Hospice expansion vow - Lancashire Telegraph 2nd April 2008

HOSPICE facilities will be able to expand even further thanks to its new-found independence from the NHS. Trustees at the East Lancashire Hospice said independence from the primary care trust would bring it into line with 98 per cent of the UK's adult hospices, and allow much more efficient fundraising and service expansion. Dr Merton Siegelman, who led the project to build the Park Lee Road hospice in 1984, was guest of honour as patients, families and staff gathered to celebrate the changeover, releasing 24 balloons - one for each of the years it has been open.

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