March 2023
31Mar
Ramadan Fasting Challenge Raises Hundreds for Charity
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 Professor Munavvar, a Respiratory Consultant...
31Mar
Junior Doctors strikes (11-15 April) - everything you need to know
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 until 06:59 on Saturday 15 April, the...
28Mar
Remember to order your repeat prescriptions before Easter and busy period of industrial action
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 GP practices will be closed...
27Mar
“I belong to a club of people who all see the world from a different perspective” – Celebrating World Autism Awareness Day at LTHTR
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 support. Celebrating our differences is...
23Mar
Ramadan Mubarak! Meet Dr Nadeem Ali…
Throughout the next 30 days, Muslim colleagues across our Trust will be taking part in Ramadan. Ramadan is a time of spiritual reflection, self-improvement and worship when Muslims draw closer to God. The act of fasting allows the individual to understand the pain and suffering of millions around the world in poverty and famine, leaving the...
23Mar
Ramadan – more than just a physical fast…
Throughout the next 30 days, Muslim colleagues across our Trust will be taking part in Ramadan. Ramadan is a time of spiritual reflection, self-improvement and worship when Muslims draw closer to God. The act of fasting allows the individual to understand the pain and suffering of millions around the world in poverty and famine, leaving the...
22Mar
What Lent means to me
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 what Lent means to them,...
20Mar
Recognition Award for Trust student Sophie
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 job centre careers event, sharing...