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Surbiton mum with ovarian cancer backs awareness campaign
4:22pm Thursday 18th March 2010
A Surbiton mother with incurable ovarian cancer is backing a campaign which aims to alert women to early symptoms of the killer disease.
Hospitals hope texts will help save £3m
6:30am Thursday 18th March 2010
A new texting service has been launched by a health trust to help patients remember their hospital appointments.
Smokers urged to quit habit by giant cigarette
6:50am Wednesday 17th March 2010
An enormous cigarette walked through Wandsworth to highlight No Smoking Day last week.
St Helier plans in limbo until Treasury seal of approval
11:04am Tuesday 16th March 2010
A £220 million redevelopment of St Helier Hospital has taken a major step forward after Sutton Council approved plans, but the rebuild remains in limbo pending a final Government sign off.
New care homes in topping out ceremony
6:30am Tuesday 16th March 2010
A topping out ceremony on Monday marked the structural completion of two new care homes.
Patients wanted to help Mayday Hospital improve care
4:00pm Monday 15th March 2010
Mayday and Croydon Community Health Services are inviting patients to help improve patient care.
NHS Surrey chief executive leaves his post
8:40am Monday 15th March 2010
NHS Surrey’s chief executive Chris Butler left the role to become interim managing director of the South East Coast Commissioning Support Unit.
Stroke survivors to trial ground-breaking software
6:30am Monday 15th March 2010
Potentially ground-breaking software that aids speech and language therapy in stroke sufferers is being piloted in Kingston.
Chocolate mountain needed for Kingston Hospital
2:50pm Sunday 14th March 2010
A mountain made of chocolate may well be every child’s fantasy, but it could become a reality for some of Kingston’s most needy children this Easter.
Classes get elderly back on their feet
6:40am Sunday 14th March 2010
Older people at risk of falling can increase their mobility and balance at exercise classes.
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