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A dedicated nurse passionate about supporting patients with alcohol issues is to retire next month after nearly 40 years’ service to the NHS. Jan Fisher, Alcohol Liaison Specialist Nurse, who was instrumental in setting up the Hospital Alcohol Liaison Service (HALS) at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) in 2014 to support those patients attending hospital […]
A new Lancashire Armed Forces Hub has been launched, which will help councils, charities and other organisations in Lancashire who serve the armed forces community. The new hub will offer help with job opportunities, health and housing services, employment, education and training for the armed forces community in addition to support for welfare concerns. It […]
COMMUNITY EYE CARE SERVICE PROVIDES MORE THAN 9,000 APPOINTMENTS CLOSER TO HOME Thanks to hospital and community staff working more closely together, thousands of patients who would have previously had to come into hospital for their eye care have had their appointments at local opticians, closer to their homes across South Cumbria and North Lancashire. Since […]
The Mayor of Lancaster is asking local children to put pen to paper to help commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the end of World War One. Coun Andrew Kay has launched a quest to find the Lancaster District’s Young and Junior Poet Laureate and is asking budding writers to write an original poem of no […]
A new initiative emphasising the importance of Quality and Improvement aims to train 150 members of staff to lead improvements across Morecambe Bay. The Quality Service, Improvement and Redesign (QSIR) course has been introduced at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT). It equips staff with the skills to lead transformational improvements across […]
Lancashire County Council is keen to remind parents that children up to the age of five can join a library, and benefit from many free services available. There’s lots on offer in addition to introducing children to books and a love of reading at an early age. As well as thousands of books, libraries offer […]
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has confirmed its commitment and support to signing the Trades Unions Congress Dying to Work Charter Aaron Cummins, Chief Executive of the Trust, is pictured signing the charter, which will be displayed in the Trust’s sites. “The charter sets out an agreed way in which staff will […]
Lancaster Castle is the setting for an evening of Italian opera in September. Festa Italia is being performed on Sunday 9 September at 7.30pm. At the performance, opera singers from the North West will perform classics from operas that have been written in Italian. The audience can expect love and hate, joy and despair in […]
People are being encouraged to send postcards to residents in care homes across Lancashire when they go on holiday or take a day out this summer. The idea is that by simply saying hello and sharing a little information about a trip, an activity or the place they visit, people can help to brighten someone’s […]
Heritage Open Days, the annual celebration of the country’s history, architecture and culture, returns next month and for the first time ever will take place over two long weekends. From September 6-9 and 13-16 there’s the chance to join special openings, guided tours and events exploring hidden gems, local history and culture in the Lancaster and […]
