Winners and the Losers of Nhs Postcode Lottery Living a Few Miles From Each Other ; Examples of Postcode Prescribing Litter Healthcare Across North Staffordshire. Dave Blackhurst Looks at Why Some Patients Are Winners, While Others Are Losers.

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Examples of postcode prescribing litter healthcare across North Staffordshire. Dave Blackhurst looks at why some patients are winners, while others are losers.

Five years ago, a single health authority was running the NHS across the whole of north Staffordshire. It meant the care was the same whether you lived in Burslem or Bagnall; the West End or the Westlands.

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Winners and the Losers of Nhs Postcode Lottery Living a Few Miles From Each Other ; Examples of Postcode Prescribing Litter Healthcare Across North Staffordshire. Dave Blackhurst Looks at Why Some Patients Are Winners, While Others Are Losers.

But all that disappeared when the then North Staffordshire Health Authority was swallowed up by four primary care trusts (PCTs).

At its most bizarre, a health bus packed with advice for patients...

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