06Feb
Yellow Cold-Health Alert issued across NW
Yellow Cold-Health Alert is being issued across the whole of the north west from 6am on Wednesday 7 February until 8pm on Friday 9 February. Children, older people and other vulnerable groups can be particularly at risk in colder temperatures, while people with long-term health conditions, such as respiratory and heart conditions, may find that symptoms are...
02Feb
Join the national NHS New Hospital Programme Patient Safety Workshop
The national New Hospital Programme would like to invite you to a 90-minute virtual workshop about your experience and feelings of patient safety in hospital – whilst either having been a patient, or in your experience caring for a loved one who has been a patient. The national New Hospital Programme team are running several patient...
01Feb
Norovirus and flu cases in hospitals surge to a new high this winter
The NHS' top emergency doctor has warned the health service is still in the thick of winter, with norovirus and flu cases at their highest levels this winter and up three-quarters on the same week last year. The latest weekly winter data shows an average of 688 patients were in hospital each day last week with...
29Jan
Trust unveil new Gift of Life sculpture and new Memorial Garden at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital
The Gift of Life butterfly sculpture and new memorial garden at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital was unveiled at an informal opening on Thursday 25 January, having been created by the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity to honour organ and tissue donors. The memorial garden was commissioned and paid for by the Trust’s Organ Donation Committee,...
25Jan
Trust unveils newly refurbished Gynaecology and Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit (GEPAU)
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals held the grand opening of its newly refurbished Gynaecology and Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit at Royal Preston Hospital on Tuesday (January 23), helping to enhance and improve care for women and families experiencing early pregnancy or complications. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was presided over by Chief Nursing Officer, Sarah Cullen, and attended by the...
23Jan
Public Engagement Survey
We are currently looking to better understand how we can engage with our members and local population, to keep you informed as well as listen to what’s important to you and our community. The Governors of a Foundation Trust are charged with reflecting the views of the local population to the management of the...
23Jan
Trust’s Paediatric Neuromuscular Centre recognised for outstanding care
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ Paediatric Neuromuscular Service has received a prestigious Centre of Excellence award from leading national charity, Muscular Dystrophy UK. The charity, which helps more than 110,000 children and adults in the UK living with one of over 60 muscle wasting and weakening conditions, awarded the Trust’s Paediatric Neuromuscular Service for providing outstanding care, promoting...
12Jan
Trust Professor gets recognition for written work on the impact of art among renal community
Professor Alex Woywodt, a Renal Consultant at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has recently been recognised for his written work on the impact art can have on the renal community. The article, titled “Beautiful and effective: what art can do for nephrologists and for our patients”, was published in the journal for Nephrology, Dialysis...
