Get your Blood Pressure Checked!

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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...

Increase in childhood infections prompts vaccine call

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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...

Share your feedback to improve care in your community

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‘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...

Find a Pharmacy

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Lancashire & South Cumbria Pharmacy Opening Hours Blackburn with Darwen & Lancashire (East) Monday, 25 December 2023 Christmas Day Beehive Pharmacy – Blackburn (P) Beehive Trading Park, Haslingden Road, Blackburn, Lancashire BB1 2EE 01254 53585 11:00 21:30 Whalley Range Pharmacy &#8211...

This October we will be popping up near you!!

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Last year in Blackburn with Darwen we engaged with over 1200 Blackburn with Darwen residents, they shared their experience of health and social care services in the borough with us. Your feedback is helping us influence and shape services for you. Complete our short survey During the ...

Third of people in England lack confidence they can access critical NHS services

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 Worryingly low public confidence in being able to access NHS services revealed in a new survey  A third of adults in England lack confidence that they can access vital care in a timely way, including GPs, mental health support and hospital care  Older people and those struggling financially amon...

Cancellations of NHS care having serious impacts on two thirds of patients, new data shows.

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Impact of NHS pressures revealed in a new survey of 1084 people whose care has been cancelled this year.  Over one in three, 39%, have experienced cancellations or postponements of care two or more times. Disruptions to care disproportionately affect unpaid carers, neurodivergent people, and those o...

£2m funding for East Lancashire Hospital project

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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) will be leading a major UK research project after securing £2 million of funding.   The National Institute for Health Research approved the grant following a bid by a national team of clinicians, academics and patients, led by Mr Panos Kyzas, a Consult...

Six-week postnatal checks are failing many new mothers

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– Experiences of 2,693 new mothers and birthing parents reviewed in deep dive analysis of maternal mental health support in England. – Over one in 10 women who have given birth in the last two years didn’t receive a six-week postnatal check, which NHS England established in 2020 to make ...

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