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
Two key Royal Preston Hospital units to receive £15m upgrade
Two key units that support the urgent and emergency care service at the Royal Preston Hospital are getting a £15m upgrade. A cash injection to boost NHS capacity, which was […]
A pioneering lung surgeon is among the nominations for a health award. Dr Mohammed Munavvar is one of those on the shortlist from across dozens of NHS trusts in the […]
South Ribble organisations and community groups are being urged to express an interest in a government initiative to expand the installation of defibrillators. The Department of Health and Social Care […]
A Preston woman has been helping her colleagues talk openly about the menopause. Hellen Briscoe was diagnosed with perimenopause at the age of 37 and approached Avanti West Coast about […]
With a three-year-old son and twin one-year-old daughters plus a job as a PE teacher, Jenna Shepherd is hardly ever off her feet but still found the time and energy […]
A memorial garden to those who lost loved ones to Covid has opened at Royal Preston Hospital. It is also in memory of those who donated their organs after passing […]
The chair of the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) is set to take on the same role at the trust that runs the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble […]
A Leyland teenager has amassed half a million followers on Instagram and raised £350,000 for autism charities in the space of a few months. Charlie Michael Baker’s success has come […]