27Jul
Changes to Clinical Investigations Unit at Preston Hospital Site
We would like to highlight to our patients who would normally attend Preston Hospital site for their treatment that we have taken the decision as an interim measure, to move to Chorley Hospital site. The unit and our staff have now moved onto Astley Suite combining with the existing Chorley Clinical Investigation Unit where they...
21Jul
New NHS report highlights why new hospital facilities are needed for Lancashire and South Cumbria
The local NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria has published a new report explaining why funding for new hospital facilities is essential for the health of local people. The New Hospitals Programme Case for Change report outlines the critical need for investment in Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Royal Preston Hospital and Furness General Hospital. It describes...
19Jul
New dialysis centre opens in Ulverston for the region’s kidney patients
A new centre for people being treated for kidney disease has opened in Ulverston this week. Furness Renal Centre, on the former site of Sandside Lodge School in Sandside Road, brings haemodialysis treatment and outpatient clinic facilities closer to home for patients. Haemodialysis is a treatment to remove waste products and extra fluid from the...
16Jul
Covid-19 restrictions to continue in our hospitals
Following the recent Government announcement, mandatory social distancing and mask wearing will come to an end as part of daily life from Monday 19th July. However, Public Health England’s infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines are set to remain in place for all patients, staff and visitors in a healthcare setting. This is because...
14Jul
ITN at RPH
We have recently seen a steady increase in Covid-19 positive patients in our hospitals and continue to see a significant rise in Covid-19 transmission in our local community caused by the Delta variant. Doctor Munavvar gives ITN an update and implores everyone to become fully vaccinated, as 19th July approaches. Over 85 per cent of the...
13Jul
Rosemere’s chief officer Dan meets the Queen
An unbelievable honour was how Dan Hill, chief officer of Rosemere Cancer Foundation, described his meeting with the Queen today (Thursday, 8th July) at Manchester Cathedral. Dan, who lives in Darwen with wife Sarah, a primary school teacher, and their daughters Ebony (12) and Evie (nine), was introduced to her majesty by Christine Kirk, the Vice...
13Jul
Update to Inpatient Visiting Arrangements and Outpatient Appointments
Update to Inpatient Visiting Arrangements and Outpatient Appointments From Wednesday 16th June 2021, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has taken the difficult decision to suspend adult inpatient visiting until further notice. The suspension is due to the rising levels of Covid-19 in both the local area and within our hospitals. We will of course be able to continue...
12Jul
It wasn’t like pulling a cow up a tree you know
‘Sik zyu faa saang dang tai hei’ is what we did as Dr Lam entered the room. Not that we were eating peanuts or sat in the local cinema. We were in the The Rosemere Centre at the Royal Preston Hospital. Waiting to see the reaction, (that’s what the idiom means by the way)...
