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Hospital backlogs delay Ambulances
Written by It's Our NHS   
Monday, 29 December 2008
ImageThe North West Ambulance Service has blamed delays at hospitals for difficulties in getting ambulances to emergency patients in time.

A statement by the ambulance service said that they would be using volunteers from St John's and the Red Cross, delaying all training except for new recruits, and calling all trained staff into operations. The statement said that pressures at hospitals were "causing significant delay in ambulance turnaround."
Last Updated ( Thursday, 01 January 2009 )
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East Lancs hospitals to delay bid for foundation status
Written by Lancashire Telegraph   
Thursday, 25 December 2008

FOUNDATION status has been delayed for East Lancashire’s hospitals as bosses battle with money problems and overcrowded emergency rooms.

East Lancashire Hospitals Trust was set to be granted foundation trust status by February, but the emergency department at the Royal Blackburn Hospital has been reaching breaking point and the trust is struggling to fill a £2 million hole in its accounts.

Full story from the Lancashire Telegraph online..

 

 
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