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Ramadan is the Islamic month in which Muslims around the world observe fasting. Local doctors in Lancashire encourage residents to stay safe and well during this period. The fast lasts from dawn to dusk and this year that means nearly…

The UK vaccination programme has now delivered over 27 million first doses, 6.1 million second jabs and more than 6,000 lives already have been saved. Take-up of the vaccine has been exceptionally strong; five out of six people in the…

Lancashire & South Cumbria Pharmacy Opening hours Blacburn with Darwen CCG Monday, 3 May 2021 Whalley Range Blackburn 1 Whalley Range, Blackburn BB1 6DX 01254 54988 10:00:00 Morrisons Pharmacy Railway Road Morrisons , 4 Railway Road, Blackburn BB1 5AZ 01254…

Last week, on Tuesday 6 April, an evening clinic was held at St Peter’s Centre Vaccination Centre in Burnley to vaccinate people that are hard-to-reach and have complex needs. Set up in collaboration with the Church on the Street Ministries…

After a regular routine blood test for other long-term health conditions, Sharon Sherratt, 57, was shocked to hear that she could now be at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes with an HBA1C reading of 42, “This was never on…

DigiBete – an award-winning app and platform available for free for children and young people living with type 1 diabetes – is being successfully rolled out across North West. The North West Coast Clinical Network team and Greater Manchester Clinical…

On 29th December 2020, Mrs Barbara Lawton, 95 from Clitheroe was one of the first to have the Covid vaccination. She is a retired School Teacher at Saint Michael and John’s RC School, Clitheroe. Now twelve weeks on, from 18th…

Pharmacy Opening Times – April 2021 Bank Holiday Lancashire & South Cumbria Pharmacy Opening hours, Blackburn with Darwen CCG, Friday, 2 April 2021 Blackburn with Darwen CCG 4Court Pharmacy Whalley Banks, King Street, Blackburn BB2 1NT 01254 677447 11:00 19:00…

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust have today announced further details of the Lancashire and South Cumbria New Hospitals Programme, which will see the Trusts work together with the government to…

An army of volunteers are drawing on their life skills and ‘day jobs’ to help patients feel at ease while having their COVID-19 vaccination. Blackburn with Darwen Council have been working with Lancashire Volunteer Partnership and the Blackburn with Darwen…