Health

Having fun and getting fitter, the Wii way

Wii WILL ROCK YOU: (Right) Senior physiotherapist Suzanne Seymour with stroke patient Linda Coppard using the Wii and games including Tilt Table and Bubble Balance. (Above) Suzanne with stroke patient Eric Leslie using the Wii Ski Slalom. Pictures Mike Southon 0812-148_12/ 0812-148_02

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

A games console found at the top of most children's Christmas lists has been purchased for patients of Bideford Hospital.

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North Devon hospitals' clean bill of health

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Healthcare Commission found no breaches of the hygiene code at Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

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Relief at Government u-turn over ruling on pharmacies

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

A government U-turn over GP's dispensing medicines has pleased patients and doctors in Torridge.

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£2.3m project at hospital for new outpatients unit

MODERNISATION: The work will bring to an end the use of temporary buildings for some outpatients work. Picture: Rob Tibbles 0812-71_13

Thursday, December 18, 2008

The most significant changes to North Devon District Hospital in a generation should improve services, bosses say.

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Bideford Jewsons' asbestos warning

Thursday, December 18, 2008

A Bideford store has joined a national campaign to highlight the dangers of asbestos.

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Hours cut at Bideford Hospital condemned by councillors

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Councillors have hit out at the Northern Devon Healthcare Trust for putting "the lives of people in Bideford at risk."

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Praise for Edenmore Nursing Home's kitchen

Thursday, December 18, 2008

An Ilfracombe nursing home has been awarded four stars for its kitchen services.

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Rule change for pharmacies 'will hit rural patients' warns Torrington GP

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Government plans to stop GPs, who are within a mile of pharmacies, dispensing medicines could cause longer waiting lists to see Torrington...

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MP accuses hospital bosses of public relations 'own goal'

Doris Dibble at the North Devon Hospital tea bar

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

North Devon MP Nick Harvey has attacked health chiefs over the loss of a hospital tea bar.

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North Devon hospital volunteers vote to close tea bar and shop

Doris Dibble chairs the League of Friends at North Devon District Hospital

Thursday, December 04, 2008

The League of Friends at North Devon District Hospital is to close its tea bar and shop at the end of December.

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Game, set and match - at 76.

Michael Henderson is 76, and belongs to a group of remarkable tennis players, the Westward Ho! Tennis Club Veterans.

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"It's not that I don't want to get up to two litres a day into me, it's just that I forget and let's face it when you're in the presence of an HRH you don't really want to be running off to find a public toilet every five minutes," Ilfracombe community editor Kate Helyer on her training regime at Ilfracombe's Studio 20

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