In the wake of Storm Arwen and with the possibility of more severe weather this winter, advice is being issued to those who take medications that should be refrigerated.

The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria is looking to appoint four executive roles, including Medical Director and Chief Nurse to the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, a new NHS organisation which is proposed to be established from April 2022 as part of national legislation and the developments of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership.

Join us in celebrating and recognising the outstanding care which has, and continues to be, delivered by the whole of the care sector; including care homes, care in the home, supported living and day care services.

Health bosses across Lancashire and South Cumbria are urging people to look out for their relatives, friends or neighbours who are on their own this winter.

More volunteers are urgently required to support the COVID-19 vaccinations programme in Lancashire and South Cumbria.

A heart-warming winter campaign encouraging people to send Christmas cards to residents in local care homes launches on Wednesday 1 December.

Harry the Health Elf has arrived this festive period to share messages aimed at keeping children across Lancashire and South Cumbria healthy and safe this winter.

Proposals to recruit extra nurses, physios and occupational therapists to care for more people in the community and help them avoid unnecessary hospital stays have been developed by health bosses in South Lakeland.

With Christmas fast approaching, now is the perfect time to review the contents of your medicine cabinet and to get your repeat prescriptions ordered as soon as possible.

Leaders in North Cumbria have signed up to, and joined Lancashire and South Cumbria Health Equity Commission (HEC).

This Self Care Week (15-21 November) residents of Lancashire and South Cumbria are being reminded that self-care doesn’t mean do it yourself. As health services such as GPs, walk-in centres and A&E are busier than ever, the best way to avoid long waits is to prevent health and wellbeing issues getting to the point of needing urgent medical help. Self-care is the term used to describe just that, but it doesn’t mean you have to do all the work yourself.

Number of jabs delivered at Burnley Mall tops 100,000

Following a robust national recruitment process, Kevin Lavery has been appointed to the position of Chief Executive Designate of the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board by NHS England and NHS Improvement.

Hundreds of lung health checks carried out on Blackburn with Darwen residents at risk of chronic disease More than 3,800 people in Blackburn with Darwen, who are aged between 55 and 74 and have ever smoked, have been offered a special lifesaving lung health check.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Pancreatic Cancer Rapid Diagnostic Service (RDS) has kickstarted November’s Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month with a win at the Macmillan Professionals Excellence Awards, as recognition of their outstanding contribution to cancer services.