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^*^M*'sday> August 28th, 2008^^^ N


news and views from the Centre of the


£600,000 boost for health centre


• EXCLUSIVE by Vivien Meath ■


KIBBLE VALLEY resi- . dents will benefit from a further £600,000 invest­ ment u n ’the well-used Treatment : Rooms at


Glitheroe Health Centre. The cash injection by East


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Lancashire Primary • Care T ru s t comes bn top of the ' £1.4m. the PCT has spent on modernising the town’s health ,; centre and the £12m. it has earmarked for a brand-new, purpose-built community hos- • pital for Clitheroe.:


T h a t brings the PC T ’s


investment in the Kibble Val­ ley to more than £14m., with the aim of enhancing commu­ nity health provision for local residents. ■The improvement and


expansion of the health cen­ tre’s treatment room facilities means that patients will have better'and ‘more private facili- ’ ties for their personal use. : In all, up to 40,000 treat- ;


CLITHEROE Health Centre Treatment Room staff are all smiles. From the left: Sister Jane Spur­ geon; Healthcare Assistant Susan Neilson; and Staff Nurses Joanne Carter and Tricia Wardle (s)


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ments are carried out each year ■ for local residents,iinstead of them:haying to travel to the big hospital sites in Blackburn, Burnley and Accrin^oh; This emphasis oh treatment in the : local community .will be main- ; tained butina mbderaisedand | streamlined setting, . with patients also enjoying greater confidentiality. •: A new minor operations '


room will be built; along with a ■ medical room and specimen ’ room, with up to seven sepa­


rate,, .enclosed t r e a tm e n t ; rooms, which meet infection control .requirements a n d : afford privacy and dignity. . There Jwinybe. a new and enlarged reception and waiting ~ area; with additional staff ' offices and auxiliary rooms. Treatment room Sister Jane.'


Spurgeon;said: “This big investnient recognises all the


:work done in Clitheroe Health Centre.


- ■ “We are delighted that it has ■


been agreed and would ask ■ patients to bear with us while ■


the work is completed. The ultimate result will make it all worthwhile. “We undertake a huge


amount of minor injury and minor operation work, with more than 40,000 treatments every year. This can ramge from . a simple urine test-to minor operations and from a child with a rash to someone who has injured themselves.” ' ■ ■ • ■ Sheila.Millard, the^PCT’s


health centre manager^ added: “I n ■ terms of running the- health centre, the improvement


to the waiting room area will help us accommodate everyone much better, ap art from the clinical and treatment work itself. . “The improvements all


round ■will finish off the health centre. ■ “I t ’s just what is needed to bring it right up' to date.”


• Good news for Valley resi- •


dents ;: as . health centres- announce surgery opening times shake-up - page 2 ; - • .


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