Past and current smokers in Portsmouth are being invited to a NHS lung health check in a drive to improve earlier diagnosis of lung cancer and save more lives. With one of the highest mortality rates for lung cancer in England, Portsmouth is one of 43 places across the country which will run a Targeted…
Health leaders today issue an urgent plea to communities amid a “perfect storm” of rising pressure on services and rocketing COVID-19 rates. It comes as demand on services and the volume of 999 calls continues to soar as teams continue to do all they can to ensure patient receive safe, high quality care. Latest figures…
Dr Linda Collie, clinical lead for NHS Portsmouth CCG, said: “The inspectors said that hospital staff should be proud of the improvements they have made, and I would heartily agree. “They work tremendously hard, often in very difficult circumstances, and it is to their absolute credit that inspectors recognised the care and respect that staff…
