A new NHS survey seeking community views on on new hospital facilities in Lancashire and South Cumbria is currently in progress, closing on Sunday 3rd April 2022
County Council announces £500k extra funding to ease Winter pressures on Lancs Hospitals
Lancashire County Council has announced that it will make up to £500,000 available to ease winter pressure pressures on Lancashire’s hospitals. A social care team will survey Lancashire’s hospitals on […]
Labour Shadow Health Minister pledges support for local hospital trust
Shadow Secretary for Health Andy Burnham outside the RLI with local Labour candidates Cat Smith and Amina Lone and supporters Less than a week after local parliamentary candidates received the […]
Pensioners’ Manifesto: Eric Ollerenshaw MP on the NHS
Eric Ollerenshaw MP Conservative Lancaster & Fleetwood Lancaster & Fleetwood Conservative MP Eric Ollerenshaw has emailed Virtual-Lancaster to clarify his position on the National Pensioners’ Convention Manifesto policy on health […]
CERN Particle Accelerator Director launches Storey Public Lecture Series, Thursday
Prof Steve Myers OBE (Image:Anna Pantelia/CERN) This Thursday 16 October at the Storey in Lancaster, Professor Steve Myers OBE will join Professor Malcolm Joyce, of Lancaster University, to examine the […]
Lancashire residents urged to get free health checks
Lancashire residents are being urged to go for free NHS health checks at their local GP surgery. Lancashire County Council is launching a campaign to encourage more people aged between […]
Public Meeting Monday on plans to share our GP records.
Care about sharing your medical records? A Public Meeting, organised by Lancaster University, will be held at Lancaster Town Hall next Monday 28 April at 6.45pm to find out more […]
University of Cumbria chosen by NHS to train specialist cancer staff
The University of Cumbria will soon be helping to ease the shortage of specialist cancer staff in the NHS after it was announced as the sole provider of a new […]
Lancaster’s MP challenges Prime Minister on pancreatic cancer care
Lancaster MP Eric Ollerenshaw challenged Prime Minister David Cameron on pancreatic cancer care in the House of Parliament, earlier this week, drawing attention to the slow speed of improving survival […]
Morecambe campaigner fights for NHS at Labour conference
Dilys Greenhalgh with Labour’s David Milliband last year. 84-year-old Morecambe resident Dilys Greenhalgh gave an impassioned speech against the dismantling of the National Health Service at the Labour Party Conference […]