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Herefordshire radiotherapy upgrade and Wiltshire river-swim hospitalisations show dual NHS pressures
Recent reports from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Wiltshire Times illustrate health services handling planned equipment investment alongside unplanned emergency admissions.
A new Linear Accelerator has been installed at the Hereford Radiotherapy Unit, and patients receiving radiotherapy in Herefordshire are now benefiting from the latest treatment technology, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said [1].
Separately, a group of teenagers were taken to hospital after a river swim in Wiltshire, and more details of the incident have since emerged, the Wiltshire Times reported [2].
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- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Hereford Radiotherapy Unit welcomes new Linear Accelerator 5 Jun 2026, 4:18 p.m. Patients receiving radiotherapy in Herefordshire are now benefiting from the latest treatment technology, following the installation of a new Linear Accelerator (LINAC) at the Hereford Radiotherapy Unit.
- Wiltshire Times: Latest after teenagers taken to hospital following river swim
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