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HOSPITAL bosses in Blackburn and Burnley have already started planning for an onslaught of patients seeking emergency or urgent care this winter.
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust struggled to cope with huge surges in attendances last winter, along with several other trusts in the north west.
In a national report last week, MPs on the Health Select Committee warned of a growing crisis in emergency care, saying plans to cope with bulging wards ?lacked sufficient urgency?.
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.u...hospital_bosses_plan_for_winter_patient_rush/
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust struggled to cope with huge surges in attendances last winter, along with several other trusts in the north west.
In a national report last week, MPs on the Health Select Committee warned of a growing crisis in emergency care, saying plans to cope with bulging wards ?lacked sufficient urgency?.
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.u...hospital_bosses_plan_for_winter_patient_rush/