NHS North West

Population: 449,000

When Karl Marx visited Preston in the 1850s he described it as "the next St Petersburg", because of the militancy of its industrial workers.

Preston may now be the administrative capital but it also attracts thousands of visitors each year - drawn by the town’s historic buildings, its market and street vendors selling the local delicacy of parched peas. .

In the west of the area lies Skelmersdale New Town built in the 1960s to house overspill population from Liverpool. It also boasts an archery club whose members hold at least 14 world records between them.

The market town Ormskirk has one of only three churches in England to have both a spire and a tower. Natural beauty can be experienced at its best from the top of Parbold Hill and Beacon Fell, and in the wildlife haven of the Ribble Estuary.
 

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For more information about health services in Central Lancashire go to:
http://www.centrallancashire.nhs.uk

We want to hear your story and your ideas to help other patients, and to improve the NHS. Here are some of the things you can do on Patient Opinion:

Patients and carers can find out what other people think of local hospitals, hospices and mental health services

And lots of people share the story of what happened to them or their family when they are ill

Most important of all patients and carers can tell it like it is - patients and carers know what the service was like and come up with lots of great ideas about how it could be better.

So you can tell people what happened to you, as well as reading what others think.

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