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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...