Our wall of fame. Will you spot your consultant? Will you spot your colleague? Will you spot your friend? Who you will see are dedicated professionals. You will see one team together providing excellent care with compassion.

  On Tuesday, 19th April 2022, “Public Wi-Fi” will be rebranded to “NHS Wi-Fi”.   Users who are connected to “Public Wi-Fi” will be disconnected and will need to reconnect their devices to the new “NHS Wi-Fi”.   This free Wi-Fi is available to patients and staff at our sites.   The change is part...

To all our Jewish friends. May this new year introduce you to new opportunities in life. May you find new roads to explore May you and your friends and relations enjoy good health Happy Rosh Hashanah!

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals will be offering free parking to all patients, visitors and staff over the Christmas period. Free parking will be available at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital on the below dates: Christmas Day 25/12/2020 Boxing Day 26/12/2020 Bank Holiday Monday 28/12/2020 New Year’s Day 01/01/2021 Please note...

  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has been named Large Business Employer of the Year at the Lancashire Apprenticeship Awards 2022.   The annual awards recognise employers across the region that have integrated apprenticeships into the workforce and celebrates the achievements of apprentices making a difference in their workplace.   Taking home the award for Large...

Role: Healthcare Assistant Salary: Band 2 (£18,005 - £19,337 Per Annum, Pro Rata) Enquiry closing Date: 12 noon on Tuesday 16th March Training Dates:  Monday 22nd March – Friday 26th March Interview Date: From w/c 29 March 2020 Some people were just born to care for others… We just need to find you, as we want...

The charity, Thrombosis UK has launched a new patient information app to help provide people with reliable information about blood clots and venous thromboembolism (VTE).   The app, which is called ‘Let’s Talk Clots’, is free to download, access and use. Information shared on the app has been developed and...

Dear Patient, Carers and Public members in our communities The New Hospital Programme’s Transformation directorate would like to invite you to a 90-minute virtual workshop. The New Hospital Programme is a joint programme by NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care. Improving NHS Infrastructure - NHS...

Major Trauma Centre Anniversary Royal Preston Hospital became a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) for Lancashire & South Cumbria in July 2012.  Since then, the Major Trauma Centre has treated more than 11,500 trauma patients, many with life changing and life threatening injuries.  As the regional MTC, Royal Preston Hospital receives the most severely...

That means, from midnight tonight if you are a Preston resident: You cannot have others in your homes and gardens You cannot visit other people's homes or gardens, even if they are in an unaffected area You are not permitted to mix with other households in indoor venues Social bubbles...

Today is the day to ask... 'Are you alright'? Today is the day to talk about anxiety. Today is the day to talk about depression. Today is the day to talk about the biggest killer of men under the age of 50. Today is the day to talk to each other...

Due to refurbishment works, the opening hours of the Chorley and South Ribble Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy will be reduced for approximately five weeks from Monday 31 October. Opening hours during the refurbishment work will be: 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday Prescriptions can also be collected from the pharmacy at Royal...

Due to refurbishment works, the opening hours of the Chorley and South Ribble Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy will be reduced for approximately five weeks from Monday 31 October. Opening hours during the refurbishment work will be: 9am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday Prescriptions can also be collected from the pharmacy at Royal...

The national Picker Inpatient Survey 2022 is due to get underway this November. We are asking our Lancashire Teaching Hospitals colleagues to make sure that the poster is displayed in all inpatient areas. You can download and print the poster below.

Major Trauma Centre Anniversary Royal Preston Hospital became a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) for Lancashire & South Cumbria in July 2012.  Since then, the Major Trauma Centre has treated more than 11,500 trauma patients, many with life changing and life-threatening injuries.  As the regional MTC, Royal Preston Hospital receives the most severely injured...

The maternity team at Royal Preston Hospital has launched a new programme to support parents and care givers with practical support and safe coping strategies for when a baby/infant is crying frequently. The ICON programme, which stands for: I – Infant crying is normal C – Comforting methods can help O –...

Major Trauma Centre Anniversary Royal Preston Hospital became a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) for Lancashire & South Cumbria in July 2012.  Since then, the Major Trauma Centre has treated more than 11,500 trauma patients, many with life changing and life-threatening injuries.  As the regional MTC, Royal Preston Hospital receives the most severely injured...

Luke Jackson, a staff nurse on Astley Ward ­– Clinical Investigations United at Chorley District Hospital has been pounding the pavements in October to raise funds for the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals' Charity Children’s Appeal.  Luke set himself a target of running 80km over the month, running home from work every...

Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) is one of the first in the country to launch the asthma Digital Health Passport app this week, marking Ask About Asthma week (11-17 September). The asthma Digital Health Passport is a new digital app to help children, young people and carers...

United Utilities and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have joined forces to ask patients and visitors to help keep the hospitals in good shape by only flushing pee, poo and paper down the loo. The move follows a dramatic increase in blockages and flooding at both its Royal Preston...

Talented pupils from local primary schools in Lancashire have paid a special visit to the Royal Preston Hospital after winning Lancashire Teaching Hospital’s sustainability art competition. Pupils from Euxton CE, Penwortham, Lea Endowed, Sherwood and Kingsfold Primary schools came to the hospital to meet Chief Medical Officer, Gerry Skailes...

  Premier League side Burnley FC and Championship duo Preston North End and Blackburn Rovers are backing ICON Week 2023. The third annual ICON week (25 to 29 September 2023) is here to raise awareness of infant crying and how to cope to support parents/carers and prevent serious injury, illness and even death of...

NHS Hospital Trusts and patients on waiting lists in Lancashire and South Cumbria are benefitting from an innovative artificial intelligence service that allows patients to let their hospital know their current health status. The first stage of roll-out of the service has been so successful that it is now being...

Lancashire Teaching Hospital’s Chief Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Officer Sarah Cullen will be running the Great North Run on 10th September to help raise vital funds for the LTH Children’s Appeal. The funds raised will be used to help improve the experience of all children and their families...

Two companies, which regularly work for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, have come together at the start of Children’s Mental Health Week to gift and install a new TV that will benefit children struggling emotionally. The TV, donated by Bradford-headquartered audio-visual company AV Universal and fitted by Chorley...

The Tech Team from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were inspiring the next generation of digital roles at a Teen Tech event hosted by UCLan this week, highlighting the importance of cyber security, and educating local children on the importance of safeguarding digital systems. The event, which was held...

Rosemere Cancer Foundation held an open evening on Wednesday, 30th November to help celebrate their 25th anniversary, with the introduction of Surface Guided Radiotherapy.  Radiotherapy is the use of radiation to deliver a lethal dose to cancerous tumours​, and SGRT is the application of a near-infrared light, projected onto the...

Kevin McGee, Chief Executive of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, has today announced that he is to retire from the NHS following 38 years of service.   He has had held numerous leadership roles within the NHS many of which have been in the Lancashire and South Cumbria (LSC) health system and has played...

‘Sik zyu faa saang dang tai hei’ is what we did as Dr Lam entered the room. Not that we were eating peanuts or sat in the local cinema. We were in the The Rosemere Centre at the Royal Preston Hospital. Waiting to see the reaction, (that’s what the...

  Rosemere Cancer Foundation would like to thank our very own Professor Mohammed Munavvar, who is hosting a special Eid Dinner to raise funds for the cancer charity. The even is taking place on the 18th July at the Imperial Banqueting Suite, St Mary's Street North, Preston. Following dinner, there will...

Its Monday and Americans are back over here, well in Chorley. Catering is pleased to announce that the first Starbucks drinks facility is now open within the Trust. Situated in Education 3 at Chorley, the team look forward to serving you the quality of drinks associated with the Starbucks brand As...

Number Six is not only the central character in the 1967–1968 television series but also the average number of weeks from first appointment to operation for cataract surgery at our specialist centre in Chorley. Yes that's right - only 6 weeks. More here: https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ophthalmology-specialist-services

Take a look at just a snippet of the fantastic work that takes place each and every day across Lancashire and South Cumrbia within our National Health Services. Happy Birthday to the NHS.

The Baby Beat team are trialling new weekend hours! From Saturday 26th September, you can pop in on Saturdays and Sundays for gifts, baby clothes, snacks and much more! See below for opening hours and more details. We hope to see you there soon!

A message from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals to mark our two year COVID-19 anniversary Dear reader, This weekend (Sunday 13th March) marks the two-year anniversary of the day we admitted our first patient suspected of having COVID-19 into our hospitals, with a confirmed positive result just days later. Since then, patients,...

  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is working with the Twins Trust to enhance the care provided to mothers who experience a multiple pregnancy.   The Twins Trust Maternity Engagement Project will help the Trust improve compliance the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance for twins and triplets as advised in...

 Image credit to HDRUK From left: Vishnu Chandrabalan, Dale Kirkwood, Quinta Ashcroft, Dame Julie Moore and Tim Howcroft.   A team of colleagues from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Data Science Team have been awarded a Health Data Research UK Award for their work in turning data into research, to help improve patient...

With the tragic death of Sarah Harding. Just a timely reminder of useful links if you are worried and need a little reassurance. Asking for advice costs nothing. Expert advice from your NHS. Providing outstanding and sustainable healthcare to our local communities The Central Lancashire Breast Unit opened at Chorley...

One of Our Nurses Hello everyone! I am a registered nurse, who has worked at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for the last five years. I am currently living with rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, which are life-long and debilitating conditions. These can be a daily struggle due...

The Covid-19 Pandemic has resulted in thousands more patients being given tracheostomies as breathing tubes. These patients cannot pass air over their vocal cords, rendering them “voiceless.” To communicate is a basic human need. This became the origin of the SRAVI concept.” SRAVI  uses AI algorithms to decipher speech from...

Therapeutic Radiographer Lindsay Kellett rafflled a signed, framed Preston North End shirt ahead of Christmas on Friday. She raised £600 money for the Rosemere Cancer Centre. Lindsay and daughter Faye were donated the shirt by Chorley based principal sponsors of North End, PAR Group, which was framed at Funky Graphics. Congratulations...

Governors have a key role in representing the interests and views of our members, the general public and in supporting our Trust’s performance. What do Governors do? Help us to promote membership opportunities and the role of Governor Develop networks for engaging members and the wider community, including minority...

Our next Carers Forum in  collaboration with Lancashire’s Carers Services and NCompass will take place on Wednesday 20th April at 2pm We will also be joined by Carers UK and  discussing our Carers Charter and have our open Forum for advice.   All welcome, please use this link to attend...

Simple steps to keep you safe during your hospital stay Keeping you safe and well while in hospital is a priority for the staff looking after you. There are also some simple things you can do to help keep yourself safe during your hospital stay. From preventing pressure ulcers to...

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...

The UK Clinical Research Facility Network (UKCRF Network) has appointed Paul Brown to the role of Interim Director. This follows the retirement of Helen Pidd, former Operations Director of the NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility (CRF), in December 2021. The UKCRF Network, which is hosted by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (...

Sister Anne today retired from being a volunteer at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals after 24 years of loyal uninterrupted service. Presented with flowers from the Chaplaincy team and volunteers, Sister Anne between her many media interviews, reflected on her time here. Well, it's the end of an era isn't for me, because...

Patients and families were invited to the official opening of a new centre in Burnley for people being treated for kidney disease.  John Sagar Renal Centre, at Briercliffe Shopping Centre, provides haemodialysis treatment and outpatient clinic facilities for patients from across the region.   Haemodialysis is a treatment to remove waste...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ Dr Ruth Board becomes a UCLan Honorary Clinical Professor The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has bestowed a prestigious academic title on a Preston-based skin cancer specialist. Consultant Medical Oncologist Dr Ruth Board, from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTHTR), has been awarded the title of...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals proudly supports LGBT+ History Month 2022  The month of February marks LGBT+ History month which Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is proud to support. It is a month-long, annual celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Non-Binary history, including the history of LGBT+ rights and related civil rights movements.   In...

Following a £19 million investment, our Lancashire Eye Centre will fully open on Monday December 13th at 4pm at Chorley District Hospital. The building has three floors and will be able to deal with an increased number of patients in comparison with the current Ophthalmology unit. The unit  includes a dedicated...

A new centre in Burnley for people being treated for kidney disease has opened its doors to its first patients.  John Sagar Renal Centre, at Briercliffe Shopping Centre, provides haemodialysis treatment and outpatient clinic facilities for patients from across the region.   The unit has been named in tribute to East...

There is never just a normal day in the hospital as Jackie now knows only too well. Jackie Hall works Monday to Friday as one of the Education Centre receptionist team, the powerhouse behind the successful running of the vital education service to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals For the uninitiated, Education...

From Friday 31st December 2021, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has taken the difficult decision to suspend adult inpatient visiting until further notice. The suspension is due to the rising levels of Covid-19 in both the local area and within our hospitals. We will of course be able to continue offering patients/relatives...

The NHS, particularly in the North West, suffers from a chronic shortage of doctors. Demands on staff have increased greatly, and Britain’s medical schools haven’t been able to keep up with the demand. For a long time, we have relied on attracting doctors from overseas to come and...

Royal Preston Hospital became a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) for Lancashire & South Cumbria in July 2012.  Since then, the Major Trauma Centre has treated more than 11,500 trauma patients, many with life changing and life-threatening injuries.  As the regional MTC, Royal Preston Hospital receives the most severely injured patients from across the...

Dear colleague Today marks a pivotal moment for the NHS. Each of the 42 integrated care systems is now legally underpinned by an NHS integrated care board and an integrated care partnership, whose task is to drive the delivery of better, more efficient and joined-up care for patients, improvements in physical...

World Stroke Day: Don’t miss out on #PreciousTime On Friday 29 October, the Blackpool Tower will be lit up in recognition of World Stroke Day. The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria will be giving strong support to World Stroke Day – an annual opportunity to highlight the serious nature and...

The Cardio-Respiratory Echo team has been awarded Echo Quality Accreditation from the British Society of Echocardiography, which is valid for 5 years! We are the second centre / Trust in the country to achieve this status so we are super proud of this amazing achievement! This is something the Echo team have...

For two colleagues, this Saturday is a pivotal moment in their careers, both within the Trust and the Church of England family Martin is as always charming and welcoming, whilst Liz is earnestly eating her lunch before returning to her busy schedule in the physiotherapy department Martin McDonald is the...

Please allow more time to park your vehicle if you are attending a breast screening appointment on our mobile unit at Chorley Hospital.  We appreciate that parking spaces are limited and that patient parking areas have been affected by current improvement work that is taking place on site. Please call 01942 774713...

A consultant in critical care at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has been shortlisted in this year’s NHS Parliamentary Awards. More than a hundred nominations across the ten categories were submitted in the North West, by more than 50 MPs; more than have ever been involved before. Professor Shondipon Laha, Consultant in...

The Baby Beat charity team are hosting a Grand Day Out! Do you fancy joining us? Our fun-filled fundraiser takes place on Wednesday 13th July at The Flower Bowl Entertainment Centre, at Brock, north of Preston. The day will commence with a two-hour curling session as we take to the...

Happy Pride month! Every June, in the month where the famous 1969 Stonewall riots occurred in the USA, we celebrate pride month and this year marks 50 years since the first Pride march was held in the UK. Pride month is a time where we celebrate people across the gender and sexuality...

​The Met Office has published a UK weather warning including weather for our area. A hot spell is developing this weekend, like to peak early next week,. This hot weather is likely to impact people and infrastructure. ​Weather like this is something many people look forward to and go out...

You will see this logo more and more across our wards as we encourage all patients to contribute to their case notes both prior to admission and during their stay with us. Read more here

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomes a new report highlighting the need to reduce pressure on urgent and emergency care services across Lancashire and South Cumbria.    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) published its findings today (Friday 22 July) following a series of coordinated inspections which took place throughout March and...

A kidney patient in the care of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has reached the milestone of 30 years of dialysis treatment. Mahmood Jabbar, 71, is the Trust’s longest-standing dialysis patient, having started the life-sustaining treatment in 1991. Haemodialysis is a treatment to remove waste products and extra fluid from the...

Our next Carers’ Forum will take place next Wednesday 25th May at 2pm. This month we welcome our lead for health and wellbeing services, Lindsey Wharrie who will be providing a talk /presentation on health and wellbeing issues. Colin Bowman will also be providing us with an update from NCompass...

An unbroken marathon of life-saving service hit an amazing 10-year record today. Northwest Blood Bikes delivery of vital NHS supplies has continued round-the-clock for ten years regardless of appalling weather, snarled traffic and back-to-back pandemic lockdowns. Today’s stunning milestone means the riders have taken blood between hospitals across the...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity chosen as this year’s Charity of the Year by Arco Clothing Centre. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, staff at the Preston based centre have made an outstanding contribution to help support their customers and local charities that are close to their hearts. During lockdown, the company...

Did you know there are around 350 different careers in the NHS?  That means that there’s almost certainly a job with us that would be perfect for you or someone you know! Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest Trusts in the North West and we...

The NHS is anticipating an extremely busy weekend for our 999-emergency and 111-health advice services this Easter Bank Holiday weekend. To help ensure everyone who needs help gets the appropriate care, we want to encourage the public to use NHS 111 online, www.111.nhs.uk. The 111 online service offers patients quick...

Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th July marks the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha is the festival celebrated by Muslims around the world marking the end of the Hajj / Pilgrimage, which is the 5th pillar of Islam. The rituals of Hajj and Eid are in remembrance of the practices...

The Catering team have been working hard to establish a proven and secure method for producing halal food for our colleagues who practise the Muslim faith. The new menu launches today Monday 25th July, a taster session being held last Wednesday for a few colleagues. Imam Khalid Ibrahim and Imam...

Emma has an important message for those pregnant and have not been vaccinated for Covid-19 and the flu. Please protect yourself, your baby and your loved ones.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is celebrating after recently triumphing at the prestigious international ‘Learning Awards’. The Trust scooped gold in the ‘Innovation in Learning’ category for the impact it’s LIFE (Learning, Inspiration, Future, Employment) Centre has in educating young people on NHS careers and promoting a healthy lifestyle. The awards...

Being Outdoors is good for us, we all know that and mountain air is edifying. However, for one woman, a mountain climb resulted in meeting her partner and a surprise engagement again up a mountain 5 years later. The lonely goat who stood high on the hill in 2006 was Dennis Gaspar....

Children’s Illnesses – appropriate alternatives to A&E from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals on Vimeo. We are currently seeing an increasing number of children arrive in our Emergency Department at Royal Preston and the same is true of all surrounding hospitals.   For many this was not the best place for them...

Medical Director,Dr Gerry Skailes, pictured withChief Operating Officer, Faith Button. An innovative new video clinic suite has opened at Royal Preston Hospital.   Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has invested in the new facility after seeing a growth in popularity of video clinics among clinicians and patients since the...

A new book about Preston North End Football Club is taking the community by storm. North End Souls 2, which tells the story of 16 PNE greats, has been snapped up by around 1,000 people – that’s half of the available 2,000 copies sold in less than a month. Keith Harrison, Writer, Leader in...

The UK vaccination programme has now delivered over 27 million first doses, 6.1 million second jabs and more than 6,000 lives already have been saved. Take-up of the vaccine has been exceptionally strong; five out of six people in the first nine priority groups have already chosen to take up the offer. Today,...

A development to refurbish the Ribblesdale oncology ward at the Royal Preston Hospital is underway.  The Ribblesdale ward is the only inpatient oncology-specific ward in Lancashire & South Cumbria and supports patients with a wide range of clinical needs and end-of-life care. The 24-bed state-of-the-art ward will consist of shared and...

Recruitment has begun for a staff team to launch a new rehabilitation unit at Royal Preston Hospital. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals aims to fill 50 roles across various specialities including nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and support roles at the new unit, due to open later this year. There will be a mix...

We are investing £17.5 million to develop enhanced Ophthalmology and daycase facilities at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital. Work is now underway and a ground breaking event was held today (Thursday 15th October) to mark the start of the exciting development which is expected to open in October 2021. The new department...

Patient experience and carer experience of the Cancer Services provided by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHTR) is needed to help with service developments and improvements. The aim To understand how best to help and support patients and carers, Health Care Professionals need to know what patient and carer needs are....

Patients and special guests had chance to take a behind-the-scenes tour of Ulverston’s new centre for people being treated for kidney disease at its official opening.  Furness Renal Centre, in Sandside Road, Ulverston, brings haemodialysis treatment and outpatient clinic facilities closer to home for patients.  Haemodialysis is a treatment...

Claire Stephens (Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner) has reached the finals for the National Colorectal Cancer Nurses Network, The prestigious Gary Logue Awards. Nominated for the Bowel Cancer UK award by our colleague and lead cancer nurse  Anne Tomlinson, it is in recognition of the work that Claire  has done in...

We wish all our Hindu colleagues, friends and patients across Lancashire and Sourth Cumbria “May Lord Ganapati always be by your side in every test of your life. Happy Ganesh Chaturthi” Ganesh Chaturthi is being celebrated today, September 10. The ten-day festival is celebrated across the world with enthusiasm and fervour....

The drop-in blood clinics at Preston and Chorley hospitals are currently prioritising only clinically urgent tests for patients as a result of reduced staffing. These urgent clinics will be available between 8.30am and 12.30pm, Monday – Friday, from Wednesday 11th November. You should only attend one of these hospital clinics for...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the first hospitals in the country to receive the Covid-19 vaccine and we have now started to vaccinate the most vulnerable in our communities. The Trust has set up its vaccination hub in the Education Centre at Royal Preston Hospital. We...

Mask-wearing staff at​ hospitals in Preston and Chorley are being encouraged to wear photo-ID badges to help foster a stronger connection with their patients.  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has adopted the #AndILookLikeThis initiative to help break down the barrier that can be created by the use of masks.  Alison Cookson, Patient...

Generous staff at Barton Grange Landscapes have donated a Christmas tree to brighten up the Critical Care department for staff at Royal Preston Hospital this festive season. The company, based at Barton, near Preston, donates a Christmas tree to the department every year. This year, with visiting to the department...

This photo was taken in 2019's Cross Bay Walk Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity and neonatal and maternity charity Baby Beat are delighted to offer for the first time, a limited number of places for this year’s historic Cross Bay Walk. It will be the first public fundraising event both...

The first baby has been born at Chorley Birth Centre, following its official opening earlier this week. The baby daughter of Rachel and Richard Faris, who is yet to be named, was born on Wednesday 16th December at 06:12am. Both mum and baby are doing well. Janet Cotton, Divisional Midwifery...

Manchester-based company Posture Care has designed the new system, which makes it easier for COVID patients to breathe and sleep The unique four-cushion system helps nurses position patients in prone - a technique that sees patients lie on their front to improve the flow of oxygen-rich blood A new device...

All this week we’re celebrating National Apprenticeship Week 2021. As a teaching hospital, we pride ourselves on developing high quality education and training for all our apprentices – putting them on a path to long-term successful careers with us. During 2019/2020 – we recorded 265 apprenticeship starts and overall, retain approximately 90% of our apprentices....

A nurse from Royal Preston Hospital and her partner have raised more than £2,300 for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity after completing a daunting 24-hour virtual cycling challenge. Lizzie Coates and Aaron Denver, from Penwortham, pedalled 420 miles between them in a single round-the-clock effort in their garage from 10am last Saturday. During...

In a major milestone more than half a million patients in Lancashire and South Cumbria have now been vaccinated against coronavirus since December 2020. Vaccines are being delivered at hospital hubs, GP-led vaccination centres, Pharmacy-led vaccination centres, mass vaccination sites, care homes and to housebound residents across the area. The rollout...

Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Collaboration’s work in response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been recognised by The Duke of Cambridge. This comes after The Duke spoke over the phone with the Pathology Collaboration’s Associate Director of Transformation and Strategy, Gillian Crankshaw. Gillian informed The Duke about the...

Why do babies have their hearing tested at birth? 1 to 2 babies in every 1,000 are born with a hearing loss in one or both ears, 90% of whom are born into families with no history of hearing loss. The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) offers all parents in England the opportunity...

Building work is under way at the site of a new centre in Ulverston for people being treated for kidney disease, due to open in July. The new centre, on the former site of Sandside Lodge School in Sandside Road, will provide haemodialysis treatment and outpatient clinic facilities.  Haemodialysis is...

Photo by Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash Kidneys are vital to your overall health and World Kidney Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys and the suffering caused when they don’t work as well as they should do. You might wonder why your kidneys are vital...

Each year, Down Syndrome International invites everyone across the world to wear odd socks to support World Down Syndrome Day. The date is the 21st day of the 3rd month to signify the uniqueness of the triplication of the 21st chromosome which causes Down Syndrome.  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation...

Our Breast Service team is working extremely hard to maintain appointment availability, but unfortunately a high number of patients booked in are not attending their appointments. If you receive an appointment with us, we urge you to attend as this is very important for your health and wellbeing. However, if...

Residents in Lancashire and South Cumbria aged 75 and over, and those with weakened immune systems, are now able to book their own appointment for the new-style booster. This follows the rollout of the new variant-busting jab to care home residents and staff earlier this week. From Monday 12 September onwards, GPs,...

Shazia Hafiz, a Locum Breast Consultant, is pounding the pavement for a good cause on Sunday.  Shazia is raising funds for a doppler to be available in theatres for breast surgery in the Central Lancashire Breast Unit at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital.  With no funding available, Shazia has taken...

Anne Costich is celebrating her Golden wedding anniversary with a special present.  After living with diabetes for 50 years – being diagnosed the week of her nuptials in October 1972 - she has been awarded an Alan Nabarro medal.  A volunteer at Royal Preston Hospital for the last 15 years, after retiring from teaching,...

New Tree of Life blankets will be launched on the first day of Organ Donation Awareness Week. ICU staff nurse and clinical educator Emma Edmonds designed and arranged production of 30 beautiful blankets, that will be placed  on the beds of all consented organ donors. The hope is they will provide...

Parents and carers are being urged to bring their children forward for vital pre-school vaccines this World Immunisation Week (24-30 April). Data shows that around one in 10 children are unvaccinated and unprotected against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) by the time they start school in Lancashire and South Cumbria. The...

During #BabyLossAwarenessWeek, we took the opportunity to remember lives lost too soon.  Our Walk to Remember started the week in the autumn sun in Avenham Park, as memories of all-too-brief times shared were lovingly recalled.  Then our ED in Preston and Sharoe Green Unit was illuminated blue and pink to...

The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria is marking World Asthma Day this year by highlighting the help available to manage this common long-term health condition.   The global awareness day on Tuesday 2 May is an opportunity to educate children and young people about the symptoms and triggers of asthma and...

Nurses at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust were recognised for their efforts in supporting student nurses last week, at an event to celebrate one of this year’s cohort of nurses who completed the Learning Mentor Apprenticeship.   The programme, which was set up in 2019 following feedback from students and new...

As we mark Organ Donation Awareness Week, Keith Astbury discusses the importance of donation, five years after his daughter Pippa gave the gift of life. Pippa suffered a sudden brain haemorrhage in 2018, and surgeons at Royal Preston Hospital were, unfortunately, unable to save her. Unbeknown to her family, Pippa’s...

February is LGBT History Month and as part of our ongoing commemorations of the event, we are taking a look at the different sexual identities. Asexuality Asexual people do not experience sexual attraction. They may experience other forms of attraction (such as romantic attraction), but this does not lead to...

People struggling to manage their money this Christmas have been urged to reach out by health leaders in Lancashire and South Cumbria. The festive period can be stressful for families at the best of times, but potentially even more so this year with the rising cost of living. People often...

Free parking for patients over the festive Bank Holidays We are pleased to confirm that Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be offering free parking to all patients and visitors at both Royal Preston Hospital, and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, over the upcoming festive Bank Holidays. These dates...

The British Medical Association (BMA) have announced junior doctors will take strike action from 7am on Saturday 24 February until 23:59pm on Wednesday 28 February. What’s happening? We have now seen over a year of industrial action across the NHS and staff continue to work hard to provide patients with the...

We would like to remind everyone that the Annual Members' Meeting will be held this evening between 6:00pm and 7:30pm. Due to Covid-19 restrictions in place within a NHS setting, we took the decision to once again hold this year’s Annual Members’ Meeting virtually. Of course, whilst it is...

We are pleased to confirm that the Winter 2022-23 edition of Trust Matters is now available online here.    The latest edition includes a welcome message from Paul O’Neill, Non-Executive Director and Acting Chair of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, all the latest news, events and awards, service developments –...

The last remaining mass COVID-19 vaccination sites in Lancashire and South Cumbria will close later this month. The centres at St John’s Shopping Centre in Preston, Barbara Castle Way in Blackburn and Charter Walk Shopping Centre in Burnley will close on 23 December. The three sites are the last remaining...

Today, colleagues across Lancashire Teaching Hospitals celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first Windrush arrivals, whose history is forever intertwined with the NHS. On June 22 1948, the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, Essex, just a couple of weeks before the NHS came into being on July 5. The ship carried 492 passengers...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is delighted to confirm the appointment of Silas Nicholls as its next substantive Chief Executive. The appointment comes after a thorough recruitment process involving multiple stakeholders from across the Trust and the wider health and care system at both local and regional level. Silas will succeed Kevin...

Health services in Lancashire and South Cumbria will prioritise emergency and life-saving care during the latest round of industrial action. The local NHS is expecting to be under significant pressure this week and people living in the area have been warned that routine care will face disruption. The three-day strike...

This week we are marking Infection Prevention and Control week with a daily item on a specific subject. Dr W Khan, Consultant Cardiologist, introduces today’s topic. The simple yet complicated Aseptic Non Touch Technique or ANTT. Aseptic technique is a clinical practice aimed to protect patients from contamination or...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ Sterile Services department passed a recent ISO external audit with flying colours. The audit revealed no major or minor non-conformities - deviations from specifications, standards, or expectations - marking an excellent result for the Trust. An ISO audit is an audit of your organisation's compliance with the...

Spending the festive season in hospital is something we all hope to avoid.  After another challenging year, we all want to stay healthy and at home with our loved ones.  However not everyone is so lucky, and many people will be in hospital over the Christmas period. That’s why...

  Trade unions representing some NHS staff are in dispute with the Government over the 2022/23 pay award. A number of the unions have balloted their NHS members to take part in industrial action. As a result, the BMA and HCSA have announced further junior doctors strikes running from 06:59 on Tuesday 11 April...

Free parking will be available to all patients and visitors over the festive period as follows December 25th 26th 27th and on the 1st & 2nd of January 2023 a blanket immunity will be in place covering these dates. Keep safe and have a great Festive Period.

Its International Infection Prevention and Control Week this week and today we need to talk stools. The Clostridioides difficile procedure has been updated in line with National Guidance and now all patients with Bristol stool type 5, 6 or 7 must be risk assessed. This change has been facilitated by the introduction of...

On Wednesday 26 October 2022, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust opened their new virtual reality suite, located in Education Centre Two at Royal Preston Hospital. It comes at a cost of just under £300,000, from a grant provided by Health Education England. The interactive and immersive rooms allow learners to train in...

Art Competition - Local schools invited to tell us which environmental issues matter most Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is hosting a special art competition aimed at finding out more about the environmental issues that most to the young people of Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust is hosting a sustainability themed...

Lancashire Teaching Hospital Charity is excited to share its BRAND-NEW challenge event for 2023! Do you fancy the opportunity to abseil down the historic Peel Tower monument in Bury, descending a drop of 128ft to raise funds for the young patients treated at our hospitals? Join us on Saturday 25th March...

The Care Quality Commission are inspecting our Maternity Services across both Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals. The CQC would welcome feedback from patients / people who have given birth, or used our Maternity Services, from October 2021 up until 31 December 2022. You can use this link to tell CQC about...

You can find out at Royal Preston Hospital on Thursday 26th January, and help join us in saving lives.   The NHS Blood and Transplant service will be here by the main lifts on the ground floor, between 10-30am and 2-30pm.   People can drop by to register as a...

Our SAFE Centre is a remarkable place, the first purpose-built facility in the United Kingdom. Its celebrating 20 years of providing incredible care to those in need of the services it provides 24 hours per day. “Last year I was in a very different place, but after your support,  today I'm in...

The Lancashire SAFE (Sexual Assault Forensic Examination) Centre at Royal Preston Hospital provides forensic examinations, advice and comprehensive support services for people of all ages who make a complaint of rape or sexual assault. Granada Reports will be airing a news report about the Centre tonight at 6:30pm! The Centre...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at both Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals. On Thursday, 8th December, at Chorley, Janet Miller, Public Governor at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation, switched on the festive lights at the Euxton Lane entrance. Chaplain Simon Gilbertson gave a Christmas...

Hannah Miller will celebrate her birthday today at Ribby Hall, surrounded by her family - five-month old baby daughter Elsie, son Charlie and husband Nathan.  Rather aptly, Hannah shares her special day with World Prematurity Day, given Elsie came into the world eight weeks early in June.  Back then, Hannah...

Members of the public are invited to attend the first Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB). Integrated Care Boards were first established in July 2022 and replaced Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs). The ICB is a statutory NHS organisation which is responsible for...

Baby Beat have benefited from the good behaviour of Broughton High School pupils. Last term, the Woodplumpton Lane school raised money for their chosen charity Baby Beat - pupils there are rewarded with points for their good manners and politeness, generosity and kindness and various other awards. These points are...

Last week saw the exciting start to a new service for children based at Chorley District General Hospital. After many months of planning, everything was ready for the first “children’s surgery day” with children being admitted to Rawcliffe Ward for day surgery procedures. The ward became a “pop up”...

The Cause of Death series on Channel 5 has shone a light on real life coronial investigations, going behind the scenes as medical mysteries are solved. Among those helping solve those mysteries are certain professionals within the NHS, whose roles may be less well known to the public. Indeed, some areas...

The chapels at both Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and District Hospital held short services simultaneously for Ash Wednesday on 22nd February. The services were a wonderful success, with people from many different staff groups in attendance. It was a lovely time together to mark the start of Lent, which...

Vaccinations  Health chiefs in the North West have urged people to grab a vaccine boost to protect themselves from COVID-19 and flu amid continuing high infection rates and hospital admissions.  Hundreds of sites across the region, including general practices, pharmacies and hospital hubs, are continuing to offer first, second and...

The most vulnerable residents in Lancashire and South Cumbria are now able to get their COVID-19 spring booster. Eligible people across the region can book an appointment to have the jab or attend a walk-in centre without waiting to be invited by the NHS.   Some care home residents have been...

Black History Month takes place during October, with this year’s theme “Time for Change: Action Not Words".  There are a lot of NHS organised events and meetings online to get involved in,, most of which are detailed here: https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/black-history-month-2022  Black History Month events across...

Nursing has been a life's work for Jacquie Marlow. From starting as a student nurse at Royal Preston Hospital in 1987, before qualifying three years later, Jacquie's devotion to the job has taken in 36 years of caring for the community, and she is now set for a well-earned retirement. One of...

NHS Blood and Transplant has launched a campaign to encourage more people of Black heritage to come forward and donate blood. The campaign is coinciding with Black History Month and is partly in response to a growing need for blood donations to treat sickle cell disease. Please find attached a...

For parents / guardians / carers / teachers What and when? North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust is holding an online session on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for babies and children as it is given differently to adults. You can join in and learn to be a lifesaver – all you need is a cushion,...

Chief Executive Kevin McGee witnessed first hand one of Ward 21’s rapid five-minute improvement huddles on Wednesday.  Ward 21 have established daily huddles, focused on making improvements for their patients and staff, looking at ward data and agreeing aims and specific objectives.  The idea has already seen improvements in missed medications...

Come rain or shine, Marian Orford has been a familiar face at the COVID vaccination centre at St Johns Centre in the middle of Preston The hub, which is due to close on December 23rd, has played a pivotal role in Lancashire's mass vaccination roll-out. Volunteer Marian this week marked...

Residents of Lancashire and South Cumbria will be able to book their spring COVID-19 booster this week. The NHS has kicked off the next phase of its vaccination programme with a spring campaign to protect the most vulnerable, starting in care homes.  Those living in care homes are being prioritised...

Today is World Diabetes Day, with Diabetes UK looking for help to #RewriteTheStory Being diagnosed early is so important for all types of diabetes - it can save lives, prevent a medical emergency and reduce the risk of life-changing complications later. Diabetes UK want to make sure everyone knows the...

We urgently need people to give blood, with red cell stocks lower than we would want.  In addition, group A platelets are vulnerable to peaks in demand or drops in collection. We are currently able to supply to orders, with some need for substitution, and will remain at pre-Amber alert...

It is awards season, and our colleagues have been celebrating quite possibly the best return the Lancashire Procurement Cluster have ever had at an awards night.  HETT Awards In the HETT Awards, we toast an absolutely incredible win for the Logistics and Supply Chain pillar, who picked up yet another...

To mark International HPV Awareness Day, we chatted with Rebecca Jopson, a Therapeutic Radiographer at the Rosemere Cancer Centre, and who sits on the board of the HPV Alliance, to find out more about Human Papillomavirus. Rebecca, you are a Therapeutic Radiographer and work at the Rosemere Cancer Centre at...

Throughout the pandemic, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals have kept their visitor policies under regular review to get the right balance between patient safety and flexibility for patients and their families. In response to a more stable Covid-19 position at both Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals and a reduction...

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...

A leading Lancashire and South Cumbria-based respiratory consultant has advised people with respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma to be extra vigilant this winter and ‘protect their lungs’. Professor Mohammed Munavvar, who works at Royal Preston Hospital as a consultant chest physician, has seen an...

Local health experts are asking parents and carers to be aware of the signs of respiratory illnesses in children as temperatures drop. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common virus that causes coughs and colds in winter and is the most common cause of bronchiolitis (a common chest infection) in...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust got into the Christmas spirit yesterday as both Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital hosted their Christmas lights switch on and carol services. Reverend Martin McDonald held a service in the chapel at RPH, backed by the Fulwood Methodist Community Choir,...

With Christmas just around the corner, health professionals in Lancashire and South Cumbria are urging people to stock up their medicine cabinets and order repeat prescriptions in good time. Most GP practices and pharmacies will be closed or have limited opening hours over the Christmas and New Year bank holidays,...

As the documentary Cause of Death rounds off its second series, the show would not be complete without highlighting the role of Medical Examiner Officers (MEOS) – who act as the voice of the deceased and bereaved. MEOS are involved in numerous stages of the process after death, from talking to...

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded with a Green Status award for their work in creating a home from home environment for families whose babies need a little extra care following birth. The award is part of the Family Integrated...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomed the Cisco Connected Santa experience for a second year running on Thursdaylast week, bringing some Christmas magic to the Children’s Ward at Royal Preston Hospital. As part of their initiative to give back to communities, Cisco hosts Connected Santa, an employee-led programme...

The results of the annual NHS Staff Survey have now been announced, and despite challenging circumstances, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is pleased to be one of only three Trusts in the North West to have increased our overall staff satisfaction score. The Staff Survey is the largest of its...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust celebrated RCN Nursing Support Workers’ Day for the first time last month, recognising the fantastic work this set of colleagues do to support excellent patient care. Nursing Support Workers are the bedrock of our wards, clinics and community teams, and encompass hundreds of different...

This National Careers Week, the 'We Are the NHS' campaign is highlighting the inspiring stories of senior South Asian staff and the exciting and varied nursing roles available across the NHS. When Asha Day’s younger siblings were born prematurely, she knew she had to step up to help her...

Two Lancashire Teaching Hospitals colleagues will make the journey north to Cumbria next month, hoping to recruit new knitters for the Little Yellow Duck Project. Jennifer Barlow, Transplant Nurse Practitioner [RNA], and Lyndsey Rushton Clinical Nurse Specialist [RNA] are to attend the Women’s Institute annual council meeting on April 3...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating after both Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital were named as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider, after successfully completing a national programme of local data audits. The NJR monitors the performance of hip, knee, ankle, elbow...

The British Medical Association (BMA) have announced junior doctors and dental trainees will take strike action 7am on Wednesday 3 January until 7am on Tuesday 9 January have also been announced.  Members of the public are asked to be mindful of the strikes when considering which health services they need to use...

Chorley & South Ribble Hospital is one of eight surgical hubs to be awarded accreditation as part of a pilot scheme to ensure the highest standards in clinical and operational practice. The scheme, run by NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme in collaboration with the Royal College...

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...

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...

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...

A Lancashire Teaching Hospitals colleague has earned an Allied Health Professional (AHP) Support Workforce Recognition Award for spreading the word about career opportunities within the Trust. Student Occupational Therapist, Sophie McLean, was recognised by the Allied Health Professions Faculty for Lancashire and South Cumbria for “speaking confidently at a national...

The first post-pandemic Preston Health Mela event was held on Saturday – a fun-packed focus on ways to maintain health and wellbeing. Hosted by UCLan in the Foster Building, with a wide range of exhibitors, Trust Staff governor Piotr Spadlo and Public Governors Janet Miller and Margaret France were in attendance,...

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...

Following our appeal via social media and radio appeal on BBC Radio Lancashire from our patient experience & involvement lead Alison Cookson we have had lots of donations of lovely knitted, sewn and crocheted hearts arrive at the hospital. These hearts are used for our connected hearts campaign, during a time...

We’re seeing an increase in severe respiratory illness in children as restrictions ease and people mix more, with cases higher than usual for this time of year and further increases expected over winter months. Parents are encouraged to look out for symptoms of severe respiratory infection in at-risk children,...

A replacement robotic system is being installed in the Pharmacy departments at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to help both Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital speed up prescription processing to get medication to patients, faster. The update to the Royal Preston Hospital’s Pharmacy department...

Thousands of people were in hospital with winter viruses last week, including over 940 patients with flu, as staff contended with significant winter pressure on top of the impact of industrial action. The latest figures for the week to Christmas Eve show there were an average of 942 patients with flu in...

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...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has emphasised their commitment to listening to the views of patients and acting on their feedback, following a recent engagement event with Healthwatch Lancashire.  The event, which was held at Royal Preston Hospital, saw Healthwatch and Trust colleagues speak to patients about their visit, including positive aspects...

Preston North End Football Club put a smile on the faces of those on the Children’s Ward at Royal Preston Hospital earlier this week, on their annual visit to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals to visit children in hospital over Christmas. Armed with toys, selection boxes and calendars, provided by the...

A kidney transplant patient has raised over £2,000 for Lancashire Teaching Hospital’s renal centre to thank them for saving his life after he was diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease five years ago. Stephen Heavyside, from Barrow in Furness, cycled over 500km across Thailand in November 2022 to thank the team at...

A special opening event took place for a new centre in Blackburn for people with kidney disease, named in honour of a doctor who recently celebrated 50 years with the NHS.   The Laurie Solomon Renal Centre has been opened by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as part of a programme of...

Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day across the Trust, a day to mark women’s achievements, raise awareness of discrimination, take action to drive gender parity and embrace equality across the globe. As part of our celebrations, we’ll be chatting to various directors and divisional directors across...

Residents of Lancashire and South Cumbria are being encouraged to come forward for their COVID-19 booster before the programme ends next month. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that, thanks to the success of the vaccine programme, the offer of an initial booster dose should end...

As many as 100,000 patients on waiting lists in Lancashire and South Cumbria could be contacted by the end of March 2023 and asked about their medical condition. Since April, 25,000 patients have been contacted by Chatbot, an automated call system, which guides patients through a series of questions designed by NHS consultants...

Last May, we launched our 25th Anniversary Guiding Light Appeal to bring Surface Guided Radiotherapy Treatment to the Rosemere Cancer Centre here at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. At a cost of £1.3 million, the cutting-edge kit will revolutionise radiotherapy treatment for thousands of patients from across Lancashire and the...

If you have or are at risk of Type 2 diabetes and are struggling to keep your new year’s resolution to lose some weight, the NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria may be able to help. Type 2 diabetes is largely preventable, and people can significantly reduce their risk simply by...

The Upper Gastro Intestinal (UGI) team have now launched their new Pancreatic Rapid Diagnostic Service (RDS) pathway at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. This is in line with the NHSE Long Term Plan to provide a personal, accurate and fast diagnosis service with excellent patient experience. This new pathway was constructed over...

Thanks to generous funding from NHS Charities Together, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity has been able to add the finishing touches to newly renovated junior doctors’ rest areas. The smart TVs, provided through a grant from NHS Charities Together and Starbucks, complete the fresh-look area to allow doctors the space to...

On Monday 22nd March the Gastroenterology team launched their new Non-Symptom Specific Rapid Diagnostic Centre (RDC) at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (LTH) in line with NHSE Long Term Plan to provide a personal, accurate and faster diagnosis service, with excellent patient experience. The Gastroenterology and Cancer Services teams have been working...

From ward rounds to making waves, a team of 12 staff from Rosemere Cancer Centre’s in-patient Ribblesdale Ward (pictured) is to take part in this year’s Rosemere Cancer Foundation Cross Bay Walk across Morecambe Bay to raise funds for the charity. Some will be joined by family and friends...

Dental Therapist Sarah Hartigan, who works in Special Care Dentistry and Restorative Dentistry with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has co-written a chapter in a new book on the Care of Head and Neck Cancer Patients for Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists.  Editor Jocelyn J. Harding has compiled the...

The Trust marked Holocaust Memorial Day with a moment of solidarity, as Martin McDonald, Head of Pastoral Care Services, and Ailsa Brotherton, Director of Continuous Improvement, lit candles in the Chapel at Royal Preston.  Holocaust Memorial Day is marked to remember the six million Jewish people murdered during the Holocaust,...

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...

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,...

Royal Preston Hospital has received a large donation of Easter eggs for its paediatric unit as a part of a donation from five star builder Barratt Homes. The hospital, which is close to the housebuilder’s developments Bowland Meadow and Highgate Park in Preston, was delighted to receive the donation....

The NHS is calling on those who are eligible to book their cervical screening appointments when invited to do so. The call comes as cervical cancer charity, Jo’s Trust, launches its annual Cervical Cancer Prevention Week (23-29 Jan 2023) to raise awareness of cervical cancer and to drive uptake in...

World Purple Day is an international day of awareness held annually on March 26th to show support for anyone living with epilepsy. The day was founded in 2008 by Cassidy Megan, a young girl from Canada, who has epilepsy and wanted to start a conversation to dispel myths and to assure...

Patient experience at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ Gynaecology department is set to improve as the Trust’s Charity provides funds for an ultrasound bladder scanner. The new scanner will be used to determine the amount of urine present in a patient’s bladder. It will look for the amount of urine...

Training for international nurses has relocated to a temporary new home in the heart of Preston thanks to a new partnership between Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the city’s Cotton Court Business Centre.  Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is part of the Global Learners Programme, which prepares nurses from...

To celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on Sunday 21st March, we wanted to highlight the positive work of our Work Familiarisation programme which the Widening Participation Team has been running for several years. At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals we are proud to support students with learning difficulties by offering them opportunities...

Veteran Gregg Stevenson is hoping to make the plane for the 2024 Paralympics in Paris, having been helped along the way by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Specialist Mobility Rehabilitation Centre. Gregg, from Foulridge, near Burnley, was seriously wounded in Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2009, losing both legs, his...

Neonatal and maternity charity, Baby Beat, has been chosen as this year’s Charity of the Year by Preston’s Nationwide Building Society branch.  Staff at the branch will be supporting with raffles, collections and challenges throughout the year.  Based at Sharoe Green Maternity Unit at the Royal Preston Hospital,...

Neonatal and maternity charity Baby Beat, with the support of local shops and supermarkets, celebrated new mums and their babies being cared for at Lancashire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this Mother’s Day. In a year filled with sadness and families spending much time apart, this Mother’s Day will...

A multi-million pound project to significantly expand and refurbish the existing Critical Care Unit at the Royal Preston Hospital has now been completed. Phases one and two of the four-phase project were completed several months ahead of schedule and opened to patients last summer; featuring state-of-the-art facilities, including six isolation...

The UK’s largest nurse-led stroke research team has been awarded prestigious funding to investigate end-of-life care for stroke patients. The University of Central Lancashire’s (UCLan) Dr Clare Thetford and Professor Liz Lightbody will lead the team, in collaboration with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTHTR) and institutions...

The Kidney Choices team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are delighted to announce a brand-new venue for their Kidney Choices event in March, which will provide education and support to patients with kidney function below 20%. The new venue, located at the Civic Centre in Leyland, will allow more patients...

Health care colleagues working in the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System have volunteered to be one of the first of a small number of areas in the country to formally ‘accelerate’ the restoration of services. Being part of this ambitious Government initiative is great news for patients in...

Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day across the Trust, a day to mark women’s achievements, raise awareness of discrimination, take action to drive gender parity and embrace equality across the globe. As part of our celebrations, we’ll be chatting to various directors and divisional directors across...

Today we are celebrating International Women’s Day across the Trust, a day to mark women’s achievements, raise awareness of discrimination, take action to drive gender parity and embrace equality across the globe. As part of our celebrations, we’ll be chatting to various directors and divisional directors across...

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...

Thousands of people in Lancashire and South Cumbria who have been sent a lifesaving bowel cancer home testing kit are being encouraged to use it and return it. A new NHS campaign aims to increase uptake of the home testing kit to ensure more people are diagnosed with bowel cancer...

A Consultant Clinical Scientist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals was a proud guest at the House of Lords last week, after being made an honorary fellow of the Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS). Rob Shorten, who started his career in healthcare science as a Biomedical Scientist, was nominated by one of...

The 40-day season of Lent – not counting Sundays – represents Christ’s time of temptation in the wilderness, where he fasted and was tempted by the Devil. Lent asks believers to set aside a time each year for similar fasting, marking a season of focus on Christ’s life, ministry sacrifice...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched a new Patient Experience and Involvement Strategy which will help transform care for patients across Lancashire and South Cumbria. An extensive consultation was undertaken with patients and their families last year to try and understand what colleagues and departments at the Trust...

An official opening event was held at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust on Friday morning, 24th February, to celebrate the completion of the refurbishment of the Muslim prayer room at Royal Preston Hospital. The Chaplaincy department were delighted to welcome Executive colleagues from the Trust to showcase the new room,...

Dr Pierre Martin-Hirsch, Director of Research and Innovation and Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, is celebrating remarkable success on two fronts. In collaboration with the International Agency of Research Against Cancer (IARC), a specialised agency of the World Health Organisation, Dr Martin-Hirsch, along with fellow local specialist Professor...

A Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Psychologist swapped his day job to risk his life searching for survivors in Tϋrkiye last week after a devastating earthquake killed thousands.  By day Jay McNeil is a Principal Psychologist who works in Oncology, Burns, Plastics and Dermatology but in his spare time, he is...

A Consultant Nurse at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised for her work in growing the British Indian Nurses Association (BINA) at the recent RCN awards, helping to provide pastoral support for international nurses.  Anu Thomas, Consultant Nurse and Clinical Lead for Stroke at the Trust, celebrated...

At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals we want all our colleagues to be able to bring their true self to work, and we embrace each individual whatever their preferences.    As the Trust continues to mark LGBT+ History Month during February - supporting the month-long observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history...

Residents of more than 100 care homes in Preston and Chorley have been given instant access to healthcare thanks to a new project by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.   The trust has been able to prevent a large number of avoidable hospital admissions since the launch of its new ‘Digital...

People living in Lancashire and South Cumbria who are eligible for a COVID-19 autumn booster vaccine and are yet to get it are urged to book now. The NHS vaccination programme will have appointments available at sites across the region next week, giving everyone the opportunity to book a booster...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals will be marking World Cancer Day today (4 February, 2023), a positive annual global movement to help unite people in support of the ongoing work to tackle cancer. We live in a time of awe-inspiring advancements in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment, and as the leading cancer centre for...

Dr Shiva Tripathi has received the title of Honorary Clinical Professor within the Lancashire Applied Health Research Collaboration Hub (LARCH) at The University of Central Lancashire. This comes hard on the heels of a similar appointment for Dr Alison Birtle and the 2020 NHS Healthcare Science Lifetime Achievement award to Dr...

This February the Trust will be marking LGBT+ History Month to show support of the month-long observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history and the history of gay rights and related civil rights movements. At Lancashire Teaching Hospitals we want all of our colleagues to be able to bring...

The NHS Blood and Transplant service were at Royal Preston Hospital on Thursday 26th January by the main lifts on the ground floor, for a special blood donation drop-in event.  And the event, which went on for four hours, proved extremely successful. On the day, there were 59 new donors registered,...

A refurbished ward has opened its doors to welcome older adult female patients. Skylark Ward, based at Royal Preston Hospital but run by staff from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft), was officially opened by CEO Chris Oliver on Monday (February 6th) at a special ceremony attended by...

A Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Consultant was last week formally announced as President-elect of the Intensive Care Society, whose role is to ensure delivery of the highest quality of critical care to patients across the UK. Shondipon Laha, who works as a Consultant Intensivist and Anaesthetist at the...

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...

Channel 5 documentary series Cause of Death, featuring several departments across Royal Preston Hospital, has been long-listed in the National Television Awards for Best Factual. The Candour Productions series, which aired in October and November last year, was also filmed alongside the Coroner’s Office and Lancashire Police, following real life...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ CES Big Room are currently leading nationally in co-designing a framework for clinical care structured pathway across our integrated care system with key stakeholders. Cauda equina syndrome (CES), is a spinal condition which can lead to paralysis and incontinence, requiring timely diagnosis and management – there remains significant...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Governors Piotr Spadlo and Janet Miller both attended the Governor Focus Conference at the Kia Oval in London on Tuesday 23 May. Both had a brilliant day, at the famous old Test cricket venue in Kennington, Lambeth – which also hosted England's first international football match and the first...

This year marks the 39th year of Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June), when Lancashire Teaching Hospitals will join thousands of charities and voluntary organisations recognising the contribution volunteers make across the UK. With this year’s theme of ‘Celebrate and Inspire’, we hope to encourage people to be the change that...

Members of NHS Property Services volunteered their time to help prepare for the grand opening of the new Age UK Lancashire Charity Shop in Burnley. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trusts have come together with Age UK Lancashire to help promote Healthy Living and a...

My name is Chris and I have been volunteering at Royal Preston Hospital now for over a decade and still find it fulfilling. I retired from an engineering role at BAe Systems in 2011. After about 6 months getting under my wife’s feet, she reminded me that I’d told everyone...

Our fabulous Baby Beat volunteers were named the UCLan Community Team of the Year 2023 in May, at the Community Leadership & Volunteering Awards ceremony at the University’s Foster Building in Preston. Organized by the UCLan Centre for Volunteering and Leadership, the annual awards highlighted the efforts of those who donate...

This April we marked the 10th anniversary of the Macmillan Information Centre at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, which supports patients across Lancashire and South Cumbria with a range of issues including financial advice and emotional support. On the occasion, colleagues and patients joined together at the hub in the Rosemere Centre...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has become the first centre in the UK – and the third in Europe – to utilise the cutting-edge LungVision Bronchoscopic Navigation System at Royal Preston Hospital. The technology has been available for little over a year, with the Trust’s Consultant Respiratory Physician and Interventional...

On Thursday, the first day of Volunteers Week, Macmillan Cancer Support held their Thanks to You Awards, with Calum Reid, from the Trust’s Macmillan Centre, one of 36 finalists across six categories. Calum was nominated for the With Ambition category, and while that ultimately went to Bridport’s Jo Millar,...

Dads-to-be in Lancashire and South Cumbria are set to benefit from the DadPad app - an easy-to-use resource, developed with the NHS, to provide support and guidance. The DadPad app is a useful resource before baby arrives and after baby is born, and is designed to be used as a...

A specialist Health Day event for people living with learning disabilities or autism has been set up at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, giving patients the opportunity to feel more comfortable ahead of their appointments. ‘Our Health Day’, which has been set up by the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Learning Disabilities...

There is no substitute for experience, and Lancashire Teaching Hospital’s Major Incident (MAJAX) simulation days at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital – the first such events in the North West – will be of huge benefit for organisational learning at the Trust and for Emergency Medicine trainees across the region. Organised...

Thanks to a successful application from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity, the amazing patients and staff of Ward 8 at Royal Preston Hospital are among 600 lucky recipients worldwide of a special LEGO MRI scanner. The charity submitted an application to receive one of the sets, designed to help children cope with MRI...

Five initiatives across Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have been shortlisted for awards in this year’s HSJ Patient Safety Awards, which recognises safety, culture and positive experience in patient care, celebrating its worthy finalists on a national scale. A record-breaking 515 entries were received for the Awards, with 209 organisations, projects...

On Tuesday 27 June we will host our first of many digital pop-up clinics from AGE UK, at Chorley in the ATC entrance. AGE UK have been granted funding for this wonderful project, to support patients and families from age 18, who feel excluded through digital technology. This scheme will cover a...

A new Regional Hyper-Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) was opened at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals last week, bringing experts and equipment under one roof to help reduce death rates in stroke patients. The new unit, based at Royal Preston Hospital, is led by stroke specialist consultants, supported by a multidisciplinary team including...

A specialist Health Day event for people with a learning disability or autism has been held at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital to help patients feel less anxious ahead of their hospital appointment. ‘Our Health Day’ was set up by the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Learning Disabilities team to make it...

Vanita Brookes, Retired Consultant in Special Care Dentistry with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (LTH), was awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List for services to improving the oral health of patients with disabilities. In 2008, LTH became the first Trust in the North of England to employ a consultant...

We are working with specialist transport consultants Mott Macdonald to create a new travel plan for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals - and we need your views on travelling to and from our hospitals. We are launching our patient and visitor travel survey, so you can share your feedback on travel, parking...

We are now in week five of the six weeks of Lent, which asks believers to set aside a time each year for fasting, representing Christ’s time of temptation in the wilderness, as we focus on his life, ministry, sacrifice and resurrection. Each week we have asked a colleague...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals hosted a Maternity Conference 2023 on Thursday, 15 June in Education Centre 1 at Royal Preston Hospital, with a number of lectures from key speakers. The conference, which took place over seven hours, was about coming together to learn, inspire and improve our maternity services, with poster presentations showcasing the...

Gemma Abbott, a staff nurse in the Neurosurgery Unit at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, was a double winner at the Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS apprenticeship awards at the Imperial Banqueting Suite in Preston last month. The event recognised the outstanding contribution and achievements apprentices from the area have made over...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals hosted a two-day workshop earlier this month with the NHS England and Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Core20PLUS5 accelerator sites, focusing on reducing healthcare inequalities in our communities. The international IHI team and colleagues from the National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme at NHS England joined the...

Today (25 May 2023) the Government has announced a record investment of more than £20 billion, ring-fenced for the next phase of the national New Hospital Programme, which brings proposals for new cutting-edge hospital facilities for Lancashire and South Cumbria a step closer. In September 2022, the NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria stated...

Today the Trust is marking World Autism Awareness Day, which is held on 2 April every year and concludes the annual World Autism Acceptance Week which began on 27 March. Every year, World Autism Awareness Day focuses on sharing stories and providing opportunities to increase awareness and understanding of autism, fostering worldwide...

Wednesday (12th April 2023) marked the 10th anniversary of the Macmillan Information Centre at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, which supports patients across Lancashire and South Cumbria with a range of issues including financial advice and emotional support. To mark the occasion, colleagues and patients joined together at the hub in the Rosemere...

Professor Mike Thomas, chair of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, has been ratified as the new Chair of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative Board (PCB). He takes over from David Flory, chair of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB), who has stepped...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals staff received an early present this week ahead of the NHS’ 75th birthday, with the reopening of Charters Restaurant at Royal Preston Hospital. The major makeover was made possible by funds from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity and NHS Charities Together, and following an extensive refurbishment, the ribbon...

April is Stress Awareness Month and the NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria is reminding people how they can recognise the signs of stress and highlighting support that is available. Stress can easily and very quickly become too hard to manage and cause harm to your physical and mental wellbeing....

After completing the London Landmarks Half Marathon at the start of April, Type 1 diabetic Ben Hudson has thanked the diabetic team at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital for their help and support. Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes when he was just eight years old, and now aged 30, Ben took to the...

With hay fever season upon us, it’s important to know how to manage your symptoms and where to seek advice. As the weather warms up this spring, many of us are looking forward to spending more time outdoors. However, for those with hay fever, spring and summer can be...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trusts Research and Development team received the one to watch award at the Medilink Healthcare Business Awards 2023 in Manchester last month for their work in partnership with Liopa, a technology company providing Visual Speech Recognition software. The award, which was presented at the Lowry Hotel, recognised...

The Orange Button Community Scheme in Lancashire and South Cumbria has achieved a significant milestone having signed up 2,500 members. The suicide prevention scheme, which launched in September 2020, sees Orange Button ‘wearers’ train to be able to listen to and support people who are struggling and are having thoughts of suicide,...

Major trauma patients at Royal Preston Hospital will continue to be supported by voluntary non-clinical service Headway Central Lancashire for the next four years after the local charity received £170,000 in National Lottery Funding. The Major Trauma Patients Support Service began in 2020 and has so far helped 6,470 patients and their families...

The expansion of the Clinical Health Psychology Service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was launched last week with a ribbon-cutting event attended by Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Member of Parliament for Chorley and Speaker of the House of Commons. Sir Lindsay was invited to formally launch the expansion, with...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised for its commitment to making a positive impact with local communities across Lancashire and South Cumbria after being awarded Level 1 Social Value Quality Mark accreditation. As part of the accreditation, the Trust has made several pledges to promote employment, training and...

Six Lancashire Teaching Hospitals apprentices have been shortlisted for the Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Health & Social Care Apprenticeship Awards 2023, along with the Trust itself.  Nominations for the 11 award categories were open to organisations, training providers, or apprentices themselves, with all nominees working towards, or having completed in the last 12 months,...

In the past 30 days, Muslim colleagues across the Trust took part in observing the holy month of Ramadan. This meant colleagues would fast throughout the day whilst seeking closeness to Allah (God). As Ramadan concludes it marks a time for celebration and enjoyment known as Eid-ul-Fitr. Eid brings together families...

Colleagues across Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust took part in an annual ‘Fast for a Day’ challenge this week – set up to provide support and encouragement for Muslim colleagues who are observing the month of Ramadan. The challenge, which sees colleagues fast from sunrise to sunset, was set up by...

May is Stroke Awareness Month in the UK, raising awareness of the symptoms and the importance of acting quickly when you spot one of the signs. Stroke is one of the leading causes of adult disability in the UK, and two-thirds of people who survive find themselves living with a...

The fabulous Baby Beat volunteers won the UCLan Community Team of the Year 2023 award on Wednesday night at the Community Leadership & Volunteering Awards ceremony at the University’s Foster Building in Preston. Organized by the UCLan Centre for Volunteering and Leadership, the annual awards highlighted the efforts of those who...

Patients being discharged from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust are benefitting from enhanced welfare support and a more streamlined service, thanks to a pilot scheme in partnership with Age UK Lancashire. The scheme, which is one of the first in the UK, was set up earlier this year and is...

The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Learning Disabilities team will be hosting a fantastic interactive event for people with living with a learning disability or autism on Tuesday 20th June. The ‘Our Health Day’ event will take place at Chorley and South Ribble District Hospital from 10am – 1pm on 20th June in...

People living across Lancashire and South Cumbria have been encouraged not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions if they are due in the next few days ahead of the Easter break and the following days of industrial action which will see significant pressure on the NHS. As...

Last night (Friday 19 May) we celebrated ‘Our People Awards’, the annual recognition programme which celebrates all the fantastic work that happens here at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and the amazing colleagues that make it happen. The aim of the programme is to highlight and recognise a wide range of achievements which...

The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, officially opened a successful launch event to celebrate the multi-million-pound funding boost for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility (CRF). More than £74 million has been awarded by the NIHR...

People living across Lancashire and South Cumbria have been urged to get repeat prescription orders in early to avoid being without vital medication during the coming month which will see three bank holidays as well as nurses on strike. This year, in addition to the Early May Bank Holiday (1 May)...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Organ Donation team have been honoured for their dedication to organ donation and transplantation after being recognised in the annual Rosie Neath Award. The team were named as ‘Highly Commended Runner-Up’ in the Rosie Neath Award for Outstanding Achievement in Organ Donation at...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Lead Chaplain Martin McDonald had the privilege of being ordained as an Anglican Priest on Sunday. One of 24 new Priests and Deacons ordained across Lancashire at the weekend, to serve in The Church of England in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) to support its ongoing work across the County,...

Four colleagues from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals enjoyed a special celebration ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday, 5 July, the 75th birthday of the NHS. Professor Mohammed Munavvar (Consultant Chest Physician/Interventional Pulmonologist), Naeem Toorawa (Imam), Khalid Ibrahim (Imam) and Simon Gilbertson (Reverend/Chaplain) were honoured to represent the Trust following a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals are delighted to announce that its latest staff survey results have achieved new five year highs despite the challenges presented during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Trust’s five-year improvement in a number of key areas is most notable in staff members recommending the Trust as both a...

Take charge of your health – that is the message from NHS chiefs this Self Care Week. Staying active, checking your medication and knowing how to treat common illnesses yourself are just some of the little things we can all do to prevent health and wellbeing issues getting to the point...

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...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cancer Research nurse, Haiyan Huang, has been successful in recruiting the first UK patient to the HeredERA clinical trial, which aims to find better ways to give treatment to breast cancer patients. The trial, which is sponsored by F.Hoffmann La Roche Ltd, looks...

100 Voices - an immersive sound installation created from five months of research, workshops and conversation with staff, patients, and visitors in 12 hospitals across four NHS Foundation Trusts, including Lancashire Teaching Hospitals - is coming to Royal Preston Hospital next week. The unique installation will be located in the Chapel from...

Around 14,000 people die every year in the UK as a direct result of falls or injuries sustained, with around a third of people aged 65 and over falling at least once a year. As people get older it’s not unusual that they become unsteady on their feet and even though...

A Clinical Nurse Tutor at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was commended for her contribution to International Nursing and Midwifery at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace this week, hosted by His Majesty The King. Meettu Koshy, Clinical Nurse Tutor in the Professional Education Development Team at the Trust, admitted...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is delighted to announce that Consultant Chest Physician Professor Mohammed Munavvar has been highly commended in the ‘Clinical Leader of the Year’ category at this year’s Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards. The award was announced at a glittering ceremony held in London last night (16th November)...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has received its Care Quality Commission (CQC) report following inspections in May, June and July of this year. Unannounced inspections took place at urgent and emergency care at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, as well as medical care, and surgery...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomed three new Patient Safety Partners (PSPs) last week as part of their work to support and enhance patient safety and experience. The brand-new role, which has been developed in line with NHS England and the Patient Safety Framework, will offer support to staff,...

Forecasters are expecting temperatures in the region to drop from 6pm tonight until Tuesday (5 December) as an amber weather health alert has been issued across the whole of the north west. Children, older people and other vulnerable groups can be particularly at risk in colder temperatures, while people with long-term...

The cold weather couldn’t put a stop to the annual Scooter Selection Box Run for Children’s Services at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Every year, Norman Hunter and members of several Scooter Clubs across the area come together to take part in what is now a well-established tradition, collecting hundreds...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust held a special ceremony last week to celebrate the work that takes place in medical education, recognising outstanding work from both teachers and students. The Undergraduate Medical Teaching Awards 2022/23 were held in the Lecture Theatre at Royal Preston Hospital and saw colleagues across the...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is marking the first anniversary of the opening of Finney House today, when it took over the residential facility to run a Community Healthcare Hub designed to accommodate patients who no longer need specialist hospital care. The site was formally opened on 14 November, 2022, when...

Cameras that people can swallow to check for bowel cancer are now being trialled in Lancashire as part of a national pilot. The new colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) features an easy-to-swallow pill with two cameras inside that provide clear images to help clinicians detect polyps (small growths that can progress...

Last week colleagues and families at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust marked Baby Loss Awareness Week, where parents, family, and friends unite with others to remember our much loved and missed babies, who were taken too soon. Over the week colleagues raised awareness and much-needed funds to help those...

Wedding bells rang out on the Enhanced High Care Unit (EHCU) at Royal Preston Hospital last Thursday (October 5), after a patient was tested for suspected cancer following a fall at home. The happy couple, Paul and Deirdre Holt, who have known each other for 36 years and been together for five,...

The BMA and BDA have announced that consultant doctors and dentists will be taking strike action for 48 hours from 07:00 on Thursday 20 July until 07:00 on Saturday 22 July. The action by consultants follows on from the longest period of industrial action in NHS history by junior doctors (five consecutive days), which started...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been awarded the NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award, recognising the quality and delivery of pastoral care for internationally educated nurses and midwives.  Launched in March 2022, the award scheme is also an opportunity for Trusts to recognise their work in international recruitment and demonstrate...

A former International Society of Nephrology (ISN) fellow, Aimun Ahmed – a Consultant Nephrologist with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals – has been helping to educate and train on kidney disease in developing countries across the world, in his role as an ISN Renal Ambassador. One of the ISN’s aims is to promote...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s BIBA Awards, Lancashire’s most prestigious and longest running business awards programme. The BIBAs celebrate Lancashire’s success stories, in the form of some of the most exciting companies and entrepreneurs in the county...

Peter White has been appointed as Chair of the Trust Board and will be taking up his new position with effect from 1 August 2023.  Peter brings with him a breadth of experience having held senior roles with Lancashire Police during a career spanning over thirty years culminating in his role as...

A new memorial garden at Royal Preston Hospital was officially launched with a public opening yesterday, which was created by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity to honour organ donors and those who lost their lives in the Covid-19 pandemic. The project was made possible thanks to a generous £100,000 grant from NHS...

Parents and guardians of young children in the North West are being urged to make sure they have had all the vaccines they need before they start school in September. Having vaccinations before starting school tops up children’s antibodies to fight off serious childhood diseases and stay protected. Before...

Congratulations to the LTH Microbiology team, who have recently been awarded the bronze LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) accreditation from University College London for the brilliant work they’re doing to make our laboratories more sustainable. LEAF (Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework) is an established audit tool that is used by...

A summer series of national New Hospital Programme roadshow events visited Preston today (16 August 2023), as Government representatives arrived to discuss the next steps for building two new hospitals in the region. Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS welcomed Health Minister Lord Nick Markham CBE following on from the Government’s commitment...

NHS Trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are collaborating to develop a digital education network that will share learning environment approaches across organisations in education and practices, helping to improve digital learning across the region. This collaboration of sharing digital resources developed as a direct result of the Targeted Practice...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals are delighted to announce that they have received glowing feedback from Manchester Medical School during their 2023 Annual Performance Review. Supporting up to 350 medical students at any one given time, the Trust is one of the largest teaching facilities in the county and after what was described by...

Thanks in part to a grant of £15,228 from NHS Charities Together, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity has been able to fund new gym equipment at the Royal Preston Hospital to help patients rehabilitate. The new facilities will enhance patient experience and outcomes when rehabilitating from traumatic injury, surgery or ill-health, including...

Measles cases are rising across England, with numbers expected to rise now that millions of children have returned to school this week. The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria is urging parents and guardians to check that their children are up to date with their MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella)...

Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) is one of the first in the country to launch the asthma Digital Health Passport app this week, marking Ask About Asthma week (11-17 September). The asthma Digital Health Passport is a new digital app to help children, young people and carers...

Birthday boy Gregg Stevenson – formerly Lead Physical Training Instructor and Mental Health Practitioner at the Trust’s Specialist Rehabilitation Centre (SMRC) - helped win the World Rowing Championships PR2 mixed double sculls in Belgrade on Saturday, qualifying for the Paralympics in Paris next summer in the process. The veteran, from...

A special rainbow babies’ event to celebrate National Rainbow Baby Day has been held at Royal Preston Hospital with over 40 families from across the region to honour the babies born to families following pregnancy and baby loss, and to remember the babies that are sadly no longer with us. The...

Last week was World Sepsis Week, which was celebrated by the Trust with a series of events to promote awareness. Over the week, there was a Sepsis van in the Health Academy car park at Royal Preston Hospital, supported by Rachel Lea from the Infection, Prevention and Control Nurse team,...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is encouraging local carers to join their Carers Forum, which provides a chance to engage with local carers to listen to experiences and ideas in order to shape services to better suit their needs. Carers play a vital role in supporting loved ones, yet their...

A midwife at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has been awarded an NHS Safeguarding Star Award for her work to promote safer sleep for babies. Deborah Gibbons, Lead Midwife for Safeguarding at the Trust, was awarded the prestigious accolade for her work around Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC), which...

Do you want to study nursing? If so, the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is working in partnership with the NHS across Lancashire and South Cumbria to provide a new practice-based pathway of the BSc (Hons) Nursing with Registered Nurse (Adult), which begins on Monday, January 9th, 2023. To help address...

As temperatures across the country are set to soar over the coming days, the NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria is encouraging people to take steps to stay safe. Forecasters are expecting temperatures in the region to rise throughout the week, with many areas in the North West predicted to...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals can confirm it is now in a position to safely return Chorley and South Ribble Hospital’s Emergency Department to its pre-Covid opening hours. The Trust had previously committed to working towards the reinstatement of a 12-hour operating model, as soon as it was possible to do...

The Bereavement Team based in the maternity unit at Royal Preston Hospital were delighted to accept a generous donation of books aimed at supporting families who are faced with the loss of a pregnancy, baby loss or sadly the loss of a baby shortly after birth. The team received a...

GPs across Lancashire and South Cumbria are continuing to see more patients than ever as they prepare for what is expected to be a very tough winter. Winter is always the most challenging time of year for the NHS, with staff facing significant pressure on many fronts, and this year...

Have YOU got what it takes? Are you interested in becoming a hospital governor? How would you like to be the voice for your community and have the chance to make a difference? We are looking for foundation trust members to join the Council of Governors at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals...

Construction works on the Nightingale Surge Hub Preston has been completed. The hub is a high quality and well equipped space, which will be used for low acuity patients who do not have Covid, with the additional bed base allowing us to free up space within Lancashire’s emergency departments...

A hat-trick of Preston North End stars have come together with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals to promote the Lullaby Trust’s Safer Sleep 2024 campaign, raising awareness of sudden death syndrome amongst babies. Amid a hectic Championship schedule, with Ryan Lowe’s side still harbouring play-off ambitions, defender Jack Whatmough, Canada international...

Adult Inpatient visiting restrictions at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital are to be relaxed from today (Friday 18 February 2022) to allow patients to be able to spend important time with their loved ones. A controlled booking system will be reinstated to enable one visitor per patient to...

We went round the wards at Royal Preston Hospital last week, where staff and members of the public were only too happy to help Lancashire Teaching Hospitals raise awareness of the Lullaby Trust’s Safer Sleep 2024 campaign, and sudden death syndrome amongst babies. Armed with a camera and our Safer...

Spring booster vaccines will begin in Lancashire and South Cumbria this week as the biggest and fastest vaccination programme in NHS history moves to the next phase. In line with new advice set out by the JCVI, the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme will now invite thousands of eligible people in...

A former student nurse at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has defied all odds as she becomes a Registered Nurse following an 18-month apprenticeship. From as early as she can remember, Felecia Benn had always hoped to become a nurse, which she attributes to her two great aunts, who...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has marked the two-year anniversary since admitting their first patient suspected of having COVID-19 into hospital – with a confirmed positive test just days later. In an open letter to the people of Lancashire & South Cumbria, Chief Executive Kevin McGee OBE, paid tribute to all...

The textbook ‘Endocrine Hypertension: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice’ is the result of a year’s hard work in his ‘free’ time. And Professor Joseph M. Pappachan MD, FRCP – a consultant endocrinologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and honorary professor at Manchester Metropolitan University – hopes his labour of...

After two years of turmoil, Rosemere Cancer Foundation’s annual flagship fundraiser Walk in the Dark has returned to its usual date in April. For 2022, it will take place on Saturday, April 23rd - and registration is now OPEN! You can walk in support of loved ones going through treatment,...

We are excited to let you know about an important milestone in the work towards new hospital facilities in our region: the announcement of the shortlist of proposals. This is a significant development in our aim to develop new, cutting-edge facilities, offering the absolute best in modern healthcare and addressing...

With winter fast approaching, health leaders in Lancashire and South Cumbria are asking patients to ensure they understand which NHS service is best for them. The NHS has a number of different services available and with winter pressures building up, it’s important that patients know where they can go....

For the first time in two years, Royal Preston Hospital has been able to get into the festive spirit with a small-scale Christmas lights switch-on. Festivities kicked-off earlier this afternoon in an outdoor garden space at Royal Preston Hospital, where a small number of staff and patients were treated to...

Baby Beat are delighted to announce that registration for this years Cross Bay Walk, on Saturday, 9th July, is now OPEN! Do you fancy joining us this year, to help raise funds for innovative, life-changing projects for the benefit of the babies, mums, and mums-to-be cared for here on the...

The NHS Refugee Nurse Support Pilot Programme which supports refugees who are qualified as nurses in their home country to resume their nursing careers in the NHS in England is celebrating welcoming a fourth cohort of nurses to organisations across the North West. In the North West refugee nurses from...

Nearly £161 million awarded over five years to NIHR Clinical Research Facilities, a £49 million (43%) uplift to expand early phase clinical research delivery in NHS hospitals 28 facilities will cover the length and breadth of England, supporting the government’s ambitions to level up health research across the country Existing facilities have provided...

A 73-year-old man has thanked staff at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals after marking the end of his cancer treatment on the same day the department celebrated 25 years of delivering a radiotherapy service. Philip Eddleston, from Blackburn, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in October 2021 – which affects the small gland in the pelvis...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Radiotherapy Department is celebrating 25 years of service and is calling on the public to not delay seeking help if they notice any signs or symptoms relating to cancer. Radiotherapy is used to treat diseases (mainly cancer) and can be given in two ways: external radiotherapy using x-rays,...

With effect from Thursday 24 th  February 2022, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals will be operating a free park and ride shuttle service between Preston Business Centre and Royal Preston Hospital to help support the introduction of afternoon visiting arrangements. Operating on weekdays only, the service will run from 12.15pm – 4pm on a continuous...

This February, NHS England and NHS Improvement is raising awareness of heart attack symptoms as part of the latest ‘Help Us Help You’ campaign.   Heart and circulatory disease, also known as cardiovascular disease, causes a quarter of all deaths in the UK and is one of the largest causes of...