The Our Health Our Care programme would like to offer clarifications to remarks made in relation to a Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) report concerning services at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as well as options for delivering an agreed future model of care for central Lancashire.

People living across Preston, Chorley and South Ribble will benefit from a new approach being adopted by local GP surgeries which aims to better support peoples’ non-medical needs.

Results from independent research recently carried out with local residents showed that 93 per cent of people felt change is needed.

A new website, which aims to signpost Preston residents to help they might need, has now been offficially launched. The 'Help in Preston' website brings together information from a wide range of services, all based in Preston, and available to local residents.