she can’t afford to repair it. She and her carer Rob Flatters also had no hot ...