Shifa Surgery

11/09/2025

SPARK is a free, confidential service supporting anyone affected by drugs or alcohol, offering advice, groups, and pathways to recovery.

11/09/2025

The North West Coast Clinical Network has put together a brand-new series of FREE heart health videos which transform how heart patients obtain information and guidance, with a particular focus on addressing health inequalities in accessing cardiovascular care.

Videos are available covering the following topics:
Adult Basic Life Support
Cardiovascular risk factors
Coronary heart disease and how the heart works
Healthy eating
Mental health and wellbeing
Physical Activity and exercise
Understanding your medicines

All videos are translated into the Region’s seven most spoken non-English languages: Arabic, Cantonese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Urdu, and British Sign Language.

The free to access videos can be accessed here:
https://www.youtube.com/.

04/09/2025

We are lucky enough to be one of the GP Practices that Samantha supports. Within her role, Samantha provides triage, assessments and brief interventions to people with low to moderate mental health difficulties. She supports support GPs and enables improved partnership working across primary and secondary care services.

For more information about Samantha the services she offers, please contact the surgery reception on 01254 965 150.

21/08/2025

Age UK believe that ageing doesn’t have to mean living with frailty—movement is your secret weapon to staying strong. There are many physical activities that have been set up within Blackburn with Darwen to help support older people being physical.

14/08/2025

💙 Bereavement Support Available💙

If you’ve experienced the loss of a loved one within the last three years, you don’t have to face it alone.

East Lancashire Hospice offers caring, supportive groups where you can share, listen, and heal together.

To find out more please visit: eastlancshospice.org.uk

11/08/2025

We need you!!

We are currently recruiting patients to become members of our Patient Participation Group.

If you are interested in being involved, please send an email over to us!

07/08/2025

Amparo means ‘shelter’ or ‘safe haven’ in Spanish and provides support for anyone affected by su***de. Support can be provided one-to-one, to family groups, groups of colleagues or peers – whatever is preferred by you and is most appropriate to your situation. The service can be delivered in your home or wherever you are most comfortable. The service is completely confidential and can provide short-term or longer-term support, depending on what you feel it is you need.

07/08/2025

Enjoy the outdoors but ‘be tick aware’.

Ticks are small, spider-like creatures that feed on the blood of animals, including people. The size of a tick can vary, with a larva being as small as a tiny freckle, and fully fed females similar in size to a baked bean.

Ticks survive in many habitats, but prefer moist areas with leaf litter or longer grass, like in woodland, grassland, moorland, heathland and some urban parks and gardens. Ticks don’t fly or jump. They wait on vegetation for a host to pass by, and then climb on. They bite and attach to the skin and feed on blood for several days, before dropping off. Ticks are found throughout the year, but are most active between spring and autumn.

Ticks can sometimes transmit microbes that may cause human diseases such as Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), though TBE is rare in the UK. It is important to be tick aware and see your GP promptly for diagnosis and treatment if you recognise the symptoms of tick-borne diseases which can include:
- a flu-like illness, fatigue and muscle and joint pain
- a characteristic expanding red rash, known as erythema migrans (present in many but not all cases)
- persistent headache, confusion or sensitivity to bright light.

17/07/2025

Blackburn with Darwen North PCN are now offering Men's Health Drop in sessions.

Here you are able to receive advice and support on your health and the steps to improve it!

The next date for this is: Saturday 19th July - 11.00am - 12.30pm.

Scan the QR for more information!

17/07/2025

17/07/2025

Let’s keep talking to prevent male su***de.

The statistics are shocking. Every two hours a man in the UK takes his own life and it's the biggest killer of men under 49. Male su***de and mental health is a big issue that demands more attention. It's unacceptable that so many men are dying from su***de daily, yet there is still so much stigma surrounding this subject.

Help is available.

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria are encouraging people to have open and direct conversations about su***de, with men.

10/07/2025

Join us at Witton Country Park on Saturday 26th July for a family fun day packed with great opportunities for you to get involved in. This years theme is Pirates and Princesses!

There will also be much more you can get involved with, including a stage with interactive dance and sessions, inflatable assault course, climbing wall, FREE mini Health Checks, fun family activities like biker tots, self-led Xplorer trails, cycling, and much more.

This event is all about turning things around, pushing boundaries, and achieving new personal bests.