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Following Monday's announcement, our Chief Executive Silas Nicholls, provides a quick overview of the proposed site for the replacement Royal Preston Hospital. A new hospital will improve quality, safety and patient experience and have a transformative impact on the services we will be able to provide on-site and in our wider communities, so we can...

Professor Shondipon Laha, Critical Care Consultant with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, hopes to leave a legacy that will benefit patients and staff locally and nationally after being named the new president of the Intensive Care Society (ICS). Professor Laha took up the position on Monday 2 December in London, at the society’s annual members’ meeting, beginning...

After considerable negotiations, the NHS can reveal the locations of two new potential sites for brand new hospitals to replace Royal Preston Hospital and Royal Lancaster Infirmary. Patients in the region are now set to benefit from cutting-edge facilities and the absolute best in modern healthcare through high-quality, next generation hospital facilities and technologies as...

Ahead of World Stroke Day last month, Clare Gordon, Consultant Nurse with Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and Senior Research Fellow at UCLan, spent time helping support specialist stroke developments in Ghana. Clare enjoyed a fortnight in Africa, working with Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Tamale Teaching Hospital and Ho Teaching Hospital in Ghana to support stroke care...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals are celebrating a significant milestone for their growing Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) service, with the addition of a new Patient and Public Involvement Partner (PPI) who was successfully treated following his diagnosis Following his full recovery, Matthew Newsham, from Morecambe, has taken on the role of PPI partner, which involves current, former...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity (LTHC) has been awarded a six-figure grant as part of Volunteering for Health - a £10 million programme being delivered in partnership by NHS England, NHS Charities Together and CW+, the official charity of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The three-year Volunteering for Health programme is part of NHS England’...

Kate Smyth, Non-Executive Director of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, has been listed in the prestigious Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 2024. Recognised for her work as a disability changemaker, Kate is being celebrated as one of the 100 most influential disabled individuals in the UK and a leader in their field. The awards are publicly nominated and judged by...

Three neurosurgery registrars from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals have formally participated in the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Associate Principal Investigator (API) scheme - a prestigious opportunity that enables bright and enthusiastic clinicians to gain hands-on experience in leading clinical research studies. This initiative allows registrars – senior doctors working below the level of...