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NHS welcome more than 1,000 members of the public to their tent at the Westmorland Show 2017
Posted: 22nd September 2017Representatives from Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Morecambe Bay Clinical Commissioning Group, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Kendal Integrated Care Community (ICC), Radio Lonsdale, Lancaster the University of Lancaster and Kendal Organ Donor Town gathered together to showcase their services, engage with the public and found out what they valued which helped them stay healthy .
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Public engagement events film from Pennine Lancashire in Summer 2017
Posted: 19th September 2017Local residents were invited to get involved, debate and help shape the future of health and social care in Pennine Lancashire at a series of summer engagement events.
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Public take opportunity to question STP leaders in Leyland
Posted: 13th September 2017Healthwatch Lancashire hosted a public event on Tuesday 12th September to give members of the public the opportunity to question leaders from the STP in Lancashire and South Cumbria, known as Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria.
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Care navigators to help support East Lancashire patients get to the right service faster
Posted: 30th August 2017GP practices in Hyndburn are piloting a new scheme in the borough to help support and guide patients to access the most appropriate service
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BBC Radio 4 to feature innovative East Lancashire Care Homes
Posted: 18th August 2017Care Homes in East Lancashire came under the spotlight this week when the BBC visited to profile the innovative work that they are doing to ensure care home residents receive the best possible care, working in partnership with the NHS.
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Revolutionary community service shortlisted for top gongs
Posted: 18th August 2017Staff of a revolutionary Fylde coast health service are celebrating after receiving news that their hard work has been shortlisted for two top national awards.
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Invitation for the public to find out more about Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria
Posted: 17th August 2017Members of the public are invited to find out more about Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria on 7th September 2017 between 11am and 1pm at Chorley Town Hall ahead of the Joint Committee of CCGs, which the public are invited to observe.
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Local clinicians come together to reduce the number of strokes
Posted: 14th August 2017Clinicians from across Lancashire and South Cumbria are coming together to try to reduce the number of people in the area that suffer strokes, and improve the services for those that do go on to have a stroke.
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NHS Improvement Director "Excited" After Visit
Posted: 10th August 2017Two eminent national figures visited the Morecambe Bay area to find out more about the work being undertaken to join-up the health and care system.
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Could you be an ‘ambassador’ for the General Practice Forward View in Lancashire and South Cumbria?
Posted: 10th August 2017NHS England is looking for people who are enthusiastic and knowledgeable champions of primary care transformation in Lancashire and South Cumbria to be ‘ambassadors’ for the General Practice Forward View (GPFV).
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Healthier Fleetwood Young Chef of the Year shows how local communities are working together
Posted: 9th August 2017The search for the Healthier Fleetwood Young Chef of the Year has proved to be a great success with pupils and teaching staff from the Town’s primary schools
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10,000 patients from more than 30 surgeries sign up to use GP online services
Posted: 8th August 2017An exciting digital initiative taking place across Lancashire and South Cumbria has so far seen over 10,000 patients from more than 30 surgeries signing up to use GP online services.
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Supporting Patient’s Choices to Avoid Long Hospital Stays
Posted: 4th August 2017Health and social care organisations are working together to improve the way we support patients to avoid long hospital stays by adopting a new policy which has been developed nationally to create an equal approach for people across Lancashire and South Cumbria.
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Think Digital Hackathon brings together clinicians, developers and members of the public
Posted: 26th July 2017A Healthier Lancashire and South Cumbria Think Digital Hackathon saw clinicians, members of the public, IT developers and health and care staff come together to move forward innovation across health and care in just a few hours yesterday at Lancaster University.
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Lancashire and South Cumbria to benefit from multi-million-pound investment in NHS transformation projects
Posted: 20th July 2017Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and NHS England boss Simon Stevens have announced £325m of capital investment for local projects that will help the NHS to modernise and transform care for patients.