Preston and South Ribble’s latest coronavirus infection rates as UK passes 100,000 Covid-19 related deaths

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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

Preston and South Ribble’s coronavirus infection rates are continuing to fall. New cases confirmed for Tuesday (26 January) were 64 new cases in the city. South Ribble recorded 45 new […]

3 years ago Preston Grasshoppers to become coronavirus vaccination centre

Preston Grasshoppers Rugby Football Club is to become a Covid-19 vaccination centre. The club will be transformed by Thursday 4 February and the centre will operate 8am-8pm seven days a […]

3 years ago Preston’s coronavirus infection rate has now begun to fall

Preston’s coronavirus infection rate has begun to fall week-on-week for the first time since the start of the third national lockdown. The latest daily confirmed cases showed the city recorded […]

3 years ago Ingol’s Fit Football set to kick off in Leyland after lockdown

A five-a-side football league designed to improve men’s fitness and wellbeing is set to expand after lockdown ends. Fit Football, which launched at PlayFootball in Ingol in 2018, is now […]

3 years ago Advertisement Advertisement AFC Fylde Stadium among new community Covid vaccination sites now operating

Delivery of Covid-19 jabs is set to begin today (Monday, 25 January) at three new vaccination sites across Lancashire and South Cumbria and it is set to be run by […]

3 years ago Prestonians to be invited to Blackpool Winter Gardens or Lancaster Town Hall to get their Covid-19 vaccination

Vaccination centres are set to open at Blackpool Winter Gardens and Lancaster Town Hall this week, along with additional community pharmacy sites. Thousands of people aged 75 and over, and […]

3 years ago Preston and South Ribble’s weekend Covid cases, how infection rates have changed in the past week and vaccination programme making ‘brilliant progress’

Preston and South Ribble’s confirmed coronavirus cases over the weekend have been updated and you can see how the infection rates have been changing. Preston recorded 93 new Covid cases […]

3 years ago Prestonian helping raise awareness of sepsis after his dad recovered from illness

Royal Preston Hospital is benefitting from new graphics raising awareness of sepsis thanks to a Prestonian who ran the London Marathon in aid of the Critical Care Unit. Mark Delaney […]

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