November 2024
29Nov
Trust Consultant helps support specialist stroke developments in Ghana
Ahead of World Stroke Day last month, Clare Gordon, Consultant Nurse with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and Senior Research Fellow at UCLan, spent time helping support specialist stroke developments in Ghana. Clare enjoyed a fortnight in Africa, working with Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Tamale Teaching Hospital and Ho Teaching Hospital in Ghana to support stroke care...
26Nov
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals celebrate significant milestone for growing Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) service
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals are celebrating a significant milestone for their growing Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) service, with the addition of a new Patient and Public Involvement Partner (PPI) who was successfully treated following his diagnosis Following his full recovery, Matthew Newsham, from Morecambe, has taken on the role of PPI partner, which involves current, former...
21Nov
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity awarded six-figure grant as part of Volunteering for Health Programme
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity (LTHC) has been awarded a six-figure grant as part of Volunteering for Health - a £10 million programme being delivered in partnership by NHS England, NHS Charities Together and CW+, the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The three-year Volunteering for Health programme is part of NHS England’...
20Nov
Trust NED Kate Smyth listed in prestigious Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 2024
Kate Smyth, Non-Executive Director of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, has been listed in the prestigious Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 2024. Recognised for her work as a disability changemaker, Kate is being celebrated as one of the 100 most influential disabled individuals in the UK and a leader in their field. The awards are publicly nominated and judged by...
18Nov
Trust Neurosurgery Registrars join groundbreaking research through national scheme
Three neurosurgery registrars from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals have formally participated in the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Associate Principal Investigator (API) scheme - a prestigious opportunity that enables bright and enthusiastic clinicians to gain hands-on experience in leading clinical research studies. This initiative allows registrars – senior doctors working below the level of...
15Nov
Trust appoints Mike Thomas as new Chair
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is delighted to announce the appointment of Mike Thomas as Chair of the Trust Board from 1 January 2025. Mike, who is currently Chair of University Hospitals of Morecombe Bay Trust and has played a pivotal role in their improvement journey, is also the Chair of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative Board,...
13Nov
Trust opens ‘gold-standard’ regional Mohs surgery service for skin cancer patients
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ plastic surgery department has opened the first service in the region – and one of only a small number nationwide - offering the ‘gold-standard’ Mohs Micrographic Surgery and Plastic Surgical Reconstruction for NHS skin cancer patients. Based at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, the service offers patients with high-risk skin cancers in high-risk...
12Nov
Trust collaborate with Manchester Metropolitan University on key hydrotherapy study
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and Manchester Metropolitan University are collaborating to research the impact of, and help to unlock access to, hydrotherapy for boys and young men with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Having secured funding from Duchenne UK, the Trust – whose Paediatric Neuromuscular Service recently received a prestigious Centre of Excellence award from Muscular Dystrophy UK –...