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Specialist nurses at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised and honoured by a patient for their exceptional quality of care and treatment. The UK heart failure charity, Pumping Marvellous Foundation Kieley Lewthwaite, lead heart failure specialist nurse, and Lauren Gazada, a specialist nurse at the trust, are among six national winners after being nominated by a patient. The patient commended Kieley and Lauren, saying: “I nominate the heart failure team in Bolton, particularly Kieley and Lauren.
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The Pumping Marvellous Foundation is a UK patient-led heart failure charity that is focused on improved patient outcomes. The charity highlights how heart failure is a life-threatening condition, in which the heart cannot pump enough blood around the body. It affects approximately one million people in the UK and 64 million worldwide.
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