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The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced strike action by resident doctors from 7am on Tuesday 7 April until 6.59am on Monday 13 April 2026, starting just after the Easter bank holiday weekend. Health services are expected to be busy over the long weekend, so the public is being asked to use services wisely. Regardless of any strike...

A new, joined-up pathology service has officially launched across Lancashire and South Cumbria, helping to strengthen and modernise diagnostic services for local patients. From 1 April 2026, pathology services across the region have come together as one service, led by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This change brings staff and expertise from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has completed the purchase of the final section of land on the proposed site for the replacement for Royal Preston Hospital (RPH). The land at Lancashire Central, adjacent to the planned commercial site, has been purchased from strategic partner, Lancashire County Council, as part of the national New Hospital Programme. Lancashire Central...

Blackpool FC captain George Honeyman has united with agencies across Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire for Safer Sleep Week 2026 - which runs until Sunday - to raise awareness of the lifesaving steps families can take to protect babies while they sleep. This year’s theme, “Baby Necessities,” focuses on the essential items every baby...

A 12‑year‑old girl has been praised as a “remarkable" young hero by staff at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals after she came to her mum's aid when she suddenly collapsed during an appointment. Helen Whaite, of Leyland, was at Royal Preston Hospital for her daughter Alex's neurology appointment when Alex, who herself has epilepsy, noticed something...

After an extraordinary 50-year career in nursing, Noeleen Griggs has officially hung up her uniform – though, as her family lovingly admit, her dedication to caring for others is something she’ll never truly retire from. Indeed, her legacy continues at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, where daughter and granddaughter Anneen and Amelia Carlisle followed in her footsteps – ...

Here at Lancashire Teaching Hospital, we pride ourselves in being a health research active organisation. We have an expansive Research and Innovation Centre which includes our Clinical Research Facility where we conduct early phase clinical trials. Involving patients and public in our research ensures that we run better studies because: They are more relevant to...

Royal Preston Hospital has officially reopened its fully refurbished helipad following the completion of a major upgrade programme made possible by a £720,000 donation from the HELP Appeal - the country’s only charity dedicated to funding NHS hospital helipads, which funded five in 2025 alone.  The grant, the largest single charitable donation in the Trust’s...