Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB announced £8m of DHSC funding is being used to improve and refurbish Barbara Castle Way Health Centre in Blackburn, St Peter's Centre in Burnley and Acorn Primary Health Care Centre in Accrington.

The ICB's chief executive, Aaron Cummins, said: ‘The central funding we are receiving for these three projects is very welcome and will be essential in bringing the health centres up to date to meet the ambitions for the NHS set out in the 10-Year Plan.

‘I was recently shown around the three health centres and I am confident that this work will allow us to better integrate and closely align services at each site, and by relocating services from elsewhere it will bring significant savings in costs at other sites.

‘We believe that each one of these refurbishments and redesigns will make services more accessible for patients and better meet the needs of our local population.'

The work, which will be completed between March and autumn 2026, will see existing facilities repurposed to house interdisciplinary teams.