We would like to provide an update on Coniston Medical Practice. We have unfortunately received no bids for the contract to provide general medical services at Coniston Medical Practice which was live on the Find A Tender portal from 23 December 2025 until 4 February 2026. We allowed an additional two weeks over the standard 30 days for any interested parties to prepare their bid. The ICB will now consider options for how patients in the Coniston area can continue to receive services and a decision will be taken in due course. We will provide an update on this as soon as we are able. In the meantime, the practice will continue to run as it has under the management of the Morecambe Bay Primary Care Collaborative.

Three health centres in East Lancashire are benefiting from major investment projects during 2026.

Primary Care Network engages volunteer group to improve cervical screening uptake

ICB chief executive Aaron Cummins spent Friday (16 January) in West Lancashire as part of his commitment to spend regular time in every part of Lancashire and South Cumbria and see local work first-hand. The visit provided direct insight into services, partnerships and communities in Ormskirk and Skelmersdale, and helped deepen understanding of how care is delivered across the area.

Further dates have been announced for a mobile cervical screening bus, which is in Lancashire this spring.

Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Alliance has launched a major campaign aimed at tackling the issue of late cancer diagnoses – and, in turn, saving lives.

THE NHS in the North West is reminding the public of the importance of coming forward for healthcare when feeling unwell, to avoid conditions worsening and leading to hospital admissions that could have been avoided.

With temperatures already dropping, NHS leaders in Lancashire and South Cumbria are urging the public to take extra care.

The NHS in the North West is urging people to use services wisely during the latest period of industrial action by resident doctors starting tomorrow (Wednesday 17 December 2025), as the NHS faces record-breaking demand for services.

The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria is asking patients and visitors to help under-pressure services by following infection prevention guidance.