A brand new birthing centre has been opened following the demolition of a hospital s maternity unit. The relocated freestanding Chorley Birth Centre within the Chorley and South Ribble Hospital site opened on Monday, and has become one of four place of birth options offered to all women booked within the Trust’s care. The new centre offers active birthing equipment and birthing pools in each of the birth rooms in addition to clinical assessment/education areas for expectant mums in what s been described as an outstanding birth environment for women. Divisional midwifery and nursing director at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Janet Cotton, said: “We are absolutely thrilled that the new birthing centre is now complete.
NEARLY 40 per cent of patients caught coronavirus while they were being treated at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust for other illnesses, new figures show. This means Hampshire Hospitals Trust had the highest acquired infection rate across England with board papers showing five of those individuals died after becoming infected in one of its hospitals.
The Telegraph has analysed data that shows 10,000 patients admitted to hospitals caught the potentially deadly virus after being admitted to hospitals across England. Out of all the healthcare trusts in England, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which operates Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, recorded the highest number of transmissions.
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SITES in Blackburn, Burnley and Accrington are set to start taking deliveries of the coronavirus vaccine this week. Community sites in Burnley, Chorley, Preston, Blackpool, Barrow-in-Furness and Lytham St Annes will start receiving deliveries today with Blackburn, Accrington, Lancaster and Ormskirk following tomorrow. Nurses, paramedics, pharmacists and other NHS staff will work alongside GPs to vaccinate those aged 80 and over, as well as care home workers and residents, identified as priority groups for the life-saving vaccine. Covid-19 vaccination director for Lancashire and South Cumbria integrated care system Jane Scattergood said: “We are at the start of what will be the largest vaccination programme in our history and local teams are working hard to put arrangements in place to allow us to start protecting the most vulnerable people in our communities.
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