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Preston North End Football Club put a smile on the faces of those on the Children’s Ward at Royal Preston Hospital earlier this week, on their annual visit to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals to visit children in hospital over Christmas. Armed with toys, selection boxes and calendars, provided by the club, manager Ryan Lowe, captain...

With Christmas just around the corner, health professionals in Lancashire and South Cumbria are urging people to stock up their medicine cabinets and order repeat prescriptions in good time. Most GP practices and pharmacies will be closed or have limited opening hours over the Christmas and New Year bank holidays, so making sure you have...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust got into the Christmas spirit yesterday as both Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital hosted their Christmas lights switch on and carol services. Reverend Martin McDonald held a service in the chapel at RPH, backed by the Fulwood Methodist Community Choir, who sang O Little Town...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomed the Cisco Connected Santa experience for a second year running on Thursdaylast week, bringing some Christmas magic to the Children’s Ward at Royal Preston Hospital. As part of their initiative to give back to communities, Cisco hosts Connected Santa, an employee-led programme that gives children a chance...

As the documentary Cause of Death rounds off its second series, the show would not be complete without highlighting the role of Medical Examiner Officers (MEOS) – who act as the voice of the deceased and bereaved. MEOS are involved in numerous stages of the process after death, from talking to attending physicians, advising on the...

The British Medical Association (BMA) have announced junior doctors and dental trainees will take strike action 7am on Wednesday 3 January until 7am on Tuesday 9 January have also been announced.  Members of the public are asked to be mindful of the strikes when considering which health services they need to use during the period of strike...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating after both Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital were named as a National Joint Registry (NJR) Quality Data Provider, after successfully completing a national programme of local data audits. The NJR monitors the performance of hip, knee, ankle, elbow and shoulder joint replacement procedures...

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust celebrated RCN Nursing Support Workers’ Day for the first time last month, recognising the fantastic work this set of colleagues do to support excellent patient care. Nursing Support Workers are the bedrock of our wards, clinics and community teams, and encompass hundreds of different job titles and roles, including...