HEALTH boss Kevin McGee said the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals know ‘exactly what to do’ in the event of an ebola outbreak.

Last week, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust said it had drawn up a contingency plans in the unlikely event of an outbreak in the area and Mr McGee, chief executive, told the trust board on Wednesday: “There’s been a lot of talk in the media in terms of ebola and we’ve done a lot of planning in this area.

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“We’ve got contingency plans in place and we know exactly what we are doing.”