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Published on April 21, 2020 at 11:00 am
Rossendale businesses are being asked to donate unwanted stocks of personal, protective equipment (PPE) to the NHS for frontline staff to use.
The East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group is appealing to businesses that have stocks of PPE that they aren’t currently using due to the Covid19 pandemic.
Already some businesses have made generous donations of PPE stocks to the NHS, which have been redistributed to frontline services and staff who need it most.
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Published on March 26, 2020 at 5:15 pm
The Leader of Rossendale Council is asking everyone in the borough to take part in a nationwide round of applause for NHS workers
Councillor Alyson Barnes is appealing to residents to join in a gesture of thanks to frontline healthcare heroes by taking part in a mass round of applause from their doorsteps, windows and balconies on Thursday at 8pm.
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Published on September 2, 2019 at 3:37 pm
Council Leader, Cllr Alyson Barnes was a visitor to the HARRI truck, the NHS’s health and wellbeing engagement vehicle at Rawtenstall Market on Thursday, August 29.
The mobile truck is an initiative by Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and has been all around East Lancashire.
It is kitted out to provide a full range of advice and information about various health initiatives.
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Published on September 13, 2018 at 4:13 pm
NHS East Lancashire and NHS Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are working in partnership with the other six CCGs in Lancashire and South Cumbria to review clinical policies across the region.
The eight CCGs across Lancashire and South Cumbria have all agreed that there is a need to review their policies to: ensure a consistent and fair approach across the region; update current policies in accordance with National Guidelines and best clinical practice and to make sure it is using its limited resources to maximum effect.
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Published on July 5, 2018 at 2:43 pm
To mark this special day, Councillor Alyson Barnes, Leader of the Council, said:
“The NHS is a superb institution and, at its best, is the best healthcare system in the world. I am very proud that healthcare is free at the point of use in this country. We should cherish it and fight for it.
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Published on May 31, 2017 at 2:46 pm
People in Rossendale can now get easy access to the best-rated health apps available online.
A new and improved version of the ORCHA online platform has recently launched to help the thousands of people in the area who use apps every day to help manage health issues and medical conditions as well as to generally improve their health and wellbeing.
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Published on April 5, 2017 at 1:11 pm
Rossendale Memory Choir are one of the community groups that feature in a new video updating residents about health and care changes.
The video shows the progress the Together A Healthier Future programme to date and outlines next steps.
To find out more about health and care changes, please visit http://togetherahealthierfuture.org.uk
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Published on August 16, 2016 at 3:58 pm
Global call from NHS Blood and Transplant for blood donors of the future
- Blood services around the world join Missing Type campaign to reverse decline in new donors.
- Survey reveals 30% drop in new donors across 21 countries last year compared to decade ago
- NHS Blood and Transplant says younger and more diverse blood donor community needed in England
- Campaign launches 16th August 2016
Every second three people across the world receive a life changing blood transfusion.
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Published on August 10, 2016 at 9:16 am
Residents are being urged to get involved, debate and help shape the future of health and social care in East Lancashire.
NHS and local councils in Pennine Lancashire, which is made of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen, are working together to change the way health and social care is delivered in the area.
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