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Friday, May 17

Lincolnshire County Council stages major incident exercise

Fire & Rescue Health Policing May 17, 2013

Handling emergencies: The Council will host a major incident exercise to test how services in Lincolnshire cope.

Tuesday, May 7

GPs call for Lincolnshire children to get MMR jab

Health May 7, 2013

Staying healthy: Parents with unvaccinated children are being encouraged to get the MMR jab from their local GP.

Monday, April 29

Report gives County Council advice on improving Lincolnshire residents’ health

Health April 29, 2013

Recommendations: The Annual Report to wellbeing in Lincolnshire has been given to the County Council for the first time.

Thursday, April 25

MMR jab campaign to vaccinate Lincolnshire children against measles

Health April 25, 2013

Keeping safe: Up to 10,000 Lincolnshire children are being offered the MMR jab in a new four-month long campaign to prevent a measles outbreak in the county.

Wednesday, April 24

Mortality rates and care review at Lincolnshire hospitals begins this summer

Health April 24, 2013

Monitoring care: A team will visit Lincolnshire hospitals in June to investigate high mortality rates between 2005-2008 and establish the level of patient care.

Lucy Rigby

NHS needs fixing: A&E waiting times ‘absolutely appalling’

Columns Health April 24, 2013

‘Absolutely appalling’: Lucy Rigby examines figures showing ULHT missed the 4 hour A&E standard and 4,646 people were waiting longer than 4 hours for treatment.

Tuesday, April 23

Council sends message in a bottle to vulnerable Lincoln residents

Health April 23, 2013

Extra help: Lincoln’s most vulnerable will be able to give emergency services or cares important information easily with the help of a new council scheme.

Friday, April 12

Lincoln and Boston hospitals A&E back to normal activity

Health April 12, 2013

Recovering: The A&E at the Lincoln and Boston hospitals is now back to normal operation after a week of high demand, but the Grantham hospital is dealing with the norovirus.

Tuesday, April 9

Lincoln, Boston and Grantham hospitals under strain, nurses union concerned

Health April 9, 2013

Under pressure: Lincolnshire hospitals are seeing a high demand for beds and services in Lincoln, Boston and Grantham, causing worries amongst nurses.

Tuesday, March 26

Recovered drug and alcohol users tidy graffitied Lincoln church

Charity Health March 26, 2013

Doing their bit: Recovered alcohol and drug users are helping their local community by cleaning graffiti off walls.