Special nurse boost hope
HEALTH chiefs hope Parkinson’s Disease patients will see big improvements to their care from September, when a specialist nurse starts work in East Lancashire.
As reported earlier this year, East Lancashire is one of just 12 NHS areas not to benefit from a specialist nurse, and commissioners agreed to team up with the Parkinson’s UK to provide one.
The charity offered nearly £100,000 to fund the position for two years, with the understanding that East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) will take over funding from 2015/16.
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