Patient visiting to return at Lincoln and Pilgrim hospitals
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From Tuesday 14 July, friends and family will once again be able to visit their loved ones on wards at Lincoln and Boston hospitals.
Hero hospital staff deserve a medal says coronavirus survivor
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A 76-year-old man who received a guard of honour by the doctors and nurses he said ‘saved his life’ says they all deserve a medal. Frank William Smith, who is known as Billy by his friends and family, spent 81 days in Lincoln County Hospital fighting coronavirus, including 71 days on the intensive care unit. […]
First cancer patients receive their urgent surgery at Grantham hospital
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The first Lincolnshire cancer patients who had their surgery postponed due to the outbreak of coronavirus have had their operations at Grantham and District Hospital. By creating a largely ‘COVID-free’ site at Grantham hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust is now able to carry out thousands more chemotherapy sessions, cancer surgeries and other elective surgeries […]
Lincolnshire hospitals among the first to join ground-breaking COVID-19 research
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Hospital staff in Lincolnshire will be among the first to take part in a ground-breaking national research project looking at immunity and other unanswered questions around COVID-19. Public Health England has launched the SIREN trial which will track NHS staff from across the country, with blood and throat swabs taken regularly over 18-months. This will […]
NHS marks 72 years by saying the ‘biggest thank you’ to community
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Lincolnshire NHS is extending its thanks to the community for its continued show of support throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As the NHS approaches 72 years this weekend, everybody is being urged to take part in the biggest ‘thank you’ the country has ever seen at 5pm on Sunday, 5 July, in a ‘pause for applause’. […]
COVID-19 Honours – who will you nominate?
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There are so many individuals throughout Lincolnshire’s NHS who have gone the extra mile during the pandemic – now it’s is your chance to help recognise those efforts and nominate someone for the national COVID-19 Honours. Nominations are being sought for those who have made an exceptional contribution to the response to the pandemic in […]