Health

Chertsey Hall will be holding a blood donation session on Friday, January 9.

Two sessions will be run during the day, the first at 12.45pm until 3.30pm, and the second from 5.00pm until 7.00pm.

Everyone is welcome but are urged to book ahead as an appointment is necesary.

For more information, please contact Jenny on 01932 571122.

The White Lodge Centre is looking for new volunteer receptionists.

The centre in Holloway Hill, Chertsey, that works with disabled adults and children is looking for someone who would be able to greet people on arrival.

Volunteers are needed to work Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm. The receptionist will be based mostly in the new adult centre.

For more information please contact Jenny on 01932 571122.

Five students from Sir William Perkins's School, have returned after representing the UK in a competition run by the Italian Government.

The girls, all of whom are 14, took part in a healthy eating competition, in which they had to create a video promoting healthy eating amongst teenagers.

Although they did not win, they spent a week in Italy, where there video was shown in the festival, Food4U.

The competition was organised by the Italian Department of Agriculture and was promoted to 16 European Countries.

Clive Thompson has stepped down as chairman of Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals Trust after six and a half years in the post.

Staff held a farewell party for him at the Guildford Road, Chertsey, complex, which was attended by colleagues present and past, including former chief executive Glenn Douglas.

Mr Thompson, who is retiring, described his tenure as "rewarding and often humbling" and told staff: "I leave you in good health, good heart, and in good hands".

Surrey Air Ambulance landed at Pyrcroft Grange Primary School's playing field on August 30 to help a woman involved in a car crash.

Two cars collided in Pyrcroft Road, Chertsey, and a 35-year-old woman was left with chest pains. But medics decided she could be transported to St Peter's Hospital by road.

Two other people were also treated at hospital for minor injuries.

A motorist is calling for Chertsey firefighters to be recognised for their good work after they rescued her when her car caught fire.

Tania Hayhoe, of Garden Close, Addlestone, was driving home when her car stalled by Chobham Common and thick brown smoke billowed out from under the bonnet, so she called the fire brigade.

Two midwives who also have the role of parent education advisors are holding special sessions at St Peter's Hospital for fathers-to-be.

The two-hour sessions, specifically for fathers, are not open to expectant mothers or couples and are held on the last Tuesday of each month at 7.30pm.

Any man expecting to become a father in the next few months is welcome to come to the parent education room on the ground floor of the Abbey wing at the hospital site in Guildford Road, Chertsey.

Midwives and parent education advisors Naomi Warrington and Rose Cooper will be available to answer any questions.

For more information call Naomi or Rose on 01932 7222972.

Rubbish is still overflowing from the recycling bins in Heriot Road, Chertsey, despite Runnymede Council issuing warnings about fly-tipping.

The bins in the Bourne Car Park, in Heriot Road, were full to bursting point when the Herald checked on August 7 and people had dumped their rubbish on the ground around them.

The pathology laboratories at Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust conduct more than four million tests every year and are rightly regarded as the detectives of the NHS.

They detect and report on thousands of specimens that are sent to the laboratories every month. Every NHS Pathology Laboratory has to be accredited and the laboratories at Ashford and St. Peter's have just passed their biennial inspection with flying colours.

A report on mental health care by the Healthcare Commission released on Wednesday July 23 gave Surrey and Borders NHS Trust a rating of "fair".

The report, which assessed all mental health services in England as to whether patient admissions are appropriate, personalised, safe, and promote recovery, saw 12% of organisations rated "excellent", 29% rated "good", 43% rated "fair" and 16% rated "weak".