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Health experts across Lancashire and South Cumbria are urging parents and carers to be aware of the signs of respiratory illnesses in children. Respiratory illnesses, including colds and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) are very common in young children and we…

Many different professionals work together to provide the care needed for your child. We are developing a safe and secure digital way where meetings between yourself and different professionals can take place, for example on your phone or laptop. This…

Next week, Monday, 21 June and Friday, 25 June, we will be working with our Health and care partners across Lancashire and South Cumbria to run a ‘Perfect Week’ initiative. The aim of this exercise is for us to focus…

Covid-19 vaccination services across the North West are to stage a bumper Weekend of Walk-ins (WOW) to further increase the number of people with protection against Covid 19. The WOW weekend, which runs from the evening of Friday 18 June…

This week is Cervical Screening Awareness Week (June 14th – June 20th) and health chiefs are raising awareness of the life-saving smear test. Cervical screening (a smear test) is the best protection against cervical cancer, yet over a quarter of…

We wish to bring to the attention of patients and members of the public that revised and updated clinical policies on the following treatments have been approved by the CCG. These are: The updated Spinal Injections and Radiofrequency Denervation for…

Pendle GP Dr Umesh Chauhan who is also Professor in Primary Care Medicine at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is a partner in a new project to improve the health and wellbeing of people with a learning disability nationally.…

From today (Monday 7th June) an additional pop-up coronavirus vaccination walk-in clinic is opening in Blackburn, bringing vaccines closer to people living in the borough. The clinic will be based at the Masjid-e-Saliheen Mosque on Didsbury Street every day from…

NHS Blackburn with Darwen and NHS East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are working in partnership with the other seven CCGs in Lancashire and South Cumbria to review and develop clinical policies across the region. The eight CCGs across Lancashire…