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BBC News
02-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Liverpool: Marie Curie hospice unit to close permanently
Liverpool's Marie Curie hospice inpatient unit is to shut permanently after it was temporarily closed last year, the charity has hospice's 26-bed unit in Woolton was closed in July 2024 due to a shortage of specialist nursing executive Matthew Reed said it was "an incredibly tough decision" in the face of "significant financial deficits" but they remained committed to providing care in other from the Liverpool Hospice Action Group described the news as "devastating" and called on Marie Curie to allow another provider to step in and run the unit. Mr Reed said both Marie Curie and the Integrated Care Board - which provides some funding - "face significant financial deficits" and, as a charity, they had to ensure their finances were sustainable and "benefit as many people as possible". He said they understood it would "be difficult news for future patients, our staff and volunteers and the local community" and and thanked them for their Curie said its board of trustees "took the difficult decision" after the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board, which commissions end-of-life care, confirmed it could not provide sustainable, long-term funding above existing Reed said the hospice would continue to provide end-of-life care through its home service, which they were looking to expand, and other services. 'No surprise' Clare Beloved, of Liverpool Hospice Action Group, said the news was "no surprise" and "our greatest fear now is that they sell this building off" so it could not be revived by another said hospice staff had "held my hand while my wife died" and "were with us at the worst moments".Ms Beloved said the group was also calling for a public inquiry into the closure."For a full year we have watched as Marie Curie gave changing explanations, refused timelines and declined our invitation to collaborate - even when we offered to raise all the necessary funds ourselves," she councillor Alan Gibbons said the news was "incredibly disappointing" and called on Marie Curie to explain exactly where the shortfall was. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
CTV News
25-06-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Labour, birth services will be unavailable at Waterville, N.B., hospital for a week
Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville, N.B., is pictured in this undated image. (Source: Horizon Health Network) The Upper River Valley Hospital in Waterville, N.B., will not have labour and birth services for the next week. Horizon Health says the services will be unavailable from 8 a.m. Thursday to 8 a.m. next Friday (July 4). Any pregnant people in the region will need to travel to Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton for services. 'The reason for this change is availability of physicians to provide emergency caesarian sections (C-sections),' a news release from Horizon reads. 'Even if a pregnant individual feels they are low-risk and do not require a C-section, they must still travel to the (Chalmers Regional Hospital) for labour and birth, as pregnancy-related issues and emergency situations can quickly arise during childbirth. 'All individuals in the (Upper River Valley Hospital) service area who are 35 weeks pregnant and over have been contacted by nursing staff.' For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
CTV News
31-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Bow Island ER closed over weekend due to lack of clinical coverage
The Bow Island ER is temporarily closed over the weekend due to a lack of clinical coverage. The Bow Island Health Centre emergency department is temporarily closed over the weekend due to a lack of clinical coverage. The ER will resume normal hours on Monday morning. For the time being, nursing staff will remain on site to provide care for remaining patients and long-term care residents. Alberta Health Services said that anyone needing emergency care should call 911 or go to Taber or Medicine Hat For non-urgent health questions call 811.
