Published on Friday 20 October 2023 at 10:46 am
On the first anniversary of the installation of Blackburn with Darwen’s pandemic memorial benches, a local artist renowned for her surreal collages and paintings is helping put them on the map – literally!
Filed under: covid benches | Covid memorial | COVID-19 | pandemic
Published on Friday 14 April 2023 at 2:51 pm
A pop-up COVID-19 vaccination centre is back at Blackburn Bus Station next week as the NHS’s Spring Booster campaign gets underway.
Filed under: coronavirus | Covid booster vaccine | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme
Published on Monday 30 January 2023 at 8:22 pm
Individuals who helped to share important Covid advice and guidance with their networks have been celebrated at a special event in Blackburn library.
Filed under: community | Community Champions | COVID-19 | Director of Public Health
Published on Tuesday 20 December 2022 at 3:28 pm
Blackburn with Darwen’s Mass Covid vaccination site will close this week and residents are being reminded to get fully vaccinated before Christmas to keep loved ones safe.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | public health | vaccination
Published on Wednesday 14 December 2022 at 5:05 pm
Stay Well this Christmas
As we head into the busy festive period – with plenty of people heading to parties and family get-togethers – Public Health officials are sharing advice on how to Stay Well.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Stay Well
Published on Friday 2 December 2022 at 1:26 pm
Brain Health Breakthrough CIC is working with Blackburn with Darwen Council to offer local people the chance to learn about the impact of Long Covid on people’s lives.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Long Covid
Published on Monday 14 November 2022 at 9:00 am
Chubb, a UK leader of fire safety and security solutions, is one of the first local businesses to sign up for the Stay Well Pledge, a new Blackburn with Darwen Council initiative to promote healthy working environments that keep staff and customers safe.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | flu | Stay Well | Stay Well Pledge
Published on Monday 3 October 2022 at 10:18 am
With the weather taking an autumnal turn, Blackburn with Darwen Council health chiefs are advising people to get vaccinated now to protect themselves from winter viruses.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | Flu vaccination | vaccination
Published on Thursday 22 September 2022 at 4:12 pm
A new pop-up COVID-19 vaccination centre is being hosted at Blackburn bus station as the autumn booster programme gets underway.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination
Published on Wednesday 13 July 2022 at 1:54 pm
More Covid vaccination appointment slots are available to parents and carers in Blackburn with Darwen for their children over the school summer holidays.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination
Published on Thursday 16 June 2022 at 10:08 am
Public health leaders in Blackburn with Darwen are reminding residents of the importance of Covid boosters while the NHS drive-through vaccination clinic is still in the borough.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination
Published on Friday 27 May 2022 at 1:27 pm
As the Covid vaccination drive-through at Ewood Park continues to provide a convenient way to get jabs, we’re reminding residents to check travel requirements for their summer getaways.
Filed under: coronavirus | covid | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination
Published on Monday 16 May 2022 at 5:08 pm
Families will have the chance to catch up on their vaccinations when the drive-through Covid vaccine clinic returns to Ewood Park in Blackburn this week.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | covid-19 vaccine | vaccination
Published on Thursday 14 April 2022 at 8:36 am
With rising numbers of older patients being treated for Covid in Royal Blackburn Hospital, the over 75s are being reminded to have their spring booster dose.
Filed under: coronavirus | Covid booster vaccine | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | Spring booster jabs | vaccination
Published on Tuesday 5 April 2022 at 4:46 pm
As the NHS expands the list of Covid symptoms, Blackburn with Darwen’s Director of Public Health offers advice on what to do if you suspect you may have the virus.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Thursday 31 March 2022 at 9:52 am
In his final coronavirus column as he retires today, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison reflects on Blackburn with Darwen’s pandemic experience.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Thursday 24 March 2022 at 11:27 am
In his penultimate column ahead of his retirement, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison gives an update on the rise in Covid cases and hospitalisations, and reflects on the additional risks to people with preventable conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Tuesday 22 March 2022 at 9:42 am
Spring booster vaccines will begin in Blackburn with Darwen and across Lancashire and South Cumbria this week as the vaccination programme moves to the next phase.
Filed under: COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison | eligible | Jane Scattergood | public health | Spring booster jabs | vaccination
Published on Friday 18 March 2022 at 8:53 am
Blackburn with Darwen residents are being reminded of the free Covid testing that’s available to them until 31 March.
Filed under: coronavirus | coronavirus testing | COVID-19
Published on Thursday 10 March 2022 at 11:29 am
In his weekly Coronavirus column, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison considers why Covid hospitalisations are increasing across England, despite falling case rates.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison
Published on Wednesday 9 March 2022 at 1:32 pm
Two years on from the start of the Coronavirus pandemic, Blackburn with Darwen Council is planning a permanent memorial to this defining period in our social history.
Filed under: Consultation | coronavirus | Covid memorial | COVID-19 | Public Consultation
Published on Tuesday 8 March 2022 at 10:20 am
Opening hours at the Blackburn Cathedral COVID-19 mass vaccination site are being reduced from this week.
Filed under: Blackburn Cathedral | coronavirus | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG
Published on Monday 21 February 2022 at 6:06 pm
Following the Prime Minister’s announcement of the government’s Living Safely With COVID-19 plan in the House of Commons this afternoon, we have issued this joint statement from Council Leader Coun Mohammed Khan CBE, Chief Executive Denise Park and Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison:
There’s no denying that this is a huge moment in the Coronavirus pandemic.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Living Safely With Covid
Published on Thursday 17 February 2022 at 10:23 am
In his weekly Coronavirus column, our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison considers the personal responsibility we will need to take to keep ourselves and others safe as we learn to live safely with Covid.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Thursday 10 February 2022 at 11:23 am
Here’s the weekly column from our Director of Public Health Prof Dominic Harrison:
Case rates for Covid continue to fall rapidly across Lancashire as do Covid hospitalisations.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison
Published on Friday 28 January 2022 at 3:30 pm
The Omicron situation is improving across Lancashire – but it’s ‘not all over’ yet.
Confirmed Covid-19 case rates and hospitalisations have been falling across both the UK and Lancashire over the past seven days – but the rate of decline is slowing.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Omicron | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Wednesday 26 January 2022 at 2:01 pm
As all Plan B restrictions are relaxed from Thursday 27 January, here’s a reminder of the Covid guidance under Plan A to help keep everyone safe.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Plan A | Plan B
Published on Friday 21 January 2022 at 10:01 am
In his weekly column, Prof Dominic Harrison, our Director of Public Health, reviews the current data and comments on the health inequalities that put areas like Blackburn with Darwen at a greater risk:
The good news is that it looks like the reported Covid Omicron case rate peaked in parts of Pennine Lancashire at or around the 5th January.
Filed under: coronavirus testing | COVID-19 | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Thursday 20 January 2022 at 9:12 am
Blackburn with Darwen residents are being reminded to check the criteria for the Covid self-isolation support payment before they apply.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Self-isolation support payments
Published on Wednesday 19 January 2022 at 2:37 pm
Local leaders have welcomed the government’s decision to step down Plan B Covid control measures from next week, but are encouraging residents to stay alert to the transmission risks.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Plan B
Published on Monday 17 January 2022 at 2:18 pm
From today (Mon 17 January) people may be able to reduce their Covid self-isolation to five full days – provided they receive negative rapid test results on two consecutive days.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | self-isolation
Published on Thursday 13 January 2022 at 10:16 am
Young people from Blackburn with Darwen are encouraging others their age to get their Covid jabs in a radio advertising campaign that highlights how the vaccination programme is helping life return to normal.
Filed under: coronavirus | covid testing | COVID-19 | Covid-19 vaccination programme | vaccination | young people
Published on Wednesday 12 January 2022 at 5:50 pm
More people can now get a Covid-19 vaccine from the comfort of their own home across Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: COVID-19 | Director of Public Health | Dominic Harrison | home | housebound | vaccination
Published on Tuesday 11 January 2022 at 4:17 pm
People with caring experience and relevant skills are being targeted in a recruitment drive to boost the social care workforce in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: Adult Social Care | coronavirus | COVID-19 | Recruitment | Social Care
Published on Thursday 6 January 2022 at 6:18 pm
If someone in your household tests positive for Covid, it doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone else is going to get ill too.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Thursday 30 December 2021 at 10:12 am
In the run-up to the New Year, many people across Lancashire plan to celebrate with friends and family.
Filed under: coronavirus | coronavirus testing | COVID-19
Published on Wednesday 22 December 2021 at 7:30 pm
Even over the festive bank holidays, Covid testing sites will remain open in Blackburn with Darwen.
Filed under: coronavirus | coronavirus testing | covid testing | COVID-19
Published on Wednesday 22 December 2021 at 1:38 pm
A moving case study to be featured in an uplifting BBC2 Christmas special with Gareth Malone this Thursday will highlight the risks of pregnant women not getting vaccinated against Covid.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Gareth Malone | pregnancy | vaccination
Published on Tuesday 21 December 2021 at 8:53 am
Anyone who tests positive for Covid is asked to provide details of their recent contacts.
As Omicron cases rise across the UK, we’re advising Blackburn with Darwen residents who become infected to complete their contact tracing online as soon as they can after getting a positive result.
Filed under: contact tracing | coronavirus | COVID-19
Published on Friday 17 December 2021 at 10:14 am
Blackburn’s resilience and community spirit will be celebrated next week in a festive BBC2 special on Thursday 23 December with celebrity choirmaster Gareth Malone.
Filed under: BBC | coronavirus | COVID-19 | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS trust | Gareth Malone | NHS
Published on Thursday 16 December 2021 at 3:29 pm
Covid Omicron cases across Lancashire continue to rise, adding to the existing rising case rate of the Covid Delta variant.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison | Omicron | Plan B | Professor Dominic Harrison
Published on Wednesday 15 December 2021 at 1:27 pm
As parliament agreed various Plan B measures last night, here’s a round-up of the current Covid rules and advice across England.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Omicron | Plan B
Published on Wednesday 8 December 2021 at 8:07 pm
Following the government’s decision to trigger additional Plan B measures, Blackburn with Darwen’s Council Leader and Director of Public Health are urging residents to observe the new rules.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Omicron | Plan B
Published on Tuesday 7 December 2021 at 11:55 am
Residents are being reminded to use lateral flow tests to help keep Blackburn with Darwen’s Covid case rates under control this winter.
Filed under: #TestAndGo | coronavirus | coronavirus testing | covid testing | COVID-19 | Lateral Flow Testing | rapid testing
Published on Monday 6 December 2021 at 12:54 pm
Don’t fall prey to scammers posting on social media to offer tests for the Omicron variant of Covid-19.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Omicron | scams
Published on Thursday 2 December 2021 at 11:49 am
Blackburn with Darwen Council has produced a new short film reflecting on the borough’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic and asking residents what they would like to see the local authority prioritise in future.
Filed under: COVID-19 | Mohammed Khan | Policy Council
Published on Monday 29 November 2021 at 4:56 pm
As a new Covid variant has been detected in parts of England and Scotland, the government is issuing new advice to control its spread, and some new restrictions are coming into force.
Filed under: coronavirus | Covid variant | COVID-19 | Omicron
Published on Wednesday 17 November 2021 at 8:49 am
While Blackburn with Darwen occupies a spot in the bottom 12% of England’s Covid case rates ‘league table’, local leaders are encouraging everyone to do their bit to help keep the borough’s rates low and ease pressure on local NHS services.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | education | face coverings
Published on Thursday 11 November 2021 at 9:41 am
While Covid case rates in Blackburn with Darwen remain lower than the national average, the numbers of people needing hospital treatment for their symptoms is increasing – particularly among people who are not fully vaccinated.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | ELHT | vaccination
Published on Thursday 11 November 2021 at 9:02 am
I think we may all need to start wearing facemasks again very soon in schools and enclosed public spaces.
Filed under: coronavirus | COVID-19 | Dominic Harrison | NHS Blackburn with Darwen | Winter
