Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was established on 1 April 2005.  The predecessor Trust (Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) had been formed in 2002 following the merger of Chorley and South Ribble NHS Trust and Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.  It was the first in the county to be awarded “teaching hospitals” status.

Vision

Our vision is dedicated to getting it right first time.

Mission

To achieve our vision, we will:  

• Work in partnership to deliver safe, effective and well-organised care
• Develop and support skilled, caring and motivated staff
• Be progressive and responsible in how we think and act
• Deliver and develop leading education and research programmes
• Commit to getting it right first time

Organisational values 

Our values define how our staff should behave towards each other, our patients and their families, and the partners we work with.  

• Caring and compassionate
  Being caring and compassionate is at the heart of everything we do, it is about understanding what each person needs and striving to make a positive difference in whatever way we can
• Recognising individuality
  Appreciating differences, making staff and patients feel respected and valued
• Seeking to involve
  Actively gets involved and encourages others to contribute and share their ideas, information, knowledge and skills in order to provide a joined up service
• Building team spirit
  Working together as one team with shared goals, doing what it takes to ensure we provide the best possible service
• Taking personal responsibility
  Individuals are accountable for achieving improvements to obtain the highest standards of care in the most professional way, resulting in a service we can all be proud of

Corporate Aims

We have eight corporate aims that reflect the complexity of our healthcare business, and provide a framework to focus and assure our service delivery.

• Patient experience
  Quality health care will be delivered and developed in partnership with patients and their carers, respecting their diverse needs, preferences and choices.
• Partnership
  The profile of the Trust as a provider of choice will be promoted through the development of strategic networks, planning and health promoting partnerships that support and consolidate delivery of existing services and identify new opportunities.
• Workforce
  Care will be provided by a competent, capable, flexible, efficient and affordable workforce that is able to adapt to the changing context of healthcare and customer expectation.
• Environment
  Health care will be provided in an environment that promotes patient and staff comfort, well-being, privacy and safety.
• Governance
  Leadership and management accountability arrangements will provide a comprehensive overview and assurance of business systems ensuring compliance with Foundation Trust Terms of Authorisation.
• Safety
  Patient and staff safety will be enhanced by systems, processes and practices that prevent or reduce the risk of harm to patients and promote a culture that learns and shares lessons when things go wrong.
• Finance
  Financial stability will be achieved through robust financial management and strategic planning programmes.
• Efficiency
  Patient outcomes will be optimised through the provision of accessible, efficient, effective services that are based upon reliable evidence.
   

We provide a wide range of services to 370,000 local people from Chorley and South Ribble Hospital and Royal Preston Hospital.  These services include:

• 24 hour accident and emergency facilities
• Intensive, high dependency and coronary care units
• General medicine, including elderly care
• General surgery and urology
• Child health
• Ear, nose and throat surgery
• Orthopaedics (bone and joint conditions)
• Maternity services
• Gynaecology (women's diseases)
• Anaesthetics
• Oral and maxillo-facial surgery (mouth and jaw conditions)
• Ophthalmology (eye diseases)
• Support services for diagnosis and treatment such as pathology, x-ray, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and specialist nurses

We also provide a range of specialist services to around 1.5m people across Lancashire and South Cumbria,including :

• Neurosurgery and neurology (brain surgery and nervous system diseases)
• Oncology (radiotherapy and chemotherapy) and complex cancer surgery
• Renal (kidney diseases)
• Burns and plastic surgery
• Disablement services such as artificial limbs and wheelchairs