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COVID-19 Testing
29/04/2020
Coronavirus testing is available for millions of people from today, after the government loosened rules on who can apply. Previously, testing was...
Changes to dental services
22/04/2020
Due to COVID-19, a number of changes have been made to dental services. Routine treatments are no longer available, and patients may only be seen for...
Advice for people with diabetes
20/04/2020
For people diagnosed with diabetes, this can be a particularly difficult time. In response to this, Diabetes UK have updated their webpages with...
Adult Social Services - Local Account 2011/12
03/06/2013
North Lincolnshire Council’s Adult Social Services has just published its first Local Account. This documents sets out how they work, what you can expect from Adult Services, what they have been doing in this last year, and what their plans are for this coming year. North Lincolnshire Council are...
Are you ‘prepared to care’?
31/05/2013
‘Prepared to care’ is the theme of this year’s carers’ week, which runs from Monday June 10 and aims to recognise and empower carers. Scunthorpe General Hospital is getting involved to help raise awareness about what caring involves and what help is out there for carers. The Carers’ Support Centre...
New Macmillan course for people living with cancer
28/05/2013
A free seven-week course aimed at building the confidence of people who are living with a cancer diagnosis in the North Lincolnshire area is being launched. The course, Hope (Help to Overcome Problems Effectively), will be held on Tuesday evenings starting on June 11. The two hour sessions aim to...
Free health talk for expectant mothers
21/05/2013
Members of the public are invited to a talk at Scunthorpe General Hospital to hear about breastfeeding support and the dangers of smoking while pregnant. The free talk, which is part of Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust’s series of members’ lectures, is being held on...
Public encouraged to join Keogh ‘listening events’
21/05/2013
Members of the public in North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and Goole are being encouraged to join ‘listening events’ being held as part of the Keogh Review. Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of 14 hospital trusts across England with a higher...
Improvements in care for dementia patients
20/05/2013
Improvements are being made to the care that patients with dementia receive at the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. A new initiative called ‘my life’, which aims to ensure people with dementia get patient centred-care, is being introduced, awareness...
Best practice day highlights nursing achievements
16/05/2013
The achievements of local nursing staff have been celebrated at a special event in Scunthorpe. Around 100 nurses, health care assistants, midwives and allied health professionals from Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust attended the organisation’s inaugural Best...
First Chair of Healthwatch England announced
05/12/2012
The first Chair of Healthwatch England has been announced as Anna Bradley. Anna, a long-standing consumer advocate, is also being appointed as a member of the board of the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Healthwatch is the new consumer champion for health and social care in England. It will exist in...
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