27Jun
NHS In Final Push To Treat Longest Waiters
Patients are being offered faster treatment in different parts of the country as part of an NHS ‘final push’ to virtually eliminate the number waiting two years or more. The NHS Elective Recovery Plan, published earlier this year, set out how the health service would address Covid-19 backlogs in treatment, initially focusing on the longest...
27Jun
Trust Apprentices celebrate at the first Lancashire and South Cumbia NHS Apprenticeship Awards
Apprentices at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust were recognised at the first Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Health & Social Care Apprenticeship Awards. The event was hosted by BBC One's the Apprentice contestant, Aaron Willis, at Mellor’s Stanley House Hotel and Spa. Twelve apprentices from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals were shortlisted for awards across eleven categories. The...
27Jun
Grateful mother raises funds for our Baby Beat charity
Thank you so much to everyone who’s registered for our Cross Bay Walk! It’s been wonderful to see so many of you getting involved – it’s also very touching to hear people’s reasons for joining us too. One of our lovely supporters, Rachel Allen, from Preston, has raised over £200 so far for...
27Jun
Professor Munavvar is hosting an Eid dinner to raise fund for Rosemere Cancer Foundation
Rosemere Cancer Foundation would like to thank our very own Professor Mohammed Munavvar, who is hosting a special Eid Dinner to raise funds for the cancer charity. The even is taking place on the 18th July at the Imperial Banqueting Suite, St Mary's Street North, Preston. Following dinner, there will be short, informative presentations from...
22Jun
New game changing dental equipment
Dentistry equipment billed as “game changing” for how it can be used to speed patient healing and reduce the risk of treatment complications has been bought for the dental teams at the Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals by Rosemere Cancer Foundation. The charity had help from staff at Preston’s Springfields Fuels...
22Jun
National Windrush Day
Wednesday 22nd June is National Windrush Day when we celebrate the outstanding contribution of Caribbean people to the UK, making the NHS what it is to this day. The ship ‘Empire Windrush’ arrived in the UK from Jamaica in June 1948, bringing the first wave of Caribbean migrants who had responded to an invitation to fill...
16Jun
Critical Care Consultant shortlisted for NHS Parliamentary Awards
A consultant in critical care at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has been shortlisted in this year’s NHS Parliamentary Awards. More than a hundred nominations across the ten categories were submitted in the North West, by more than 50 MPs; more than have ever been involved before. Professor Shondipon Laha, Consultant in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesia,...
15Jun
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals celebrates National Healthcare Estates and Facilities Day
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating the first National Healthcare Estates and Facilities Day in recognition of its dedicated Estates and Facilities workforce. The Estates and Facilities division is made up of over 1,500 staff – around 11% of the workforce - across Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospitals, as well as the Trust’...