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Our first ‘Barnsley Hospital News’ edition for 2023 is now out! You’ll find it in the Barnsley Chronicle today (Friday January 27) as well as on our website and social pages.

February marks the start of LGBTQ+ History Month, a month-long celebration of the history of the beautiful and diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.

Barnsley Hospital has smashed a further target in its Green Plan vision towards achieving carbon net zero, by ditching the use of desflurane anaesthetic gas.

As Covid-19 and other respiratory virus cases in the community are decreasing, and the patient numbers in the hospital become more stable, we are relaxing our requirement for everyone to wear a surgical mask at all times in the hospital.

5 July 2023 marks 75 years of the National Health Service (NHS).

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will be carrying out an inspection of Barnsley Hospital’s maternity service on Tuesday 13 December 2022.

Barnsley Hospital have repurposed a room previously used for staff training into a space for friends and relatives of patients receiving care in the Respiratory Ward, Respiratory Care Unit, and Ward 17. 

Group A streptococcus (GAS) is a common bacteria. Lots of us carry it in our throats and on our skin and it doesn’t always result in illness. However, GAS does cause a number of infections, some mild and some more serious.