Community equipment services provide free equipment on loan for however long as necessary, to people living in the communities of Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and across Lancashire. In these areas, the service helps people to carry out day to day tasks and activities of daily living that they wo...
Jul
2024
09
Community CVS we are offering free, fully funded training to organisations across Lancashire for their staff members. The Asylum Seeker Awareness Training session is aimed at raising awareness of the challenges and barriers asylum seekers face within health and social care settings. The session aims...
Jun
2024
30
Welcome to the 1st edition of the Blackburn with Darwen Safeguarding Partnership Newsletter. The Safeguarding Partnership is a Multi-Agency Partnership which aims to ensure that vulnerable adults and children across Blackburn with Darwen are protected from abuse and neglect. Read here
Jun
2024
18
Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Founded in 1998 in the UK and held every year around World Refugee Day on the 20 June. This year’s theme for Refugee Week is – Home...
May
2024
13
One of NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board’s (ICB) aims is to ensure consistency of services across Lancashire and South Cumbria, and for everyone to experience the same high-quality care, regardless of where they live. With that in mind, over the past year, the ICB, together with...
Apr
2024
03
As part of Hospice UK’s work to address inequity in access to high quality palliative and end of life care, they are producing a report on access for people facing financial hardship and how hospices across the UK can better support this group. To ensure that their policy report is informed by lived...
Mar
2024
10
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), is a general term for conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels and causes 1 in 4 deaths in England. High blood pressure is the largest single risk factor for CVD and can increase your risk of serious and potentially life-threatening health conditions, such as hea...
Mar
2024
10
Increase in childhood infections prompts vaccine call Childhood infections like measles and whooping cough are rising, with outbreaks across the country. Such infections can have a huge impact on your child’s life. They can miss out on school due to time spent unwell, be hospitalised, and even exper...
Feb
2024
22
Healthwatch Together (made up of Healthwatch Blackburn with Darwen, Healthwatch Blackpool, Healthwatch Cumberland, Healthwatch Lancashire and Healthwatch Westmorland and Furness) are embarking on their latest project: Maternity and Neonatal matters. This project is exploring the experiences of mater...
Feb
2024
11
‘Share for Better Care’, a new campaign launched by Healthwatch and the Care Quality Commission, addresses health inequalities across England. Last year, Healthwatch received nearly 400,000 experiences of health and social care. When services are under pressure, feedback on care can be crucial to i...