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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...

Gemma Devine, a Healthcare Assistant with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, is using her journey with multiple sclerosis (MS) to inspire patients, colleagues, and young people alike - proving chronic illness doesn’t have to hold you back. Gemma, 28, works on Rookwood A, a dementia-friendly ward at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital. However, at 18, with ambitions to...

We are delighted to launch our new Green Plan for 2025-2028, which builds on our first Green Plan, which was launched in 2022.  Our new Green Plan was officially launched today at Royal Preston Hospital. Our Sustainability Team were joined by Chief People Officer, Neil Pease and Director of Corporate Affairs, Jennifer Foote, who popped along...

Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire Health and Wellbeing Boards have a statutory duty to assess the pharmacy needs of their local populations. This is known as a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA). The PNA describes: The pharmacy services currently available in each area maps showing where pharmaceutical services are provided information about pharmacy providers in...

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced national strike action by resident doctors from 7am on Friday 25 July until 7am on Wednesday 30 July 2025. During the strikes, there may be fewer resident doctors working than usual. Our teams will need to prioritise life-saving care. Less urgent cases may experience longer waits during strikes. It is really...