DURING National Eye Health week (21 to 27 September), NHS Blood and Transplant is encouraging people to consider giving the gift of sight, due to the urgent need for more cornea donors. One in 10 people on the NHS Organ Donor Register have indicated that they do…
DRIVE-THROUGH services for cardiac patients needing to pick up test devices have become the ‘new normal’ at St Luke’s Hospital, part of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Staff set up the innovative clinic for people who needed their heartbeats…
ROUTINE breast screening for women across Keighley and Airedale starts this month (September) following a five-month pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pennine Breast Screening team will be inviting women registered with GPs in the Keighley area initially….
THE NHS in Bradford district is urging people to call 119, or book online for a coronavirus test, if they have symptoms of the virus. In recent days, some people have gone to local A&E departments and GP practices asking to be tested for coronavirus. However,…
