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...
01Aug
World Breastfeeding Week
This week (1-7 August 2024) the Trust is marking World Breastfeeding Week, a global campaign to raise awareness on themes related to breastfeeding. This year the theme is ‘Closing the gap – breastfeeding for all’. It is important that we recognise breastfeeding and its success is not the sole responsibility of the mother, but that she receives...
30Jul
High praise from NHS England for Trust’s refurbished decontamination unit
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals’ recently refurbished decontamination unit was officially opened earlier this month during a visit from Director of Resilience for NHS England, Stephen Groves, and North West Regional Director of EPRR, Phil Storr. The duo officially opened the unit alongside Trust Chief Executive, Silas Nicholls, and were impressed with what they saw after their...
30Jul
Gold STAR Celebration awards
Always one of the highlights of our calendar, the Trust held two Gold STAR celebration events in July, with gold stars awarded to 11 teams. The awards are a time to celebrate teams who continue to go the extra mile, to make a difference and care for our patients and their families, as well as each...
30Jul
Chris finds turning 40 tougher than most!
Lytham dad-of-two Chris Morton has found turning 40 tougher than he thought it was going to be! Chris, a senior business partner in the Finance Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, began planning for his big birthday at the start of the year when he and wife Emma came up with a series of...
