A BURNLEY pensioner fell and broke his leg after being sent home by the Royal Blackburn Hospital because it could not carry out a hip replacement operation.

A SECOND council has supported a "no-confidence" vote against hospital bosses.

Pendle Council members unanimously backed the no-confidence motion and called for an independent review into hospital services in East Lancashire in a named vote.

They followed Burnley Council, which backed the same motion last month after complaints of cancelled operations, longer ambulance journeys and increased reliance on temporary staff followed the controversial Meeting Patients' Needs shake-up in November.

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