Health news in Preston covering Royal Preston Hospital, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, GP practices and other health updates – as well as real-life features with those speaking out about health conditions
Deepdale personal trainer helping ‘at risk’ people get safely back to exercisingA personal trainer from Deepdale is offering boot camp classes for people with health conditions including COPD, asthma and arthritis. The classes are run by Stella Sansom, who is trying […]
4 years ago Prestonians must ‘stick to the rules’ as Covid-19 infection rates remain highPrestonians are being asked to ‘be responsible’ as a new coronavirus heat map shows infection rates remain high a week after a local lockdown was introduced to the city. Lancashire […]
4 years ago Preston City Council leader supports sick pay for residents in isolationCouncillor Matthew Brown, Leader of Preston City Council, has expressed his support for people in isolation due to coronavirus to receive statutory sick pay. Councillor Brown is supporting the newly […]
4 years ago Coronavirus cases rise as Penwortham, Lostock Hall, Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale are warned to take steps to prevent a local lockdownSouth Ribble’s coronavirus daily rate of infection has increased. There have been 21 cases in the last 14 days, spread across different wards in low numbers. This comes after neighbouring […]
4 years ago Advertisement Advertisement Penwortham woman raises over £300 for local maternity charityA Penwortham woman has hand-made 180 face masks to raise money for Baby Beat, the charity which supports mothers and babies being cared for on the maternity units at Lancashire […]
4 years ago Penwortham man cycling over 100 miles to raise money for Baby BeatA Penwortham man is planning to cycle over 100 miles in under 12 hours to raise money for Baby Beat. David Rose has recently completed a challenge climbing 4,000 flights […]
4 years ago Will you take the Preston Pledge?A new initiative is asking businesses and members of the public to support the city centre, safely, by taking the Preston Pledge. Preston Business Improvement District (BID), Shop Preston and […]
4 years ago A weekend in lockdown – how did Preston adjust to the new measures?Preston’s first weekend under new lockdown measures went without major issues as police confirm they did not issue any covid-19 penalty notices. Friday saw new restrictions come into force in […]
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