74) 30/4/18 – 5/5/18

 5^th

Birth centre underused” – St. Mary’s Melton – a very short article just mentioning the review of maternity services – 

4^th

“Nurse shocked to get parking ticket at patient’s home” – which Leicestershire County Council won’t rescind; there is the question of badges for community nurses, which at present don’t exist

p. 18 “Centre’s royal seal of approval” – official opening of Kibworth Medical Centre

 p. 42 NATIONAL “Victims want answers” – the breast screening mess

 p. 45 a long, well thought-out letter by Ms Pat Middleton under “Hospital staff deserve nothing but praise” – setting out many of the problems staff face

3^rd

**Staff levels ‘biggest risk’ NHS mental health care is facing”, subtitled “I am concerned about vacancies, says trust chief” (report to County Council on CQC report)

Hundreds of unfilled jobs ‘biggest risk’ facing mental … www.leicestermercury.co.uk ‘Workforce is a major issue, recruitment is an issue, retaining staff is a bigger issue’

p. 30 NATIONAL “Breast scan error ‘cut lives of 270’”

1^st

GPs expanding with opening of branch surgery” – Kingsway Surgery, Braunstone Town, setting up branch in Thorpe Astley community centre, initially twice weekly surgeries

30^th April

NATIONAL “High nurse vacancies  – specialist cancer nurses 

p. 26 “Garden plan to aid dementia patients”, subtitled “£18,000 target to make NHS project bloom” – a garden each for male and female ward, Evington Centre at the General