Healthwatch Lancashire

23/06/2026

This week is our FREE Women’s Health & Wellbeing Event in partnership with Lancashire Women !

Join us for inspiring workshops, helpful health conversations, and the chance to connect with amazing local women and organisations.

We’d love to see you there! ✨

June 27th 10am-1pm at Lancashire Women, PR1 3NU👋

23/06/2026

🗣️ Love talking to people? Passionate about making a difference?

Join Healthwatch Lancashire as a Sessional Worker and help ensure local voices shape health and social care services 💙

✅ Flexible sessional work
✅ Community-focused role
✅ Real impact

Apply today: https://bit.ly/HWLSessional

22/06/2026

It was great to be at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital last Thursday for their Our Health Day in the Life Centre!🏥

Healthwatch Lancashire, along with other organisations, supported this event for individuals with learning disabilities, where we learnt more about their needs and how they access local and hospital services!

This event was also a great opportunity to catch up with Alison, the Patient Experience and Involvement Lead at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 🤝

21/06/2026

We hope you have learned something from our Myeloma resources this week📖

We wanted to ensure that we provided some valuable and maybe new information to raise awareness of Myeloma💙

Not done learning? Visit the Myeloma UK information hub for more about myeloma and related conditions, how they are treated and how to live well with them, as well as advice and stories from the myeloma community.

Myeloma, also known as multiple myeloma, is a blood cancer arising from plasma cells. Learn more about myeloma and how it develops.

20/06/2026

For those who have family or care for someone with Myeolma, it can be hard to fully understand. From symptoms, to treatment and how to support your loved one.

The Myeolma UK website has a library of helpfuly information to better understand myeloma, as well as support that iks available for you as a carer or family member🩵

This video from Myeloma UK talks more about their informatioln available online.

www.myeloma.org.uk/me-and-myeloma/for-family-and-carers/

19/06/2026

David Simister is a support group leader alongside Dave Lovelady, the Deputy Leader, both of whom are living with Myeloma today.

David Simister was diagnosed in 2013, which he described as a "lonely journey."

He didn't meet anyone else with Myeolma for 10 months who understood his journey. After this, he decided to search for support groups in his local area and found that there were only 4 groups, but none covering West Lancs and Merseyside.

So, he set up West Lancashire and Merseyside Myeloma Support Group, and now anyone living with Myeloma can attend, talk to other patients and socialise🩵

Follow their Facebook group for details or email [email protected]

Myeloma UK

18/06/2026

Treatment is available for Myeloma and can differ depending on the stage and severity of symptoms.

It can include various treatment methods such as Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy and Stem Cell transplants, to name a few.

In this video, Victoria from Lostock Hall Medical Centre talks more about the treatment side of Myeloma, and how referrals are made🏥

Myeloma UK

17/06/2026

You may remember Roger from our socials yesterday👋

Roger shared his journey with Myeolma and talked about his journey from being initially diagnosed with MGUS to his treatment for Myeolma.

Well, we wanted to share a positive update from Roger himself, all about his current health💙

16/06/2026

Did you know this week is also Men's Health Week?🩵

Fancy making a change for your health?

Feeling healthier can feel like a big challenge, so we're breaking it down into 5 simple tips for better wellbeing. Our tips are:

Connect with others, learn a new skill, practice mindfulness, spend time in nature and eat nutricious food.

What are your tips for better health and wellbeing?

16/06/2026

Want to learn more about what it is like living with Myeloma?

This is Roger, who was initailled diagnosed with MGUS and overtime his Paraprotein levels began to rise before he was diagnosed with Myeloma.

In this video, Roger, who frequently attends the West Lancashire and Merseyside Myeloma Support Group tells us about his diagnosis and treatment.

Myeloma is a blood cancer that affects 6,500 new people each year in the UK.

More info👉 www.nhs.uk/conditions/myeloma/