Read about Shepton Mallet’s MRI facility in the words of its first patient, James Harmer… The first patient has been seen at the new £900,000 MRI facility at Practice Plus Group Hospital, Shepton Mallet (formally Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre), and he has declared it to be “really smart” and the team “very friendly”. James’ story…
Read moreTeacher back in the swing after Barlborough spinal surgery
Read about Barlborough spinal surgery patient, Wyn Griffith’s successful operation… A retired Derby secondary school teacher, who spent two years barely able to walk, is back spending the summer on the golf course after surgeons removed a piece of bone that was trapping a nerve in his spine during spinal surgery. Mr Wyn Griffiths, 67, who…
Read moreNew hip in Gillingham gets Sittingbourne man back to work
Read about Paul Cripps’ successful hip replacement in Gillingham… Just seven weeks after Sittingbourne builder Paul Cripps received hip replacement surgery as an NHS patient at an Ilford hospital, he is back climbing high-rise scaffolding – and all following a trip to Practice Plus Group Surgical Centre, Gillingham. Paul’s hip problems Paul, 59, had been struggling…
Read moreThe benefits of Shepton cataract surgery are clear to Valerie
Read about Dr Valerie Stewart’s successful cataract surgery in Shepton Mallet… For Dr Valerie Stewart, a semi-retired industrial psychologist from Wincanton, becoming aware that she had cataracts was a gradual process. “For about six months I was constantly taking off my glasses and cleaning them, because I thought the blurred vision was caused by smears. I…
Read moreNew hip puts Shepton policeman Daniel back on the move
Read about Daniel Bishop’s successful hip replacement surgery in Somerset… When marathon running and cycling policeman Daniel Bishop, 41, from Taunton, experienced pain while out running, he thought it was simply groin strain. However, the pain became progressively worse to the point where he was unable to walk let alone run any distance, carry out his operational…
Read moreWe care for all our Plymouth patients as if they were family
Read about Spencer Tall’s Plymouth hip replacement experience… At Practice Plus Group we pride ourselves on caring for our patients as if they were our own family. At our Plymouth hospital, this has been taken to a new level, as the uncle and cousin of the service’s senior finance manager, Sarah Fell, received a hip replacement. Spencer’s…
Read moreGillingham Hospital helps Thomas beat white coat syndrome
Read how staff helped Thomas MacDonald overcome his medical anxiety to have successful hernia surgery at our Gillingham hospital. A Strood man is looking forward to his holiday on the beach after the team at Gillingham Surgical Centre (formerly Will Adams NHS Treatment Centre, Gillingham) helped him beat this extreme phobia, allowing him to undergo…
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