Easter Opening Hours 2008 The North Staffordshire Medical Institute will be closed from 5:00pm on Thursday 20th March and re-open on Tuesday 9th March 2008 at 9:00am. New office accommodation for the North Staffordshire Research & Development Consortium is now located on the ground floor of the North Staffordshire Medical Institute. Medicine for Children and the Research Network is also sited in the new accommodation.