Hospital helipad closes for 10 weeks

A hospital's helicopter landing pad will be closed for 10 weeks due to building work.

The North West Ambulance Charity said the landing pad at Royal Preston Hospital would be "temporarily inaccessible" due to "essential building works".

The helicopter pad will be out out action from Monday, but another one will be used at Fulwood Barracks two miles (3km) away with patients then driven to the hospital.

A charity spokesperson said: "This temporary arrangement ensures that patients in urgent need of specialist trauma care can continue to receive timely treatment without disruption."

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