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    The NHS has announced an additional £5 million will fund reviews to improve care for people with a learning disability and committed to renewed national action to tackle serious conditions.
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    NHS England and NHS Improvement will provide a promising new treatment which can prolong the lives of children with the rare genetic condition, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
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    Through a new service that's the first of its kind, NHS advice will be offered online to people with Type 2 diabetes to help them manage their condition.
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    A device, which can reduce the side-effects of radiotherapy for prostate cancer patients by more than 70%, will be rolled out across the NHS,
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    NHS England and NHS Improvement have launched a new £9 million programme to spot heart conditions earlier; saving at least 200 lives and offering protection to thousands more.
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    A new Medicines Governance Do Once Programme has been set up as part of The NHS Long Term Plan
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    Young carers have a lot of added responsibilities compared to other people their age. Find out four ways they’ve told us they could be better supported.
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    We are inviting representatives from a number of local community groups in Sutton Bridge, Holbeach St Marks, Tydd St Mary and Gedney Drove End to an initial meeting to see what activities or services might benefit the local community.
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    #menshealthweek - the key numbers in men's health
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    Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign which takes place to celebrate and recognise the vital contribution made by the UK’s 6.5 million unpaid carers
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    TASL have launched their brand new website for those people who need to book patient transport
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    Pennygate surgery GP contract to move Johnson Hospital
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    Healthwatch Lincolnshire understands that The Glebe Practice, Saxilby intends to close the Skellingthorpe branch surgery.
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    Unsung NHS heroes who are making big differences to the lives of people with mental health problems and learning disabilities in Lincolnshire have been recognised at an awards ceremony.
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    NHS England has outlined a series of practical plans and actions designed to help young carers who may be ‘hidden’, unpaid and under the age of sixteen.
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    Delivering the vision of The NHS Long Term Plan will require healthcare that is more personalised and patient centred, more focused on prevention, and more likely to be delivered in the community, out of hospital. 
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    NHS England has recruited 300 more family doctors and thousands more nurses, pharmacists and other staff to work alongside GPs, delivering better care in the community.
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    More than 50,000 people have taken charge of their own care after being handed control of how their NHS funding is spent.
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    South Kesteven Sports & Physical Activity Consultation Events
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    A bumper year in research at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) saw more than a thousand people take part in research at the Trust’s sites across Lincolnshire during 2018/19.
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    Rolling out expert stroke teams across the country as part of the NHS Long Term Plan will ensure thousands more people ‘survive and thrive’, England’s top doctor announced today.
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    The NHS is preparing to fast-track the introduction of ‘game changing’ new cancer drugs that target tumours according to their genetic make-up rather than where they originate in the body
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    The Government is investing an extra £20bn a year in the NHS until 2023.
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    A former mental health patient was awarded an NHS unsung hero award for his work supporting children and young people with mental health problems in North East Lincolnshire.
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    Carers Picnic
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    The Government is investing an extra £20bn a year in the NHS until 2023.
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    Lincolnshire Neurological Alliance Open Meeting
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    Look to volunteer over the summer
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    Here is an update on stroke project
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    We share Healthwatch England's response to the latest figures from the GP patient survey.
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    A new IBD Patient Survey has launched, encouraging everyone with Crohn’s or Colitis to make their voice heard and feedback on the care they receive.
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    A scheme that has helped keep more than 1,000 nurses, midwives and other clinicians in the NHS will be rolled out to cover staff working in general practice as well as hospitals, the NHS announced today.
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    Patients are set to get longer appointments with their family doctor thanks to new ways of working which start today.
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    Women who smoke during pregnancy are putting themselves and their baby at risk of serious harm unless they kick the habit, the NHS has warned.
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    Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual women urged to book a cervical screening appointment
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    Are in further or higher education with an interest in Health and Social Care?
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    The NHS trust which provides mental health and learning disability services to the people of Lincolnshire is looking for members of the public to sit on its Council of Governors.
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    Join us for our AGM 2019
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    Organisers of a charity professional darts event are offering a limited discount on tickets in celebration of the 71st anniversary of the NHS.
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    Angela Shimada, Neighbourhood Lead for Lincoln South, has won the Allied Health Profession Leader of the year award.
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    The Government has published a Prevention Green Paper setting out how it plans to embed the principle ‘prevention is better than cure’ across wider society. PHE’s Chief Executive Duncan Selbie discusses what this could mean for the public’s health.
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    A new service to treat respiratory problems in children with complex physical disabilities at home was launched in February 2019, by Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS).
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    Lincolnshire’s mental health and learning disabilities NHS trust has been shortlisted in national awards for recognising the hard work of their staff.
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    Local mental health services for armed forces veterans have received a generous donation from the Royal Airforce in Waddington, following a charity fundraising day.
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    Healthwatch Lincolnshire held it’s recent YourVoice@HWL event on 10 July  2019
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    An exciting opportunity has arisen for a young person aged school leaving age up to 25 years old with lived experience of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). 
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    NHS Lincolnshire West Clinical Commissioning Group AGM
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    A new initiative has launched today, Friday, 9 August in Lincolnshire. NHS service providers, charities and the local council have come together to start to work collaboratively to improve care for stroke patients.
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    The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has announced a £1.8 billion cash boost for the NHS