Fylde Police issue update as Warton man, 72, charged after allegedly racially abusing NHS staff

Fylde Police have issued a new update after a Warton man was charged after allegedly racially abusing NHS staff at a healthcare facility in Lytham.

“On the 8th March this year, nurses from a Lytham NHS facility called the police reporting that a patient used racially abusive comments and language towards the staff,” read a statement from Fylde Police.

“Officers attended and arrested a man in his 70s.

“We can now tell you that Michael Robert Mason, 72, of Alderville Close, Warton, was charged with Racially / religiously aggravated s4a Public Order offence (intentional harassment / alarm / distress).

“[He] will attend Lancaster Magistrates' Court on the 20th November 2026.”