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"CLITHEROE Health Centre is not expected to reopen until next Thursday or Friday after health bosses said damage caused by a fire was worse than they expected.

NHS East Lancashire said repair teams were working 'flat out' and would work over the weekend to restore electricity supplies after the £2m building’s lighting, heating, IT and telephone systems were knocked out by the blaze on Tuesday.

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"A HOSPITAL boss has quit and said it was a honour to have held the role.

Graham Parr has resigned as chairman at Calderstones Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

Mr Parr has held the chairmanship for five years and is a former director of estates at the old Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Trust"

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"A NEW GP practice based at The Accrington Victoria Community Hospital will open in November.

The practice, commissioned by NHS East Lancashire, will provide a GP service for patients to register while also working alongside the Minor Injuries Unit already based at the hospital to provide a walk-in service for any patients with minor illnesses. "

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"CLITHEROE Health Centre has closed after a fire knocked out all of the £2million building’s lighting, heating, IT and telephone systems.

Staff discovered the fire in the centre’s main electricity meter room when they arrived at work to an alarm ringing around 8.30am yesterday, shortly before the Railway View Avenue site was due to open to the public. "

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"The Care Quality Commission (CQC) says one in eight NHS trusts must urgently improve the care it provides.

The CQC found a drop in the number of hospitals meeting basic standards in areas such as hygiene and safety. But it also said more services than ever could be rated good or excellent.

The CQC published ratings on England's 392 trusts and looked at every type of NHS trust, including acute, mental health, primary care and ambulance. The Blackburn with Darwen NHS trust in 2008 - 2009 in meeting core standard & providing services - the score said they just met the criteria."

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"TWO GP surgeries and a treatment room at Clitheroe Health Centre have been closed after a fire this morning.

Nobody was injured in the blaze, which started in the main electricity meter room around 8.20am and was discovered by staff after a fire alarm sounded. "

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"A NEW ‘health hub’ could turn East Lancashire into a regional leader in the bio-medical sector, it is hoped.

Regeneration leaders have teamed up with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) to move the development from Preston to the Medi Knowledge Park, in Shadsworth, Blackburn. "

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"A LEADING medic has rejected calls to provide safe ‘shooting galleries’ for heroin addicts in East Lancashire.

Swiss health chiefs provide drug users with controlled amounts of good quality heroin, instead of the synthetic substitute methadone, to curb their habit. "

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"A FATHER-of-two is seriously ill with the potentially life-threatening Lyme Disease after being bitten by a blood-sucking parasite while in the Lake District.

Father of two, Kevin Slater, 48, was walking in Grisedale Valley, Patterdale, when he was bitten by a tick. "

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"A non-executive director is being sought by NHS Central Lancashire.

The post is being advertised by the independent Appointments Commission, which handles recruitment to all non-executive director posts in NHS trusts. "

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"MORE young people are suffering serious alcohol-related liver problems which could put a huge strain on organ transplant services in the future, a top East Lancashire doctor has warned. "

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"GPs are due to start being immunised against swine flu next week – but not all health workers in East Lancashire will receive the vaccine.

GPs are one of the first priority groups in the nationwide vaccination campaign against the H1N1 virus."

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"A SOCIAL networking site run by Cumbrian people with personality disorders has won an award for its work to promote patient safety.

The website, www.itc4u.org, picked up a BT E-health Insider Award at a ceremony in London after its work resulted in huge reductions in suicide attempts and hospital admissions. "

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"IMAGING equipment at the Royal Blackburn Hospital has been improved.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has bought three Acuson S2000 ultrasound systems from Siemens Healthcare. "

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"I would like to thank all staff on ward 10 at Burnley General Hospital for their excellent care and attention I received during my recent stay, when I was having treatment for a hip replacement. I was at all times treated and looked after with total professional skill and commitment. "

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"DEATHS linked to alcohol abuse among men in Blackburn, Darwen and Hyndburn are among the highest in the country.

Hard-drinking men have left Blackburn with Darwen with the seventh worst rates for chronic liver disease out of 326 local authorities, according to statistics from the North West Public Health Observatory. "

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"YOUNG people in Cumbria are being urged check they’re fully vaccinated for mumps as the number of cases this year is already double 2008's total.

In the last month, over 40 newly suspected cases of mumps were found in the Allerdale area, predominantly among 15-24-year-olds. "

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"NORTH Lancashire NHS is encouraging vulnerable people to get their seasonal flu vaccinations.

The vaccination is affective for 12 months and is available to healthcare workers, people aged 65 and over and those with heart or lung diseases, serious kidney or liver disease, diabetes or a weakened immune system as well as carers for older or disabled people. "

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"IT is a bit late for Andy Burnham, Health Secretary, to be talking about abolishing hospital parking charges (October 6). "

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"A NEW dental supersurgery could open in Burnley by January health bosses have said, despite a permanent location still being sought.

Plans are currently in the pipeline for a new dental training practice for 10,000 patients on the Burnley and Brierfield border. "

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