11Mar
Clarets midfielder helps raise awareness of Safer Sleep Week 2025
Burnley FC midfielder Josh Laurent is helping Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, along with Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP), raise awareness of safer sleep messages as part of Safer Sleep Week between Monday 10 and Sunday 16 March 2025. This year's theme will focus on what baby sleep should look like,...
04Mar
Successful return of MRCP-PACES examinations at LTHTR after a decade
After a 10-year hiatus, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals enjoyed a successful initiation of the MRCP(UK) (Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom) – PACES (Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills) international higher medical examinations for physicians in February, at the Chorley and South Ribble Hospital outpatient facility. Over the course of two...
25Feb
Six Lancashire Teaching Hospitals nurses celebrate 40 years of service and friendship
On 14 January 1985, ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ by Foreigner was the new UK number one, while Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first outing as The Terminator had just been released in cinemas. That very day, a cold Monday morning, Deborah Gibbons, Sandra Murray, Sanchia Baines, Jill Dixon, Jennifer Hardman and Joanne Godkin started their Registered...
17Feb
Stroke patients pedaling their way to recovery
Patients on the stroke rehabilitation ward at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital are now pedaling their way to recovery after members of its stroke therapy team joined forces with the trust’s charity team to buy a therapeutic recumbent exercise bike for the ward’s gym space. The new RECK MOTO-Med bike cost £3,594 with therapy...
14Feb
Trust Renal Biopsy course puts Preston on the map
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recently hosted the 10th Preston Renal Biopsy Course - the only course in the world allowing delegates to train on a purpose-built renal biopsy simulator. Since 2012, the event has put Preston on the map, drawing nephrologists and nephrology trainees to Lancashire from 48 different countries across four continents to learn...
14Feb
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals introduce Stoma Friendly accessible toilets
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has introduced accessible ‘stoma friendly’ toilets across Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals, thanks to funding from Rosemere Cancer Foundation and guidance from Colostomy UK. 27 accessible toilets over both sites now have hooks to hang personal belongings, shelves to provide a sanitary surface, a full-length mirror to...
06Feb
People in Lancashire urged to seek help after sexual assault
Staff who work in sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) in the North West are encouraging survivors of rape and sexual assault and abuse to seek help. As part of Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week, which runs from 3 February – 9 February 2025, the NHS is encouraging people to find out where their local SARC is. The...
03Feb
World Cancer Day 2025 - United by Unique
World Cancer Day is marked on 4 February each year, and 2025’s theme is ‘United by Unique’. This year we are highlighting how you can get the support you need, and how together we can help everyone affected by cancer. Anne Tomlinson, Lead Nurse Cancer and End of Life Care at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals said: “Here...
