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Gill Dummigan

@MsGillD

BBC Health Correspondent for North West England.

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“Out of all of the deaths in the UK, less than one percent of people are actually eligible to be an organ donor”. The final film in this week’s series on heart and lung transplants at ⁦Heart & Lung Transplant MFT⁩,⁩ 6.30 ⁦BBC North West⁩ and iPlayer bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Lovely morning spent with the inspirational ⁦The Electric Cranks Cyclists, Wythenshawe TC⁩ filming the latest piece for this week’s transplant series ⁦Heart & Lung Transplant MFT⁩ with ⁦@CamermanST⁩ Watch the film on ⁦BBC North West⁩ tonight at 1830 bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Also - a chance to catch up with Sammy Atherton whose lung transplant we showed yesterday. Catch it on iPlayer before 6.30 if you missed it.

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The next in this week’s series on the amazing work at the ⁦Heart & Lung Transplant MFT⁩ centre. Watch at 1.30 on BBC One and tonight at 6.30. bbc.com/news/articles/…

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This was an amazing experience filming Sam getting his new lungs. Many thanks to him and his family and the surgical team at ⁦Heart & Lung Transplant MFT⁩ in Wythenshawe Hospital. bbc.com/news/articles/…

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It’s six years since I first followed the Carroll family’s fight for this drug. Now they face their next hurdle. ⁦BBC North West⁩ tonight at 1830 ⁦Ollie's Army⁩ ⁦MFT NHS⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

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You can still see Queen of Greens in action on the BBC North West report until 6.30 tonight - just search for our programme on iPlayer. It’s there for 24 hours

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The ⁦Queen of Greens⁩ bringing fresh fruit and veg to Liverpool’s “food deserts” set up by ⁦Feeding Liverpool⁩ and ⁦Feedback⁩ Many thanks to greengrocer Paul and ⁦Lucy Antal⁩ for explaining it all to me bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

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A navigational robot at ⁦The Walton Centre⁩ is helping surgeons increase accuracy and speed in delicate spinal operations. If you missed the report on ⁦BBC North West⁩ last night - here it is again. Fascinating stuff

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The ⁦Heartbeat⁩ charity in Lancashire helps over 900 former heart patients stay healthy. Most sent there by the NHS. But there’s no funding to go with that, and donations aren’t covering their costs ⁦BBC North West⁩ 6.30 tonight and on iPlayer bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

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Many thanks to Heartbeat for showing me all the incredible work they do. See more at 6.30 tonight on BBC1 or catch up with BBC North West on iplayer. It’s there for 24 hours.

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“Many of the GPs I talk to are struggling to find work” find out why on ⁦BBC North West⁩ in a few minutes bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

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Out in the snow this morning with striking clinical support workers from ⁦Wirral NHS Hospitals - Arrowe Park & Clatterbridge⁩ who say they’ve been underpaid for years. They’ve been out since the new year and are continuing until next month. More on ⁦BBC North West⁩ at 1330

Out in the snow this morning with striking clinical support workers from ⁦@WUTHnhs⁩ who say they’ve been underpaid for years. They’ve been out since the new year and are continuing until next month. More on ⁦@BBCNWT⁩ at 1330
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Just finishing tonight’s film for ⁦BBC North West⁩ on how food and housing poverty in Liverpool impacts on health. Community groups like ⁦KFCA⁩ and ⁦Feeding Liverpool⁩ doing amazing work to combat that. ⁦Dr. Naomi Maynard⁩ ⁦Cait Taylor 💙

Just finishing tonight’s film for ⁦@BBCNWT⁩ on how food and housing poverty in Liverpool impacts on health. Community groups like ⁦@myKFCA⁩ and ⁦@feedinglpool⁩ doing amazing work to combat that. ⁦@NaomiPMaynard⁩ ⁦@CaitGp⁩
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