Health

MP David Wilshire opened four refurbished wards at Ashford Hospital on Monday November 16.

The Spelthorne MP, who will stand down at the next general election following revelations he paid more than £100,000 in expenses to a fake company, officially re-opened wards Chaucer, Wordsworth, Dickens, and Fielding.

The £850,000 re-development made sure the wards were hygienic and arranged so men and women do not share accommodation.

Mr Wilshire, who would not answer questions on the expenses scandal, unveiled a commemorative plaque, and took a tour around the wards with Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals Trust chairman Aileen McLeish.

Ms McLeish said: "Mr Wilshire was impressed with the layout and look of the wards and with the work we have done to make sure men and women don't have to share their accommodation."

The victim of devastating fire in Stanwell earlier this month has died in hospital.

Maria Jones, 64, of Windermere Close, suffered burns to her arms and legs after she was dragged out alive from her house on Monday October 19 by two neighbours.

Mrs Jones passed away on Sunday October 25 in St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, and post mortem examination carried out at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford concluded she died from injuries sustained in the fire.

The cause of the fire, which occurred at 4am on the day and completely gutted the house, is no longer being treated as suspicious by police.

A police spokesman said: "Following a joint Surrey Police and Surrey Fire and Rescue Service investigation the cause of the fire at a residential address in Windermere Close, is believed to have been the result of an electrical fault."

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A woman was detained under the mental health act on Monday September 21.

Police were called to reports of a woman smashing bottles in Feltham Road near the Londis off-licence and sent three vehicles to detain her.

She was taken to St Peter's Hospital to check her condition and later detained under the act.

Firefighters were called to a small kitchen fire in a flat in Anderson Drive on Monday July 20.

At around 9.30pm, fire crews from Staines were called to a 30-year-old air stewardess' house after she burnt some food on her grill.

The firemen put out the fire and no damage was caused.

A young boy was the centre of attention at a carnival style theme day held to celebrate his remission from cancer.

Seven-year-old Alfie Ward, whose birthday was on Monday May 25, found he no longer had neuroblastoma, a tumorous cancer which affects the nerves, on April 28, so on Thursday May 21 Spelthorne Infant and Nursery School, in Chertsey Road, Ashford, held an event for him.

Blood donor sessions take place on Sunday, March 8 at Ashford Community Centre in Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, from 9.30am-12.30pm and 2pm-4.30pm.

Volunteers need to be between 17 and 60 years old, in general good health and weigh more than 7st 12lbs.

For more information call 0845 771 1711 or visit www.blood.co.uk

A ward at Ashford Hospital has been refurbished and reopened to offer additional beds and improve services for patients.

The 22-bed Fielding Ward, which reopened last week, incorporates four side rooms with en suite facilities and has been refurbished to bring it into line with the latest guidance on infection control and the elimination of mixed sex wards.

Tennis courts in Spelthorne are to be refurbished after the borough council allocated 110,000 over the next three years.

The money will be spent resurfacing the courts in Cedars Park in Lower Sunbury, Clockhouse Lane in Ashford, the Lammas in Staines, Stanwell Recreation Ground, Fordbridge Park in Ashford, Staines Park and Bishop Duppas Park in Shepperton.

A Volkswagen Polo careered into the gates of Fordbridge Park in Celia Crescent, Ashford, in the early hours of Sunday (November 30).

The green car left the road and crashed into the gates at about 2.40am, and the driver was taken to St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey with minor head injuries.

Ashford Hospital has been spared ward closures by the Healthcare Commission after taking action following warnings about inadequate hygiene.

The hospital was threatened with having wards shut down after an inspection in June by the health watchdog found 'serious' failures in the cleaning of medical instruments and mattresses.