LANCASHIRE will see an accelerated restoration of normal services over the next three months, according to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. Virtual wards, 3D eye scanners and at-home antibiotic kits are among the new initiatives to be trialled as part of a multimillion-pound effort to tackle lengthy waiting lists in the NHS. This ambitious government plan is positive news for patients in the county, particularly those who have had procedures and appointments postponed amid the Covid-19 pandemic. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS FT and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS FT are in-line to receive between £10m-£20m and will be working together in a bid to rapidly cut waiting lists by mid-August.
Healthcare workers in south Cumbria have volunteered to be one of the first of a small number of areas in the country to formally ‘accelerate’ the restoration of services.
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT), Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS FT, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, and Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT, will be working together to tackle their collective waiting lists during the next three months.
The initiative will be welcome news for patients who have seen appointments and procedures postponed due to the pandemic.
Many services have continued as near to normal as possible throughout the NHS, but concerns have increased about the rising numbers of patients waiting for care and treatment across health and social care settings.
Strike: Guards at Royal Blackburn Hospital will be taking action THE number of people being treated for the coronavirus in East Lancashire s hospitals has dropped into single figures. Just eight people were in Blackburn and Burnley s hospitals with the virus as of Tuesday, the latest figures show. NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on May 4 was up from six on the same day the previous week. The number of beds at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 50 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 16.
Strike: Guards at Royal Blackburn Hospital will be taking action THE number of people being treated for the coronavirus in East Lancashire s hospitals has dropped into single figures. Just eight people were in Blackburn and Burnley s hospitals with the virus as of Tuesday, the latest figures show. NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on May 4 was up from six on the same day the previous week. The number of beds at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 decreased by 50 per cent in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 16.
Royal Blackburn Hospital INJURIES inflicted on women by their partners resulted in up to 38 admissions at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust over five years, figures suggest, despite police recording tens of thousands of violent domestic abuse crimes. Campaigners have warned that hospital admissions for abuse – which have risen steadily across England – are just the tip of the iceberg . NHS Digital data shows at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, there were between 14 and 38 admissions of female victims following abuse by a spouse or partner in the five years to March 2020. Exact numbers are not available when there are fewer than eight cases a year, to protect patient identity.