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Jo Cox Foundation backs campaign to end loneliness

The sister of MP Jo Cox is backing an anti-loneliness campaign to help 30,000 people avoid health and wellbeing problems that can come from feeling and living alone.

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Connect to Support Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire County Council Adult Care and Community Wellbeing together with Lincolnshire NHS have launched their partnership online Library of Information and Services called Connect to Support Lincolnshire.

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NHS to test new rapid care measures for patients with the most urgent mental and physical health needs

People who arrive at A&E experiencing a mental health crisis will receive emergency care within one hour under NHS pilot schemes aimed at improving care and saving more lives.

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First Chief Midwife appointed to drive world-class NHS care for new mums

The first Chief Midwife, who will become the most senior midwife in England, has been appointed.

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Campaign to bring more family doctors back to general practice

NHS England and Health Education England have launched a new campaign, aimed at getting hundreds of family doctors to return to general practice, which will improve services for patients.

NHS England and NHS Improvement

NHS England and NHS Improvement have now come together to act as a single organisation. Their aim is to better support the NHS and help improve care for patients.

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Local mental health team awarded centre of excellence

A team from the local mental health and learning disabilities trust has been awarded centre of excellence status.

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Do you need help getting to hospital?

Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments

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Connect Health to deliver Community Pain Management Service to Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire residents now have access to an innovative new pain management service.

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Over £1.28m returned to a local NHS trust following the success of Operation Tarlac

As a result of the investigation by the Economic Crime Unit all of the £1.28m, which was defrauded from LPFT, has been recovered and returned to the Trust.

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Have your say on how the NHS should change in Lincolnshire

People keen to influence the future of the NHS in Lincolnshire are being encouraged to make their views known in a series of events this month.

Monthly report Healthwatch Lincolnshire

People's Service User Experiences - Dec 2018

This report created by Healthwatch Lincolnshire provides a monthly summary report for all patient, carer and service user experiences received during December 2018 where 148 experiences have been shared.