04Sep
Sharoe Green Maternity Unit celebrates 20th birthday!
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Sharoe Green Maternity Unit celebrates its 20th anniversary today, marking two decades of providing care for women and their families at Royal Preston Hospital. Named in honour of the maternity hospital it replaced, the £17m maternity and gynaecology unit was built with new maternity delivery suites and wards, ultrasound department, antenatal clinic,...
03Sep
Trust’s Hospital Radio hosts Radio 2 presenters ahead of party in the park!
Radio 2 is coming to Preston to host three days of incredible live music from some of the world’s biggest pop stars this weekend... and some of their presenters are popping into our Hospital Radio studio at Royal Preston Hospital on the way! Moor Park will be the setting as Sting headlines on Saturday, playing...
03Sep
Tony’s special treat for Royal Preston Hospital patients, families and staff
Patients, families and staff at Royal Preston Hospital had a treat on Tuesday as radio legend Tony Blackburn performed a two-hour slot on Preston Hospital Radio. The BBC DJ – whose career spans six decades – played requests and read out dedications from 2-4pm, as well as recalling stories from his time on the airwaves, including...
02Sep
Golden boy Gregg celebrates ‘epic’ Paralympics rowing victory
Gregg Stevenson, a former Lead Physical Instructor and Mental Health Practitioner at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Specialist Mobility Rehabilitation Centre (SMRC), hailed winning a thrilling gold medal as “epic” after Great Britain’s greatest day of Paralympic rowing. The former Royal Engineer Commando began working at the Trust’s specialist mobility centre after being referred for...
21Aug
Gregg going for Paralympic gold to help showcase Trust’s Specialist Mobility Rehabilitation Centre
Gregg Stevenson hopes to bring his remarkable story full circle by medalling at the Paralympics in Paris with rowing partner Lauren Rowles in the in PR2 mixed double sculls. The former Royal Engineer Commando worked for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ Specialist Mobility Rehabilitation Centre (SMRC) as lead physical training instructor and mental health practitioner, having been...
19Aug
Expansion of Trust’s Maternal Medicine Centre service to help women with hypertension and pre-eclampsia
A dedicated clinic for the management of pregnant and newly birthed women and birthing people with hypertension, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia will open this month as part of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ maternal medicine centre. The Lancashire Antenatal Pre-eclampsia and Hypertension Clinic, or LeAPH for short, has been developed by Dr Emma Ingram, lead Obstetric Consultant for...
06Aug
Inspiring Breastfeeding Journeys: Real Stories from Our Community
This week we are marking World Breastfeeding Week and some women who have birthed at Lancashire Teching Hospitals have kindly shared their stories of how breastfeeding looked to them and how they overcame challenges. You can take a read of them below. Lauren and Xander "As a midwife myself, I was aware of all the...
02Aug
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals recognised for providing highest quality anaesthesia care
The Department of Anaesthesia at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised for providing the highest quality care to patients, after formally being reaccredited with the Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) by the Royal College of Anaesthetists. A benchmark in quality, the Trust received the prestigious award as a result of a painstaking...
