Campaigns

Only 20% of our health needs can be met by medical interventions. Self-Care Week is an annual national awareness week that focuses on embedding support for self care across communities, …

Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection. It happens when your immune system overreacts to an infection and starts to damage your body’s own tissues and organs. Some people …

Fylde Coast residents are being asked to check the colour of their urine in a drive to reduce the cases of sepsis as a result of urinary tract infections. Health …

Every 15 minutes someone is diagnosed with bowel cancer and it’s the UK’s second biggest cancer killer but it shouldn’t be. It’s treatable and curable especially if diagnosed early. Nearly …

It’s Diabetes Prevention Week and people living in Lancashire and South Cumbria are being encouraged to ‘know their risk’ when it comes to Type 2 diabetes. As part of the …

What is cervical screening? Cervical screening, or the ‘smear test’, is a routine health check that identifies potentially harmful cells and changes on the cervix. Cervical screening is not a …

Sepsis is a rare but serious complication of an infection, where the body’s immune system goes into overdrive, setting off a series of reactions that can lead to organ failure, …

NHS England and Public Health England are introducing a new campaign – ‘Help Us Help You’ GP Access campaign to highlight that appointments with a GP, nurse or other healthcare …