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Lancashire's Directors of Public Health have urged the public to take the threat of Omicron seriously, as they welcome the government's decision to move to Plan B. On Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England will move to Plan B measures, as outlined in the Covid-19 Autumn/Winter Plan. It comes as Omicron...

The latest phase of Lancashire and South Cumbria Health and Care Partnership’s Let’s Keep Talking suicide prevention campaign focuses on debt in the run up to Christmas. Christmas is a time when many people feel pressure to spend more than they can afford on elaborate gifts and food. Sometimes when people are in...

The NHS is launching a drive to recruit 10,000 vaccination workers today on the ‘jabiversary’ of the first Pfizer jab. The health service made history when Margaret Keenan received the jab at Coventry a year ago, launching the NHS vaccination programme, the world’s first national effort to protect people against the virus. Twelve months on,...

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has a long-standing commitment to improving access to health and social care  research for underrepresented groups. You are invited to take part in a survey to explore your views on who you feel is under-served, what factors lead to being under-served and what changes have been seen to...

Workplace training provider and wellbeing company Health@Work is proud to have reaccredited Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with the Workplace Wellbeing Charter accreditation again in 2021. Awarded to those companies who achieve the highest standards in their employee wellbeing initiatives, the Workplace Wellbeing Charter has once again recognised the Trust as a top employer...

The parents of a baby boy who sadly died five days after his birth have raised over £10,000 for the neonatal intensive unit where their son was cared for. Finnley James Adam Morris was born at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on 1st October 2020, weighing 6Ibs 13oz, to parents Adam and Emma Morris from Lancashire. Due to medical...

A brand new garden area outside Royal Preston Hospital’s Critical Care unit is now helping staff to relax and recuperate amid busy shifts in intensive care. The purpose built garden provides staff members, working on ICU, with an area to visit during or after their shifts to chat,  and unwind from what can be...

In light of the recent incident at Liverpool Women's Hospital, we understand patients and visitors may have some anxieties. Patients and visitors should be reassured that due to the UK terrorism level threat being changed from substantial (an attack is likely), to severe (an attack is highly likely), that security protocols at our hospital sites...