All EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST articles – Page 11
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HSJ Local
East Lancashire underperforming on stroke care indicators
PERFORMANCE: The hospitals trust has failed to meet standards for the proportion of high risk transient ischaemic attack patients treated within 24 hours every month for the past year.
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NewsMerger plans announced as FT deadline looms
A rush of acute hospital mergers have been announced in the wake of the Department of Health deadline for submitting plans to become a foundation trust.
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NewsControversial urgent care unit will not revert to full A&E status
Burnley urgent care centre will not return to full accident and emergency status but will be upgraded to treat more emergency patients.
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NewsLib Dems take target seat where Clegg promised a re-opened A&E
Lib Dem Gordon Birtwistle has taken Burnley.
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NewsAndrew Lansley backs Burnley crusade
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has backed calls for accident and emergency status to be restored to the emergency service at Burnley General Hospital in Lancashire.
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NewsTrust chief seconded to swine flu task force
Marie Burnham, chief executive of East Lancashire Hospitals trust, has been granted 12 months leave of absence to head an NHS North West swine flu task force.
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CommentDavid Peat on embracing NHS change
Attitudes to the idea of change have always fascinated me. And I suppose I’m revisiting the concept since I’m on the verge of changing my own role in the NHS by moving on to take up a new post at strategic health authority level.