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Seeing former colleague Gregg Stevenson top the podium at the Paris Paralympics was a powerful endorsement for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ Specialist Mobility Rehabilitation Centre (SMRC). The 40-year-old - a former Lead Physical Instructor and Mental Health Practitioner at SMRC – won gold in a thrilling mixed double sculls final with rowing partner Lauren Rowles, to crown...

Having been recognised for outstanding care, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ Paediatric Neuromuscular Service has officially 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 service...

Over the last two decades, the Sharoe Green Unit has become a facility to be proud of – one that stands comparison with any in the country. Building a new maternity unit within an acute hospital has only enhanced the service, and, of course, it is not only about antenatal, birth and postnatal care. Bringing everything...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Paediatric Elective Surgical Hub has been accredited as part of a Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) quality improvement scheme, recognising clinical and operational enhancements to children’s surgical care. The accreditation of the hub, which is based at the Trust’s Chorley and South Ribble District Hospital, comes after the Trust’...

While we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Sharoe Green Maternity Unit at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, what will the next 20 years look like for maternity services? Dr Amy Fisher is a Consultant Gynaecological Oncology Surgeon with the Trust, and Directorate Training Lead for Women’s Health, and was an academic trainee, returning...

This week we are marking Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Sharoe Green Maternity Unit’s 20th anniversary, celebrating two decades of providing care for women and their families at Royal Preston Hospital.   Throughout this week we will be chatting to colleagues and patients who have fond memories of the old unit, and the work it has taken...

Having hosted the legendary Tony Blackburn and fellow presenter Richie Anderson as part of a BBC Radio 2 takeover earlier this week, Preston Hospital Radio are hoping to build on that platform to encourage more volunteers to present the show. Radio 2 have been in Preston this week, ahead of three days of live music at Moor...

This week we are marking Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Sharoe Green Maternity Unit’s 20th anniversary, celebrating two decades of providing care for women and their families at Royal Preston Hospital.  Throughout this week we will be chatting to colleagues and patients who have fond memories of the old unit, and the work it has taken...