Thousands at risk from diabetes in Bradford and Airedale

Linda Wood, Northern and Yorkshire Regional Manager for Diabetes UK

8:59am Thursday 9th June 2011

A healthy lifestyle roadshow will visit Bradford next week to help people find out more about diabetes and discover if they are at risk of developing the disease.

New training centre opens at Bradford Royal Infirmary

Dr Katie Edwards and Dr Alastair Henry

10:46am Wednesday 8th June 2011

An innovative education centre which will train Yorkshire’s future doctors, nurses and dentists has been officially opened at Bradford Royal Infirmary.

Airedale Hospital expands telemedicine service

Dr Richard Pope

9:40am Monday 6th June 2011

Patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, chest disease and heart failure will soon be able to see a hospital consultant in their local community, thanks to video technology.

'500 Bradford people living with heart timebomb' warning

Check-ups are crucial, say health chiefs

8:54am Monday 6th June 2011

More than 500 people in the Bradford district are living with a potentially-fatal “ticking timebomb” which puts them at risk of a sudden cardiac arrest, heart attack or stroke.

Seniors Show the Way community health service looking for your vote

Marcia McGrail from the Stop Smoking Service carries out a lung capacity test at Bradford & Bingley’s headquarters

11:26am Thursday 2nd June 2011

A community health service is calling on the people of Bradford to show their support with a vote after being shortlisted in a national awards ceremony.

Bradford blood donor Andrew Bower's 40 years of donating

Andrew with staff from the blood donor centre

8:40am Thursday 2nd June 2011

A caring donor from Bradford is celebrating 40 years of saving lives, by regularly donating his blood and platelets.

Mothers-to-be are urged to seek help

CAMPAIGN: Ann Hobbiss, senior public health manager, and pharmacist Khalid Hussain, who is backing the appeal

8:30am Wednesday 1st June 2011

Pharmacists across Bradford and Airedale are lending their support to a campaign to encourage mothers-to-be to go to a midwife as soon as they know they are pregnant.

Heart unit survey plans are 'a farce' says Bradford MP David Ward

David Ward

9:04am Tuesday 31st May 2011

A Bradford MP has called for a halt in a consultation over plans which could see the region’s children’s heart surgery unit shut.

Bradford GPs call for Health Bill to be scrapped

Simon Morritt

10:40am Saturday 28th May 2011

A leading Bradford GP has signed a letter calling for the Government’s Health Bill to be thrown out.

Measles, mumps and rubella vaccination warning for Bradford parents

Vaccination can help stave off measles

8:00am Friday 27th May 2011

Health bosses in Bradford are reminding parents of the importance of vaccinating their children against measles, mumps and rubella, following an increase in cases of measles in England over the last few weeks.

Consultation started on Bradford health centre hours

The Hillside Bridge Centre

8:10am Wednesday 25th May 2011

Health bosses in Bradford have approved plans to consult with the public over the opening hours of a flagship walk-in health centre – the first of its type in the country.

Time out that is so vital for families...

Angela Smallwood and her disabled son Robert (above and below) benefit from the respite services provided by the Clockhouse Centre near Keighley

8:42am Tuesday 24th May 2011

Sally Clifford on the centre providing a home-from-home for disabled youngsters

Health staff urged to consider resigning

St Luke's Hospital

10:30am Monday 23rd May 2011

Hospital staff in Bradford have been asked to consider opting for voluntary resignation in a bid to reduce costs.

Opening hours may be cut at ‘too busy’ clinic

The Hillside Bridge Centre

10:02am Monday 23rd May 2011

The opening hours of the country’s first walk-in health centre are set to be cut because so many patients are abusing the system that costs have soared.

53,916 miss outpatient appointments in Bradford each year

Adele Hartley-Spencer of the outpatients service

8:40am Saturday 21st May 2011

Tens of thousands of patients every year are failing to keep their hospital appointments in Bradford – wasting enormous amounts of NHS cash and having an impact on waiting times.

Heart unit’s future ‘already decided’

Heart patient Harrison Dunne with his mother Jan

8:00am Thursday 12th May 2011

A Bradford grandmother who was among 400 people to attend two public consultation sessions to discuss the future of children’s heart services has spoken of her frustration at the outcome.

Health Bill should be scrapped – Bradford MP

David Ward

9:40am Tuesday 10th May 2011

The Health Bill which would hand billions of pounds to GPs to commission services should be scrapped entirely, a Bradford MP has said.

'Don't be stubborn over aches and pains'

Advice: Over-60s are urged to seek advice for minor aches and pains

9:20am Tuesday 10th May 2011

Stubborn over-60s in Bradford are being urged not to suffer in silence during Arthritis Care Awareness week.

Care sharing wins award

Dr John Connolly

10:40am Wednesday 4th May 2011

Patients living with chronic kidney disease are benefiting from improved care – thanks to a new award-winning initiative that shares electronic records.

Rare disease won’t stop Harry’s fun

Harry Beck, who was born with a condition that causes muscle weakness, with his parents Gary and Jill at their home in Idle

8:38am Tuesday 26th April 2011

Emma Clayton talks to a Bradford family coping with a little-known muscle condition

State-of-the-art skin treatment unit launched

Consultant Dr Andrew Wright with Barbara Cawood, chairman of the Friends of St Luke’s group

9:10am Thursday 21st April 2011

Patients with skin problems can now benefit from a state-of-the-art treatment centre at St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford.

Medical reminder for bank holidays

Make sure you have enough medication for the Easter break

8:54am Tuesday 19th April 2011

With a double bank holiday approaching people across the Bradford district are being advised to stock up on prescriptions and medicines.

Urgent plea to blood donors

The extra holidays over the next few weeks could distract donors

9:49am Friday 15th April 2011

Blood donors are being asked to make an effort to keep appointments over the four-day Easter break, closely followed by the Royal Wedding and May bank holiday weekend.

Children's wards chosen for new block at Bradford Royal Infirmary

An artist's impression of a children's ward in the proposed new block

6:10am Friday 15th April 2011

Children’s services has emerged as the preferred speciality for a £28 million ward block planned for Bradford Royal Infirmary.

Airedale General Hospital to cut 80 jobs to save £11m

Airedale Hospital

7:40am Thursday 14th April 2011

Staff numbers are to be cut at Airedale General Hospital to plug a predicted £11 million hole in its finances.

£530,000 outpatient unit is unveiled

General manager Maria Neary in the new reception area

7:10am Thursday 14th April 2011

An outpatients department at Bradford Royal Infirmary was officially unveiled yesterday after undergoing a £530,000 makeover.

Groups sign up to well-being pledge

Simon Morritt

10:18am Wednesday 13th April 2011

Putting people and their views at the heart of health and well-being services will be pledged through the signing of a charter this week.

Warning on risks of sunbed tanning

A sunbed used for tanning

9:36am Friday 1st April 2011

Young people in the Bradford district are risking their lives to get a quick tan.

Initiative praised by health chief

Barry Seal and chairman of the strategic health authority Kathryn Riddle (back, centre) with staff from Lynfield Mount Hospital

9:40pm Monday 28th March 2011

A Bradford scheme to increase the time front-line ward staff spend on direct patient care has been praised by one of the region’s top health chiefs.

Call for campaign to tackle TB cases

Dr Ebere Okereke: precautionary step

9:44am Friday 25th March 2011

More than a quarter of the region’s cases of tuberculosis have occurred in the Bradford district, latest figures released by the Health Protection Agency reveal.

Plea over breast screening dates

SESSIONS: Women are putting their health at risk by missing vital screening appointments, such as the one pictured above

7:08am Friday 25th March 2011

Women are putting themselves at risk from breast cancer by missing vital screening appointments.

Families vow 'parent power' will save heart unit

Some of the campaigning mothers including Karen Barron (back row, left) and Joanna Rowlands (back, centre) with their children

10:46am Wednesday 23rd March 2011

Families who receive support from a Bradford charity are backing a ‘parent power’ campaign to prevent the closure of a life-saving children’s heart surgery unit.

Surgery's the first to get 'Tweeting'

Practice manager Andy Haigh

8:40am Wednesday 23rd March 2011

A doctors’ surgery in Keighley is the first in the district to use social media to communicate with its patients and the public.

Searching for my lady of letters

Dennis Halton at Bingley Railway Station – where he last saw Pat – on a visit to his home town last year

9:56am Tuesday 22nd March 2011

Emma Clayton on an ex-pat looking for the friend he left behind aged 16 as he set off for a new life in Australia

New GP practice officially opened

The Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP, centre of front row, with (clockwise, from left) Susan Rawal, John Connolly, Gareth James, Chris Harris, Lord Mayor of Bradford Councillor Peter Hill, Nick Nurden, Lady Mayoress of Bradford Gillian Hill and Sue Towers

10:00am Friday 18th March 2011

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles, a former leader of Bradford Council, was back in the city yesterday to formally open new GP premises.

Research unit's £2.25m extension opens

Professor Dame Sally Davies, the chief medical officer, with Professor John Wright Bradford Institute for Health research Director on the balcony of the new £2.25 million pound institute building at the BRI

9:03am Thursday 17th March 2011

The Government’s Chief Medical Officer officially opened the Bradford Institute for Health Research’s new £2.25 million extension yesterday.

Treatment centre contract lost £7m

Bradford East MP David Ward

10:25am Wednesday 16th February 2011

Health bosses say a contract with a Bradford treatment centre which resulted in taxpayers’ money being wasted will not happen again under a newly-agreed contract.

Bradford conference a 'showcase for health pioneers'

Professor John Wright

9:51am Friday 11th February 2011

Researchers at the Bradford Institute for Health Research will showcase the world-class work being undertaken in the district at a conference next month.

New programme to fight hepatitis

Shabana Begum is pictured demonstrating the test on Dr Sulleman Moreea

11:03am Wednesday 9th February 2011

A pioneering community testing programme could save the lives of hundreds of Bradfordians who do not know they are living with hepatitis, health experts believe.

Magic moments

Queensbury magician Steve Gore with his five-year-old daughter Deanna

9:19am Tuesday 8th February 2011

There are gasps from the auditorium as magician Steve Gore waves his hand from a box – while wiggling his toes from a separate box.

Medicine leap has university buzzing

Break-through: Professor Anant Paradkar, of Bradford University

8:30am Monday 7th February 2011

Researchers at the University of Bradford have developed a way of harnessing the healing powers of propolis – a mixture of resin and wax made by honey bees.

Health warning as salt levels too high

Peter Chiu, vice-chairman of the West Yorkshire Chinese Community Association

10:01am Monday 7th February 2011

Salt levels in many takeaway meals sold in Bradford and neighbouring districts remain too high, research has found.

Free vitamins for pregnant women

Midwife Tina Mori explains to a mum-to-be about the vitamins

9:49am Monday 7th February 2011

Pregnant women in Bradford and Airedale are being given free vitamins in a bid to drive down the district’s high infant mortality rates.

New unit can help more stroke patients

Consultant stroke physician, Dr Chris Patterson

9:16am Tuesday 1st February 2011

Stroke patients in Bradford are being treated in a better environment following a £400,000 refurbishment programme.

Smoking, drinking and over-eating costing district £80m a year

Smoking

10:25am Friday 28th January 2011

Smoking, drinking and obesity are now causing a massive £80 million a year drain on health services in the Bradford district.

Over-60s urged to use bowel cancer home testing kit

Dr Linda Juby of the district’s bowel cancer screening service

11:50am Monday 24th January 2011

Health chiefs are urging the over-60s to try to beat bowel cancer by using a home-testing kit.

‘Get jabs to beat threat of cancer’

Megan Steele (left), a 13-year-old schoolgirl, receives one of her jabs from Jenelle Spencer-Bennett. Also pictured is Megan's mother Janet Robertshaw

8:10am Saturday 22nd January 2011

A schoolgirl is encouraging fellow students to get jabs to arm themselves against cervical cancer.

Bradford homebirth project scoops top award

From left, Alison Poole, of Bounty Parenting Club, Cathy Warwick, mother Deeanne Binns, Alison Brown and TV presenter Natasha Kaplinsky

10:50am Saturday 22nd January 2011

A Bradford consultant midwife and her team have won one of the UK’s top midwifery prizes for a home birth education service promoting normal birth.

Health scheme in good shape after five years

Health trainer Nageena Khan going through the motion's with Steven Summers, of Fagley, who got his life back on track by using a health trainer

11:30am Friday 21st January 2011

January is a good a month for health trainers across Bradford and Airedale as they celebrate their fifth anniversary of helping people live a healthier lifestyle.

Have your say on £28m Bradford health plan

An artist's impression of the new ward blocks at Bradford Royal Infirmary, due to open in April 2010

10:40am Thursday 20th January 2011

The public is to be asked to join with staff, patients and governors of Bradford’s hospital trust to decide which services will be housed in a new £28 million ward block.

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