NHS News - June 2004.
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England - Local PCT News

Central Cornwall PCT - Eldercare Project in Cornwall (EPIC)
The Eldercare Project in Cornwall (EPIC) is a new county-wide preventative nursing service which will provide assessment and intensive case management to elderly patients who are at risk of unplanned hospitalisation. [click here to read more]

Local Health Partnerships NHS Trust - Health and Social Care Trust
The Local Health Partnerships NHS Trust has become a Health and Social Care Trust, and is now called the Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

North Birmingham PCT - Mental Health
A team of mental health professionals, led by a consultant psychiatrist, is holding regular sessions at two GP surgeries in an attempt to provide faster access to counselling for patients and combat the problem of over-prescription of antidepressants. [click here to read more]

Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust - CHD Asian Link Nurse
The work of the CHD Asian Link Nurse was highlighted at a recent SHA event highlighting Best Practice. The incidence of CHD in the Asian community is high, and attendance rates at assessment and review clinics has now greatly increased.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust - Antithrombotic Study
Doctors at Northern General Hospital are undertaking a rapid blood monitoring study for patients who have been admitted with unstable angina or myocardial infarction. The aim is to identify safer, more effective ways of combining antithrombotic drugs. [click here to read more]

Wales - Local Health Board News

Blaenau Gwent LHB - UK Diabetes Week
Nurses from Blaenau Gwent LHB and Diabetes Specialist Nurses from Nevill Hall Hospital will be supporting an annual public awareness raising campaign, spearheaded by Diabetes UK, during National Diabetes Week from 13th – 19th June 2004.

Europe backs Welsh success in teen smoking cessation work
The Welsh Assembly Government has won funding worth £221,000 from Europe to co-ordinate a Europe-wide adolescent smoking cessation programme. [click here to read more]

Neath Port Talbot LHB - Palliative Care
Bro Morgannwg NHS Trust and Neath Port Talbot Local Health Board (LHB) have announced the opening of 6 beds at Cimla Hospital, for patients requiring palliative care.

Pembrokeshire and Derwen NHS Trust - New HSDU Development
The recently refurbished hospital and sterilisation unit has been officially opened at Bronglais Hospital by Jane Hutt, Health and Social Services Minister.

Pontypridd and Rhondda NHS Trust - Mental Health Unit
A new £15m Mental Health Unit has been opened at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital. It will provide acute adult mental health services, outpatient and day hospital facilities (87 beds). There are 2 ten-place satellite units at Trealaw and Pontypridd.

Powys LHB - Minor Injuries Units
Powys Local Health Board has unveiled plans for a modernised minor injuries service, as part of a wide-ranging review into how best to provide efficient and effective healthcare services in a large rural area. [click here to read more]

Powys LHB - New Website
The Bronllys Pain Management Centre, part of Powys Local Health Board has launched its new website today.

Scotland - Local NHS News

Midlothian LHCC - Primary Care Pharmacist
Fiona Reid, a primary care pharmacist for cardiovascular disease at Newbyres Medical Group in Gorebridge, became the first pharmacist in the UK to write a prescription for use in primary care last month. Her first prescription was for a statin. [click here to read more]

NHS Grampian - Community Health Partnerships
Community Health Partnerships have replaced LHCCs in NHS Grampian. [click here to read more]

Northern Ireland - Local NHS News

Eastern H and SS Board - Out of Hours Services
The Eastern H and SS Board has approved a major public consultation between now and 6th August 2004 on new plans to develop GP Out of Hours Services. [click here to read more]

Northern H and SSB - Spirometry Training
Over 60 Practice Nurses and Nurse Practitioners from across the Northern Health and Social Services Board area have attended training courses on spirometry, a method used to measure lung function in people with chronic breathing problems. [click here to read more]

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