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Luton and Dunstable Hospital
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Luton Hospital adopts Martha’s Rule to improve patient safety

July 1, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Luton Hospital adopts Martha’s Rule to improve patient safety

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital has begun rolling out Martha’s Rule – a new patient safety measure designed to ensure concerns about seriously ill patients are acted upon swiftly. The initiative, named after 13-year-old Martha […]

News

Luton surgeries among those boosted by £102m NHS fund to expand national GP access

May 7, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Luton surgeries among those boosted by £102m NHS fund to expand national GP access

Ten GP practices in Luton are to receive a share of a nation-wide £102million government fund aimed at modernising 1,000 surgeries and delivering millions more appointments across England. The investment is part of the Utilisation […]

Luton Airport Fire and Rescue Service
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Ambulance service and Luton Airport launch life-saving partnership

January 3, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Ambulance service and Luton Airport launch life-saving partnership

The region’s ambulance service has joined forces with the Fire and Rescue service of one of the country’s busiest airports to launch a new partnership aimed at getting quicker emergency medical help to people who […]

Surgery
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University secures NHS funding to develop student-led organ donation campaign

September 23, 2024 Newsdesk Comments Off on University secures NHS funding to develop student-led organ donation campaign

The University of Bedfordshire has received funding from NHS Blood and Transplant to develop and run a community organ donation campaign led by student ambassadors, transplant recipients and donors from different ethnic and faith communities. […]

Deadpool & Wolverine is released in cinemas on July 25
Film

Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman urge Luton film fans to give blood

July 21, 2024 Newsdesk Comments Off on Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman urge Luton film fans to give blood

Hollywood superstars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are calling on Luton film fans to be ‘heroes’ by becoming blood donors in a collaboration between NHS Blood and Transplant and Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine movie. The actors […]

London Luton Airport Departures
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Luton Airport ‘fully operational’ amid worldwide IT chaos hitting planes, trains and NHS

July 19, 2024 Newsdesk Comments Off on Luton Airport ‘fully operational’ amid worldwide IT chaos hitting planes, trains and NHS

London Luton Airport “remains fully operational” as a major worldwide IT outages have hit travel, retail and healthcare industries across the world, with more than 5,000 flights cancelled across the globe.  This issue has been […]

Nishant Joshi (right) on stage with KILL, THE ICON!
Music

KILL, THE ICON! hit out at subtle racists with new single ‘Heavy Heart’

April 22, 2023 Music and arts desk Comments Off on KILL, THE ICON! hit out at subtle racists with new single ‘Heavy Heart’

KILL, THE ICON! have ‘released ‘Heavy Heart’, the racist-slating second single from their upcoming debut EP ‘Your Anger Is Rational’, due for release on June 2 via Blaggers Records.  The band is the synth-punk passion project from […]

The Palpitations bassist Nishant Joshi (right) and singer Tom Talbot
Music

Exclusive: Rock doc to give government Palpitations over virus PPE legal bid

May 1, 2020 James Cunliffe Comments Off on Exclusive: Rock doc to give government Palpitations over virus PPE legal bid

“If we get to the High Court, it’ll be like a rock show like you’ve never seen,” says doctor and musician Nishant Joshi, who is on a collision course with the government over the lack […]

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