Local children’s charity MedEquip4Kids have been formally thanked for their massive contribution in equipping the new emergency paediatric unit at The Royal Oldham Hospital.

Patients requiring a follow-up appointment at an outpatient clinic at hospitals run by The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust will have more choice and flexibility when arranging the date and time of their appointment thanks to a new booking system.

Staff working in the children’s HIV clinic at North Manchester General Hospital were over the moon to receive a new set of specialist cognitive testing kits, kindly donated by local children’s charity MedEquip4Kids.

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, is holding a special heritage event on Saturday 18^th April 2015, 1.00 pm in the Education Centre, The Royal Oldham Hospital.

All new onset suspected stroke cases in Greater Manchester will be treated at specialist hospitals in Salford, Stockport and Bury, under changes to local health services being introduced at the end of March.

ROCHDALE’s Floyd Neurological Rehabilitation Unit at Birch Hill and five other wards based within the four hospitals run by The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have benefited from stunning photographic artwork installed as part of improvements designed to make patient areas and hospital environments more dementia friendly.

Fairfield General Hospital’s dementia medical ward 21 and a number of other wards based within the other three hospitals run by The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust have benefited from stunning photographic artwork installed as part of improvements designed to make patient areas and hospital environments more dementia friendly.

“AMAZING” was the word used to sum up a new service launched by The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

A new three year global partnership has been formed between The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, the University of Salford and M’Lop Tapang a local non-profit organisation that works with over 4000 children and families living on the streets of Sihanoukville in Cambodia.

THE Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is backing this year’s Nutrition and Hydration Week which is being held across the country on 16 to 22 March.

A NURSE recruitment open day event showcasing the exciting opportunities for newly qualified nurses to work at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is being held at Fairfield General Hospital in Bury on Thursday 19th March 2015 from 9am until 4pm.

A new adult clinic for patients with blood borne viruses (BBV) such as Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and HIV has opened in Ancoats provided by a team at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Pennine Patient User Partnership (PPUP), a cancer and palliative care user group for patients and their carers is seeking new members, particularly from the North Manchester, Bury and Rochdale areas, however new members from Oldham are also welcome.

THE Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is inviting the public, staff and its members to a special ‘Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery’ talk at the Post-Graduate Education Centre at North Manchester General Hospital on Thursday 19^th March, 10.30am – 11.30am.