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Gill Dummigan @MsGillD

BBC Health Correspondent for North West England.

Joined July 2010
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Many thanks to Chloe for telling me her story. She hopes it will help others avoid the same mistake.
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May 14
'I nearly died after buying skinny jab from friend of friend' bbc.in/4d5Hq5q
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The trust has apologised to patients and said it will be restarting next week, working through the backlog.
Gill Dummigan@MsGillD
Jan 8
EXCLUSIVE Hundreds of orthopaedic patients at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals haven’t been able to get surgery since October. watch BBC North West Today at 1330 to find out why.
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EXCLUSIVE Hundreds of orthopaedic patients at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals haven’t been able to get surgery since October. watch BBC North West Today at 1330 to find out why.
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Gill Dummigan@MsGillD
29 Oct 2025
Staff working very hard in all hospitals to help patients stay out - with innovative home support packages. But with record waits at A&E to be admitted, we could be in for another rough winter. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgk…

How staff are trying to ease pressures in Merseyside's busiest A&E

BBC North West visited Whiston Hospital to speak to staff and patient as winter nears.

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EXCLUSIVE: Historical corporate failings at Blackpool Victoria Hospital being investigated by Lancashire Police bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yg…

Blackpool police investigation into troubled stroke unit

Police have been investigating Blackpool Victoria Hospital unit for two years, the BBC has learned.

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Gill Dummigan@MsGillD
16 Apr 2025
EXCLUSIVE Lancs Police have wound down the active investigation into the killing of stroke patient Valerie Kneale at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in 2018. They say it will be regularly reviewed, they still hope for more information and their thoughts remain with her family.
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“I love my children so much and I want to see them grow up” NHS announces review of a treatment for stage four eye cancer - but not in time for Trafford mum Hannah Quigley Mckie who has to raise £180,000 to fund her own. More ⁦@BBCNWT⁩ tonight at 6.30 ⁦⁦@OcuMelUK⁩
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Gill Dummigan@MsGillD
18 Mar 2025
“We’re seeing an impact on young people’s mental health, depression and loneliness” Lancashire’s Director of Public Health says some health inequalities are worse now for the region than before Covid bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg5d…

Effects of Covid pandemic playing out in North West five years on

A health director says disrupted schooling, financial insecurity and isolation still affect families.

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Gill Dummigan@MsGillD
13 Feb 2025
So why is this happening? Today figures came out which show that 60% of patients who were medically fit to leave hospital at the end of January didn’t. Pointing to issues with social and community care.
Gill Dummigan@MsGillD
12 Feb 2025
EXCLUSIVE: The crisis in our A&Es. We’ve discovered that last year in the NW nearly 39,000 patients waited longer than 24 hours for a bed in a ward. Hundreds waited longer than four days. More on ⁦@BBCNWT⁩ at lunchtime and 6.30. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93q…
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Gill Dummigan@MsGillD
12 Feb 2025
EXCLUSIVE: The crisis in our A&Es. We’ve discovered that last year in the NW nearly 39,000 patients waited longer than 24 hours for a bed in a ward. Hundreds waited longer than four days. More on ⁦@BBCNWT⁩ at lunchtime and 6.30. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93q…

Thousands wait more than a day in A&E for beds, data shows

BBC research finds some patients in North-West England have waited more than four days for a bed.

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Find out more on @BBCNWT at 1330 and 1830
Gill Dummigan@MsGillD
6 Feb 2025
EXCLUSIVE. The organisation which funds healthcare in Lancashire and South Cumbria plus three hospital trusts have been put in the equivalent of financial “special measures” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg0…
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EXCLUSIVE. The organisation which funds healthcare in Lancashire and South Cumbria plus three hospital trusts have been put in the equivalent of financial “special measures” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg0…

Three Lancashire hospital trusts in 'financial special measures'

Teams from NHS England will help the trusts and the organisation which funds them find savings.

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2 Jan 2025
Happy New Year! Back for first 1830 @BBCNWT of 2025. Graph ⬇️ shows North West Tonight has completed FOUR consecutive years, month-after-month, with the highest Audience Appreciation of all BBC News output. Thank you, as always, for watching and best wishes from all the team.
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In December 2015 in England NHS figures show 29 patients waited longer than 12 hours to be admitted to hospital from A&E Last month that figure was 54,207 (1/4)
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In Tameside Hospital in Greater Manchester this happened to 46% of the patients who were admitted last month - 805 people out of 1,763. (3/4)
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In other words, last month a fairly small hospital in Greater Manchester had 28 times the number of people waiting >12 hours to be admitted compared to the whole of England in 2015 (ends)
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Gill Dummigan@MsGillD
11 Dec 2024
“People feel abandoned” Why 100s of people in Greater Manchester say they aren’t able to get the mental health care they need, and the staff demanding change. Watch the full story ⁦@BBCNWT⁩ 1830
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Gill Dummigan@MsGillD
23 Oct 2024
“It’s a horrible, horrible situation” Christina Black from Liverpool has to find more than £7,000 every 3 weeks for the cancer drug which is helping to keep her alive. The NHS says #Enhertu is too expensive to fund. @BreastCancerNow @BBCNWT tonight, 1830 and on BBC iPlayer.
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Really pleased to be nominated and well done everyone! 👏👏👏 Looking forward to seeing you all at the do next month 🍻🎉 #RTSNWAwards
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