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
Royal Preston Hospital staff get behind Organ Donation Week
Staff at Royal Preston Hospital are supporting a national campaign to promote organ donation with a series of events. Organ Donation Week, which is running from Monday 2 September, aims […]
A Fulwood grandad is cycling from London to Brussels via Amsterdam to raise funds for Rosemere Cancer Foundation. John Farnden sets off on the 300-mile trip on Wednesday 4 September. […]
A little girl was taken to Manchester Children’s Hospital after she fell from an upstairs window on Tuesday evening. Emergency services were called to Bence Road shortly after 8pm to […]
Wonderful Women is a new non-profit organisation serving women in Preston. Its aim is to increase women’s access to social opportunities. Founder Leanne Dempsey believes social networks help us to […]
Leyland mum Charlie Aston and Wigan mum Nicole Messham joined forces in April 2019 to create a mums community and support group. As new mums (in new areas of Lancashire), […]
Four nurses are to attend a global conference so they can bring the latest knowledge about lung cancer back to Preston. Lung cancer nurse specialists Laura Hall, Emma Barber, Sharon […]
A seven-year-old girl from Penwortham is raising awareness of the life-changing condition she was diagnosed with at the age of one. Jessica Woods has a condition called Neurofibromatosis Type 1 […]
A peer support group is providing a safe space for Prestonians living with depression, anxiety or similar distress. PeerTalk in Preston is part of a UK network of volunteer-facilitated peer […]