An NHS uprising has taken place in Louth in protest at future plans for the town’s hospital.
Demonstrators led by the Fighting 4 Louth Hospital campaign group marched from Westgate Fields through to the town centre from 1pm on Saturday, September 2, and were joined by a 20-piece samba band.
Plans included in the Lincolnshire Sustainability and Transformation Plan indicate the possibility of merging the hospitals in Louth and Skegness, or creating a brand new hospital somewhere in between.
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Speaking to Lincolnshire Reporter, Louth town councillor Julie Speed said: “We’re protesting against all of the plans for healthcare in Lincolnshire.
“The NHS is in crisis and the march is just the first. We’re doing this to let those making decisions know that there is opposition and will hopefully make them stop and re-think.
“This is not Tory vs Labour, this is about people standing up.
“Hospitals in Lincolnshire are under severe pressure, with both in special measures and the ambulance service is having to make much longer journeys than it had to before.
“We’re hoping this gains momentum and goes around the country.
“Louth is just the start.”
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Schools and universities in Lincolnshire recognise the potential benefits, but also the concerns, over the use of artificial intelligence.
The results of the government’s first ever Call for Evidence on Artificial Intelligence in Education’ report were published on Tuesday, November 28. It was open for 10 weeks and closed on August 23 this year, with 567 responses received during that time. Most respondents were “broadly optimistic” about the use of GenAI in education.
Almost two months on from Network Rail stating it had implemented “new cleaning regimes” for its railway bridge on Brayford Wharf East, the same concerns of graffiti, dirt and moss growth are continuing — and we are no clearer on how regularly the bridge is cleaned.
The bridge, which opened in 2019 in a bid to improve public safety on the railway crossing, is regularly used by many commuters and residents in Lincoln, but it has been the topic of a cleanliness discussion for many months now.
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