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A unique partnership collaboration in Pennine Lancashire between East Lancashire CCG Medicines Management Team, local GPs, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Lancashire County Council, and Inspire (substance misuse service) has won a National Patient Safety Award at the PresQIPP National…

Four new community diagnostic centres have already opened across Lancashire and South Cumbria, working to boost the number of checks, scans, and tests which were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. To help work through the backlog, Lancashire and South Cumbria…

Have your say The Strategic Commissioning Committee of NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria, on behalf of all the NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups and NHS Provider Trusts, has approved to fund proposals for enhancing Acute Stroke Centres within the region. The…

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in the UK.  Around one in eight women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime, but if detected early, treatment has a higher rate of success. A…

A team of health professionals working for NHS organisations in Pennine Lancashire and in partnership with the voluntary sector have achieved national recognition and a top award for their response to the covid pandemic.  The top team created a new…

Residents in Blackburn with Darwen are to be offered an ‘MOT for their lungs. Anyone who is between 55 and 74 and who has ever smoked will be invited for an NHS Lung Health Check. Lung cancer is the third…

People aged 16 and 17 are able to book their COVID-19 jabs through the National Booking Service from today as the NHS vaccination programme pulls out all the stops to protect people ahead of winter. Almost three-quarters of a million…