Mid-December 2011

Do you have complex patients that require rehabilitation in the community? Rakehead Community Neuro-Rehabilitation Team (RCNT) is based at Rakehead Rehabilitation Centre (RRC) at Burnley General Hospital. RRC is an in-patient facility offering rehabilitation for people with neurological problems.
New service is outstanding Twenty Blackburn with Darwen patients have benefited from a new county-wide service to treat heart attacks.
Referral quality improvement scheme to launchClinical commissioning groups across Pennine Lancashire have launched a new scheme aimed at improving the quality of patient referrals and reducing referral rates.
NHS 111 launches in LancashireNHS 111, the new non-emergency number for accessing local health services, has been switched on in Lancashire.

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