News and reports

Public consultation on two proposed health centres in the Bentley & Rossington areas of Doncaster opened 16th January. For a period of 12 weeks people affected by the plans are being invited to give their views
through surveys & public meetings.

On Tuesday 10 January, colleagues at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) were invited to join a menopause awareness session with special guest Dr Dawn Harper.

In the past week, the Care Quality Commission published 244 reports on services which have been inspected by specialist teams of inspectors.

The Royal College of Nursing are to undertake industrial action on Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 January 2023

Findings from a survey of more than 20,900 women who gave birth in February 2022 show fewer reporting positively about their experience of maternity care, with a notable decline in the number able to get help from staff when they needed it.

Thousands of Doncaster women are not taking advantage of a potentially life-saving health check, latest NHS figures reveal.

Healthcare professionals at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH) have introduced Magseed and Magtrace to help improve the accuracy and timeliness of breast tumour surgery.

Men in Conisbrough and Denaby are being encouraged to get onboard a new campaign to spot the early warning signs of cancer.

Medication that can quickly reverse the life-threatening effects of a drug overdose is being issued to at risk prisoners for safe keeping when they are released from Doncaster’s police custody suite.

The NHS is asking patients to seek emergency care if they need to during industrial action and take simple steps to help ensure care is available to patients who need it most.

A Doncaster “diamond” who has clocked up more than 50 years of volunteering has chronicled the story of her selfless service for others in her newly published ‘autobiography’ - with all proceeds from it going to the charity she supports.

Members of the Paediatric team at Doncaster Royal Infirmary (DRI) hosted a ‘Winter Wonderland’ for staff and patients on 15 December, raising a whopping £3,300 to be reinvested into the Paediatric and Neonatal departments.