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A leading GP who specialises in mental health in Pennine Lancashire is urging you to ‘Talk to Us’ during this month’s campaign led by the Samaritans. Dr Rakesh Sharma, a GP in Hyndburn and the mental health clinical lead at…

AN EAST Lancashire GP is urging people to take care and remember the Covid guidance this weekend when more facilities open to the public. Dr David White, lead for urgent care across Blackburn with Darwen and East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning…

The testing programme across Lancashire and South Cumbria, and across the UK as a whole, now consists of two different tests. The first and most widely available test is the viral detection test, which tells you whether you currently have coronavirus or…

A Public Health England report published this afternoon named Blackburn with Darwen as one of the top areas currently for the 7 day rate of infections per 100,000. In response, Professor Dominic Harrison, Director of Public Health at Blackburn with…

A heatwave is predicted this week from Wednesday morning through to Friday evening.  The met office has assigned this as “Level 2 — Alert and Readiness” on the Heatwave Plan 2020 produced by the Government. According to the Met Office…

Thinking of stopping smoking in pregnancy? Smoking can transfer harmful chemicals to your baby through the placenta and restrict their oxygen supply.  Lancs Quit Squad is still open and providing telephone support. Speak to your midwife for a referral, call…

Health organisations across Lancashire and South Cumbria are urging residents not to ignore eye problems, as the number of patients across the region seeking urgent care for urgent eye conditions has decreased during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Lancashire and…

This Cervical Screening Awareness Week (15–21 June 2020), people in Lancashire and South Cumbria are urged to book their cervical screening appointments. At the height of the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown, many services took the decision to reschedule cervical screening (or…