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Patients and their families are asked to be extra vigilant following reports about scam calls received from callers pretending to be from an NHS organisation in Preston. Two telephone numbers – 01772 789652 and 01772 429352 – have been making calls to patients asking for personal information and our Switchboard has confirmed that these are not legitimate telephone numbers. If you...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals' Lancashire Clinical Research Facility is one of 15 sites in England where patients with advanced head and neck cancers are being fast-tracked into a trial of a new cancer vaccine, as the NHS expands its world-leading trial ‘match-making’ service. Despite advances in the treatment of early-stage HPV-positive tumours, up to 25% of patients relapse...

After almost 30 years of dedicated service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, we bid a fond farewell to Consultant Clinical Biochemist and Laboratory Director for Clinical Biochemistry, Martin Myers MBE. Martin’s retirement marks the end of a remarkable career which has seen him deliver transformative change to pathology services at the Trust. Martin began his career...

Gemma Owens, Consultant Gynaecological Oncology Surgeon and Research Lead for Gynaecology at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, has been selected as a successful candidate for the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Clinical Research Investment Scheme (CRIS). This prestigious award marks an exciting step forward both for Gemma’s academic career and for the Trust’s ambitions...

The Our People Awards celebrate the achievements of dedicated frontline colleagues at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Sponsoring an award is an excellent opportunity for businesses and organisations to show their appreciation for the hard work, dedication and commitment of NHS colleagues. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals are currently looking for corporate sponsors to support the...