13Nov
Join the national NHS New Hospital Programme Engagement Hospital Facilities Workshop
The national New Hospital Programme would like to invite you to a 90-minute virtual workshop about your experience of using hospital facilities. The national New Hospital Programme team are running several patient and public workshops during 2023 and 2024 to hear about your experiences using hospital services to help improve the designs and layout of future hospitals....
08Nov
Patient Parking Charges
As a result of a new national policy on Car Parking Concessions introduced by the Department of Health in 2022, plus the rising cost of general inflation, the Trust now needs to increase patient parking permit charges with effect from 8am on 15 November 2023. Patient parking charges at the Trust have not been increased since 2018, and over...
03Nov
We're on the big screen! Lancashire Teaching Hospitals to feature in series two of Cause of Death
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust/ East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is delighted to be once again featuring in the second series of Channel 5’s groundbreaking Cause of Death documentary, which follows real life coronial investigations and the effects it has on family members, from the moment a body arrives in the mortuary right through...
03Nov
Mayor of Preston joins Royal Preston Hospital to celebrate Black History Month
The event, which was held in the Education Centre at Royal Preston Hospital, focussed on highlighting the importance of Black History Month – celebrating the contributions of black individuals throughout history. Alongside speeches from the Mayor and executives, it also featured cultural performances, exhibitions, and discussions on black history and its impact on local communities. One...
01Nov
New breast pain clinic launches in Central Lancashire
The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria has launched a new breast pain clinic to support people in Central Lancashire. The new specialist service provides examinations and advice to patients suffering from breast pain in Preston, Chorley and other parts of Central Lancashire and is run by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The Preston-based clinic...
31Oct
'Tea for Two' initiative aims to improve patient experience in Trust Discharge Lounge
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a ‘Tea for Two’ initiative in its Discharge Lounge to help improve patient experience and staff wellbeing for patients using the service who are waiting to go home. The new programme encourages staff working in the Discharge Lounge to pull up a chair and have a cup...
27Oct
2023 National Adult Inpatient Survey – We need your feedback on our inpatient services!
Have you had an overnight stay in one of our hospitals over the past six months? Are you 16 years or older? If so, we need your feedback! The 2023 National Adult Inpatient Survey will launch on 1 November and run through to 30 November 2023, which looks at experiences of inpatients receiving treatment in NHS hospitals. The results are...
25Oct
Rosemere Cancer Centre to showcase achievements at the SGRT Annual Conference in London
Colleagues from Rosemere Cancer Centre, part of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, have been asked to be part of a specialist panel at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Surface Guided Radiotherapy Treatment (SGRT) Community in December at County Hall, London. Speaking at the two-day conference, SGRT Europe: A new view of SGRT, will be...
