April 2023
11Apr
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ research and development team for Liopa is the One to Watch!
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 their work on the ground-breaking...
05Apr
Funding boost for Major Trauma Patients Support Service
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 going through the upheaval caused...
03Apr
NHS launches spring COVID-19 jab campaign for most vulnerable people
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 and have begun to receive...
