Health

The pre-vaccine Covid era saw restrictions and rules change regularly

Blackpool’s bid to escape "blanket" Covid restrictions was ignored, leader says

It's essential to consider the consequences of excessive drinking. Photo credit: Al Elmes, Unsplash

How to drink less this Christmas and New Year

Professor Martie van Tongeren (right) and Professor Pierluigi Cocco addressing the All-Party Parl. Photo: The University of Manchester

Sleep crisis in North West discussed in Westminster and University of Manchester

Actor Hugh Grant has donated £20,000 to Burnley's Depher which provides free plumbing and heating to the elderly and vulnerable. It brings the total he has given to the CIC to around £75,000

Hollywood actor Hugh Grant makes £20,000 donation to James Anderson of Depher

Keith and Rosemary Redman of Preston.

Memories wanted of couple who spearheaded heart charity

Devan Hopkins ended up in a coma after being diagnosed with a blood infection (Credit: Tracy Hopkins / SWNS)

Man who was told he had flu by doctor ended up in coma for ten days

Simon Orwin, Director of Clinical Services at the Lancaster Hospital with other clinical staff. Photo: Circle Health Group

Boost for local community as new minor procedures unit opens at The Lancaster Ho...

A troubled 15-year-old girl is having to be detained at an unnamed hospital due to a national shortage of secure accomodation. Image: Adobe

Teen needs 4 to 1 supervision in hospital as no space at secure accommodation

Total Fitness Preston has had a 310k refurbishment.

Free access to refurbished Total Fitness Preston this weekend

As temperatures take a dip, it’s important to stay safe when outdoors in adverse conditions. Photo: Unsplash

Frostbite, thermostat discrimination, snow sunburn - which cold weather myths ar...

The pre-vaccine Covid era saw restrictions and rules change regularly

Lancashire was seen by government as more 'Covid co-operative' than Manchester

Five NHS Trusts in Lancashire with the highest percentage of patients waiting over four hours at A&E. Photo: Greg Rosenke

NHS Trusts in Lancashire ranked by hospital waiting time

The head and neck team from East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has been crowned Public Health Heroes after showing compassionate care during a Burnley family’s difficult time.

Award for nursing team who showed such compassion to Burnley family

St John Ambulance issues first aid advice for cold-related illnesses

St John Ambulance issues cold weather first aid advice

Inquest opens into the avoidable death of resident at disgraced care home

Ian Chapman is walking two km a day barefoot in November to raise money for Burnley mental health project Casual Minds Matter

Dad walks two kilometers a day barefoot in November for cause close to his heart
How hard could it be to walk two kilometers a day for charity? Not such an arduous challenge but imagine doing this every day for a month…. in bare feet!

Jennifer found herself facing life on her own at the age of 71. Photo: Age UK Lancashire

“It is just great to be able to speak to someone.”

The NHS has urgent mental health helplines for people of all ages. You can call for: 24-hour advice and support for you, your child, your parent or someone you care for; help to speak to a mental health professional; and an assessment to help decide on the best course of care. Visit https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/mental-health/find-an-urgent-mental-health-helpline to find your local NHS urgent mental health helpline.
You can also call NHS 111, text 18001 111 or visit 111.nhs.uk for non-emergency medical help and advice.
(Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Here are five mental health helplines that will be open over Christmas

Dr,.Adam Janjua (right) says it is vital the exodus of experienced GPs is stopped

'Honest conversation' needed with patients about what GPs can do, doctor says

New business Herb & Juice, owned by Nasser Ashraf, has opened in Burnley's Standish Street

Family run health juice bar opens in Burnley

Parkinson's UK - An urgent appeal for volunteers

Parkinson’s UK’s Burnley support group issues urgent appeal for volunteers

Inspectors visited over the summer

The 54 ways the Royal Preston and Chorley hospitals have been told to improve

Wayne Walsh hopes his new venture, Sui Generis in Burnley town centre, will be a great a boost for the town

Iconic town centre building set to become Burnley's Afflecks Palace

100 Voices, an immersive sound installation, has come to Royal Preston Hospital to help celebrate the 75th anniversary of the NHS.

An unusual installation shows up at RPH to celebrate NHS’s 75th birthday

Imagery used in the planning application.

Plans for a new acute mental health unit in Lancashire are announced

The new building that will, if approved, re-house the Royal Preston's existing Day-of-Surgery Admissions unit (image: Gilling Dod Architects, via Preston City Council planning portal)

Royal Preston plans new surgical unit to help take pressure off A&E

The Covid booser programme has been running throughout the autumn

Last chance for most vulnerable in Lancashire to book Covid booster jab
Lancashire residents who are eligible for an autumn Covid booster this year are being warned that they have less than a month left to book their top-up jab.

James Eager, Tom Bailey, County Councillor Aidy Riggott, Phoebe Graham and Lancashire County Cricket Club's Mark Chilton as building work began on the club's new ground in Farington (main image: BDP via Lancashire County Council's planning portal; inset: Lancashire County Council)

New Lancashire Cricket Club ground could be hosting games within two years

Larry Elliot, called an ambulance for Tammy Hall, who delivered her baby boy in an ambulance outside Club3000 bingo

Staff praised for heroic actions as woman has a baby during a bingo game

Parkinson's UK event

Free information event for Preston residents affected by Parkinson’s

Scans and other medical tests should be carried out within six weeks - but thousands of patients in Central Lancashire are waiting longer (image: Pixabay)

Thousands waiting longer than they should be for medical tests in Central Lancs

North West Cancer Research

North West Cancer Research tells women: “Don’t Keep ‘Em Crossed”

Profound new research points to a startling link between our fast-food habits and a worrying decline in brain health. Photo: Sky News

Fast food brain drain – UK's takeaway culture under fire as mental health concer...

Fran Moorhouse (right) and her daughter Bethany, who have both battled breast cancer, are among the 20 strong choir led by Joss Stone making a bid for the Christmas number one spot with the charity single Golden

Mum and daughter from Burnley in bid for Christmas number one charity single

Chris Kirkland playing for PNE

Ex-PNE goalie was on ‘equivalent of six shots of heroin a day’

Astley View care home

A new £15 million care home has opened in Chorley offering ‘luxury’ care

HMP Garth near Leyland

Prisoner died after 'systematic failures' at Leyland' prison - nurse suspended

Caritas Care is seeking foster carers in Preston for teenagers in need. Picture – supplied.

Ad Feature Foster carers in Preston: Here’s how to apply

Clitheroe Castle bonfire is a record breaking success

Total Fitness has transformed the interior look throughout the different spaces in the Preston club.

Total Fitness Preston receives a £310K refurb

Medical imaging technology has changed health care over the last few years. Photo: Shutterstock

TIC Health presents: "Wellness Through Imaging: The Preventative Approach"

NHS Digital figures show 2,965 of 13,400 Year 6 pupils measured in Lancashire were classed as obese or severely obese in 2022-23.

Childhood obesity rates have worsened following the coronavirus pandemic

Women's health and wellbeing event: November 25, Preston Technology Park. Image: Lyn Clement

Women's health and wellbeing event is a first

Dr Zuber Bagasi. Supplied picture

Ad Feature Struggling to see a dentist? This North West group could be the answer

Eldon Primary School in Preston has closed its nursery after a child tested positive for E. coli

School nursery shuts due to E.coli cases

Staff and tots from Padiham nursery Little Acorns have completed a sponsored walk for a very special cause, Maggie's Stillbirth Legacy, in memory of one of their families whose baby son Yusuf died aged just four months old

Nursery's sponsored walk in memory of a special baby boy

Harvey Angelone (seven) walked 116 miles and raised £1,168 for Breast Cancer Now

Burnley schoolboy (seven) raises over £1,000 for cancer charity

From 8am on Wednesday, November 15, the cost of parking at Royal Preston Hospital will increase by nearly 10%. It means the price for one-hour and two-hour visits will increase by 30p to £2.80 and £3.80, while the cost of a three-hour visit will be 50p more expensive at £6

Hospital hikes price of parking

166 New Hall Lane, Preston, PR1 4DX (0 out of 5 Food Hygiene Rating) Last inspection: 29 August 2023

17 restaurants, cafes & takeaways which failed their latest hygiene inspections

Preston based CHEC has been named a Great Place to Work for a second consecutive year.

Community healthcare service named Great Place to Work for second year

1 in 20 Lancashire Patients Not Attending GP Appointments in 2023

Nearly 1 in 20 patients are skipping their GP appointments in Lancashire

Cancer rates in Lancashire are causing concern (image: Tima Miroshnichenko/Pexels)

'Difficult-to-treat' cancer is the most common type in Lancashire

Novice runner Sophie Williams is in training to take part in the London Marathon next year

Burnley woman to run London Marathon for children's cancer charity

Figures show more than 1,300 people died of Covid-19 in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble (Credit: CDC)

More than 1,300 people died of Covid-19 in Preston, Chorley and South Ribble

Rhona Nash - Breast Pain Clinic patient

New breast pain clinic to reduce worry around cancer