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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 join colleague in Ramadan fasting fundraiser

Rosemere's 2024 Iftar in the hospital Charters Restaurant. A group of more than 100 people have raised almost £2,000 for Rosemere Cancer Foundation by joining their colleague with a sponsored fast, for the fourth year in a row. […]

3 weeks ago
UCLan student wins three prestigious dental awards

Shalini Kanagasingam (MSc Endodontology Course Lead), Professor Kate Taylor (Postgraduate Lead), Laura Irving, Flavio Pisani (MSc Periodontology Course Lead), and Tom Janicki (MSc Prosthodontics Course Lead). A student from the University of Central Lancashire has won three prestigious dental awards. Laura Irving, a final-year dental surgery student living in Preston, won the awards for writing three […]

4 weeks ago
A rapidly growing crisis in homelessness in Preston – what can be done?

The busy housing and homelessness conference at The Salvation Army. The homelessness crisis in Preston is intensifying as the city’s MP brought together a range of organisations to hear potential solutions. Hosted at The Salvation Army and set against a […]

4 weeks ago
A gruelling 27 hours as Bill Hodgson flips giant tyre 10,000 times

Bill in action Pic: Blog Preston A man from Kirkham has flipped a 226kg tyre 10,000 times on Preston’s Flag Market. It was all to raise money for Jordan Jones, 26, from Kirkham who has a […]

4 weeks ago
Advertisement Advertisement Preston woman to hit catwalk to celebrate overcoming breast cancer

A Fulwood woman is set to hit the catwalk to celebrate overcoming breast cancer. Bernadette Neville will be walking in a national fashion show for Breast Cancer Now to raise […]

4 weeks ago
Co-ordination and care needed as Preston Long Covid sufferers fight daily battle

Preston's coronavirus vaccination centre in Tithebarn Street Pic: Blog Preston Long Covid sufferers in Lancashire have called for better co-ordination of their care and more compassion from society as they fight a daily battle against a condition that has blighted […]

4 weeks ago
Investigation into why two patients waited more than 150 hours at A&E

An investigation is under way into why two patients endured waits of more than 150 hours in Lancashire’s accident and emergency system. The cases were reported to a meeting of […]

4 weeks ago
“Unacceptable” and “must do better” as Preston records highest rough sleeper count since records began

Sleeping bags in the rain on Fishergate, Preston. Pic: Blog Preston New figures have shown that Preston had the highest amount of rough sleepers in Lancashire last year. The data, published by the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities, provided […]

1 month ago
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