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£600,000 tonic to aid Clitheroe health centre

1:47pm Friday 29th August 2008

A HEALTH centre will be expanded after securing a £600,000 windfall from East Lancashire Primary Care Trust.

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Hoddlesden brain scare boss: ‘I’m just happy to be alive’

1:36pm Friday 29th August 2008

A HEALTH boss is set to return to work after recovering from a devastating brain haemorrhage.

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Swamped hospital tells patients to 'go back to Burnley'

8:40am Thursday 28th August 2008

PATIENTS were told to drive to Burnley in the early hours if they wanted to be seen more quickly after the Royal Blackburn Hospital’s urgent care centre became overwhelmed.

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East Lancashire looms large on ‘fat map’

11:47am Thursday 28th August 2008

A NEW “fat map” of the UK published today shows that people in East Lancashire are getting heavier.

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Doctor’s appeal for circumcisions on the NHS

11:43am Wednesday 27th August 2008

A LEADING doctor has called for circumcision to be offered on the NHS as part of a drive to improve public health.

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East Lancashire hospitals' red alert plan ‘not enough’

9:29am Wednesday 27th August 2008

HOSPITAL bosses have revealed their emergency plan to cope with demand for beds – but a health scrutiny boss said it ‘left a lot to be desired’.

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Late GP opening on its way in East Lancashire

11:20am Wednesday 27th August 2008

DOCTORS’ surgeries across East Lancashire are set to extend their opening hours.

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No late opening at East Lancashire doctors' surgeries

12:11pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

NOT a single doctor’s surgery in East Lancashire has started offering extended opening hours yet — unlike 36 per cent of surgeries elsewhere in the country.

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Hospitals apologise over Nelson woman’s ‘life threatening' ordeal

3:48pm Sunday 24th August 2008

THE trust that runs East Lancashire’s hospitals has said sorry for mistakes that a pregnant woman believes could have killed her.

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New faces at Lancashire care trust

9:40pm Sunday 24th August 2008

The health trust in charge of mental health services in Lancashire has this week made two senior appointments.

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Jack Straw backing East Lancashire hospital plans

4:40pm Tuesday 26th August 2008

BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has thrown his support behind ambitious plans for East Lancashire’s hospitals.

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Demolition plan continues at former Blackburn hospital

6:51pm Saturday 23rd August 2008

WORK to bulldoze the former Blackburn Royal Infirmary is continuing.

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Indian surgeon gets East Lancs tuition

10:57am Thursday 21st August 2008

A SURGEON from India is learning the latest orthopaedic techniques on a placement with one of East Lancashire’s top consultants.

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East Lancs health bosses welcome kids cholesterol tests

12:24pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

HEALTH bosses in East Lancashire have welcomed moves to identify risks of high cholesterol in children as young as 10.

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Burnley maternity costs to be met by hospital sales

10:40pm Tuesday 19th August 2008

A £31million maternity unit for Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale will be paid for in part by the sale of hospital land, health chiefs have announced.

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Blackburn with Darwen health trust’s name officially changed

11:20am Tuesday 19th August 2008

THE borough’s primary care trust has officially changed its name to NHS Blackburn with Darwen.

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£206,000 tonic for Burnley's health

5:13pm Monday 18th August 2008

A MAJOR action plan to improve the health of the deprived and elderly in Burnley has been unveiled – hot on the heels of a drive to cut the number of obese children.

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Blackburn gran finally given date for op

12:30pm Monday 18th August 2008

A GREAT-grandmother who hit the headlines after spending four weeks in traction waiting for surgery is set to have her operation on Wednesday.

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Burnley hospital operations on increase

12:00pm Sunday 17th August 2008

BURNLEY health bosses say they are carrying out more breast cancer and gynaecology operations than ever before.

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East Lancashire campaign to target health gap between ethnic groups

6:10pm Thursday 14th August 2008

ETHNIC minority communities are being called upon to take control of their health.

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Superbug outbreak at Royal Blackburn Hospital baby unit

10:06pm Tuesday 12th August 2008

BABIES have been put in quarantine after a potentially-deadly superbug was discovered in the Royal Blackburn Hospital's neo-natal intensive care unit.

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Have your say on Clitheroe hospital scheme

12:28pm Wednesday 13th August 2008

RESIDENTS are being invited to have their say on a new multi-million-pound scheme to replace a community hospital.

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Fluoride report 'not full story'

11:07am Tuesday 12th August 2008

COUNCILS are to be asked their views on water fluoridation at meetings throughout East Lancashire.

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Respected former Accrington GP dies

5:50pm Monday 11th August 2008

A RESPECTED Accrington GP died today after a brave battle with cancer.

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East Lancashire hospitals in 'red alert' shock

7:30am Monday 11th August 2008

BOSSES of East Lancashire hospitals are declaring a state of 'red alert' two-and-a-half days a week due to a lack of available beds.

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Hospital campaign badges handed out in Burnley

11:53am Monday 11th August 2008

A THOUSAND badges have been dished out as part of a campaign to restore accident and emergency services to Burnley General Hospital.

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East Lancs nurses to doorstep parents of obese children

1:15pm Friday 8th August 2008

SPECIALIST nurses will call unannounced at obese youngsters’ homes in a bid to sign them up to a weight loss programme.

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Blackburn great-grandmother's three weeks in traction

2:40pm Saturday 9th August 2008

A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER has been in traction at the Royal Blackburn Hospital for almost three weeks, after an “urgent” operation was cancelled.

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‘Bring back hospital’ badges being handed out in Burnley

3:00pm Friday 8th August 2008

PIN badges saying: ‘I want my hospital back!’ are being offered to people opposed to changes at Burnley’s General.

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East Lancashire's top health figures put to the fitness test

1:00pm Friday 8th August 2008

WE all know what we should do to live better, and healthcare chiefs have made it their mission this year to get us taking control of our fitness and health. But are the people at the top practising what they preach?

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