Health

The return to a 24-hour Accident and Emergency department in Chorley has been ruled out by health bosses as unrealistic.

A former Royal Lancaster Infirmary advanced nurse practitioner has been awarded a national campaign award for courtesy.

Members of staff at Asda raised more than £3,500 when they walked from the store in Fulwood to Blackpool Tower in support of a colleague who has cancer.

Former Gladiator Jet made sure the region was healthy as she helped to launch a fitness day at a wellbeing centre.

As childhood cancer rates are falling, the family of a young boy who has battled cancer is urging people to nominate brave youngsters who are also fighting the disease.

Two takeaway owners cheated customers and operated from filthy premises, a court heard.

Having physiotherapy for an ankle sprain is a waste of time - and no better than managing the injury at home, say scientists.

St John’s Hospice is outstanding and it’s official.

David Rowlands has been going for gold - and he won’t stop.

A REHABILITATION centre for ex-servicemen and others who have lost limbs could be built in Lancashire.

Hospital admissions have risen by a quarter in Preston and Chorley in the last decade, new figures show.

Alzheimer's and dementia are now the biggest killer in England and Wales with more than 1,100 people dying from the disease each week, according to official figures.

National debate has been sparked by the decision to offer the NIPT test to all pregnant women on the NHS, with many fearing the highly accurate test will lead to a rise in

abortions if it detects the baby has Down’s Syndrome.

AASMA DAY talks to Lancashire mum Hayley Carter who only discovered her daughter Lola had Down’s Syndrome after doctors tested her after birth. She tells how she wouldn’t change Lola for the world and how she has enriched her family’s life

A super fit mum who has clocked up two marathons and two half marathons after discovering she has a rare heart defect is tuning up rather than gearing up for her latest charity mission

No-one is more passionate about campaigning for screenings than Heartfelt. The support and fund-raising group was created through friendships that have grown over 10 years because of the shared sad experience of young sudden cardiac death, and the passion to support the work of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) in helping to save lives. With one emotive cause in common, members discuss their devastating losses.

As at least 12 young people die a week of sudden cardiac arrest, Natalie Walker speaks to one mum who lost her son just two days before Christmas.

A FAMILY man from Chorley was one of 19 people posthumously honoured for saving lives through organ donation at an award ceremony.