Lancashire
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Lancashire County Council’s fostering and adoption team has a wish-list for summer that’s very simple – to find loving homes for over 2,000 looked after children. Running until Monday 27 August, the theme of the current summer campaign is permanence, focusing on the commitment of those who have successfully kept children on a long-term basis, […]
Provisional results from schools and colleges in Lancashire show that pupils have performed well and achieved some good A-level results. Early indications are positive, with providers claiming pass rates of 99% and over. The confirmed provisional results will be available in a few days. This is an even greater achievement as there have been major […]
The GP Survey shows 90% of people in Morecambe Bay have a “good” experience of their GP practice which is above the national average. When asked how helpful patients found the receptionists at their surgery, 93% described them as helpful; which is amongst the highest performing is the highest result reached nationally within this survey. […]
Lancashire County Council is urging people not to ‘take a holiday’ from their usual good recycling habits over the summer. More waste is often produced as people buy more while they enjoy days out, host gatherings such as BBQs, and entertain children during school holidays. There’s lots of information about how you can make a […]
Lancashire County Council is proposing to boost bus journeys through Lancaster by introducing a bus-only lane over the Greyhound Bridge when it reopens. Traffic modelling suggests the measure would have little impact on existing traffic while helping to make bus journeys quicker and more reliable. The bus lane would take up one of the two […]
Team KATUSHA ALPECIN’s OVO Energy Tour of Britain line-up will feature two former race leaders and stage winners: home favourite Alex Dowsett and German sprinter Marcel Kittel. The Swiss-registered team have today confirmed that Dowsett and Kittel will be returning to Britain to race in the eight-day event, which starts at Pembrey Country Park, Carmarthenshire […]
Average speed cameras are due to be introduced to improve safety on five of Lancashire’s roads. Lancashire County Council has received over £7.9m from a Department for Transport fund to improve the safety on five routes that the Safer Roads Foundation had identified as being dangerous. A report to the county’s cabinet meeting this week […]
Four transport information centres will stay open while Lancashire County Council explores approaches from third parties interested in taking them over. A report considered today (Thursday 9 August) by the council’s cabinet outlined the results of public consultation on proposals to close the centres. The council’s budget agreed earlier this year included proposals to close […]
Women and families can now look around their local maternity services from home, thanks to three new virtual tours from University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT). The videos take a closer look at the facilities inside the maternity units at Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Westmorland General Hospital and the brand new South Lakes […]
NHS Morecambe Bay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is pleased to announce that Jerry Hawker has been appointed as their new Chief Officer. This will take effect on 10 September 2018. Jerry replaces Andrew Bennett for a one year period as Andrew fulfils a secondment into the Integrated Care System for Lancashire and South Cumbria as […]
