28Mar
Preston Health Mela to Return on 12 April
The National Forum for Health and Wellbeing’s flagship Preston Health Mela will return to the University of Central Lancashire on Saturday 12 April 2025. It will be held at the University’s Foster building from 11 am till 3 pm. Dr Mumtaz Patel, President of the Royal College of Physicians London and consultant physician from Manchester will be...
26Mar
Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire thanks Lancashire Teaching Hospital staff after life-altering fall
Ward 16 staff at Royal Preston Hospital had a VIP visit recently, as Charles Hadcock, Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire, showed his appreciation for the care he received after experiencing a life-altering fall. The Deputy Lieutenant was rushed to Royal Preston Hospital in October, after breaking his tibia, fibula and ankle, where he spent 18 days on the...
13Mar
Finney House to close as local NHS gets finances back on track
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust today announced that Finney House will be closing in the summer. The Trust took over the lease of Finney House in Preston in November 2022 at a time when the facility was run as a residential home only and was rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission. It repurposed the...
11Mar
Clarets midfielder helps raise awareness of Safer Sleep Week 2025
Burnley FC midfielder Josh Laurent is helping Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, along with Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP), raise awareness of safer sleep messages as part of Safer Sleep Week between Monday 10 and Sunday 16 March 2025. This year's theme will focus on what baby sleep should look like,...
04Mar
Successful return of MRCP-PACES examinations at LTHTR after a decade
After a 10-year hiatus, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals enjoyed a successful initiation of the MRCP(UK) (Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom) – PACES (Practical Assessment of Clinical Examination Skills) international higher medical examinations for physicians in February, at the Chorley and South Ribble Hospital outpatient facility. Over the course of two...
25Feb
Six Lancashire Teaching Hospitals nurses celebrate 40 years of service and friendship
On 14 January 1985, ‘I Want to Know What Love Is’ by Foreigner was the new UK number one, while Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first outing as The Terminator had just been released in cinemas. That very day, a cold Monday morning, Deborah Gibbons, Sandra Murray, Sanchia Baines, Jill Dixon, Jennifer Hardman and Joanne Godkin started their Registered...
17Feb
Stroke patients pedaling their way to recovery
Patients on the stroke rehabilitation ward at Chorley and South Ribble Hospital are now pedaling their way to recovery after members of its stroke therapy team joined forces with the trust’s charity team to buy a therapeutic recumbent exercise bike for the ward’s gym space. The new RECK MOTO-Med bike cost £3,594 with therapy...
14Feb
Trust Renal Biopsy course puts Preston on the map
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recently hosted the 10th Preston Renal Biopsy Course - the only course in the world allowing delegates to train on a purpose-built renal biopsy simulator. Since 2012, the event has put Preston on the map, drawing nephrologists and nephrology trainees to Lancashire from 48 different countries across four continents to learn...
