11Dec
Get your Baby Beat Christmas cards before they’re all gone!
With just a four festive designs left to choose from, the Baby Beat Charity Christmas cards are selling fast! You can still purchase yours by either visiting the Baby Beat, or if you prefer to shop online, you can do so with our online shop by clicking this link: https://baby-beat.sumup.link/ Thank you...
11Dec
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals staff show the faces behind their masks
Mask-wearing staff at hospitals in Preston and Chorley are being encouraged to wear photo-ID badges to help foster a stronger connection with their patients. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has adopted the #AndILookLikeThis initiative to help break down the barrier that can be created by the use of masks. Alison Cookson, Patient Experience & Involvement Lead at Lancashire...
11Dec
Local man raises more than £1,300 for Baby Beat to thank staff who cared for his baby daughter
A local man has raised more than £1,300 for maternity and neonatal charity Baby Beat in memory of his baby daughter who sadly passed away on 25th April 2020. Ribbleton resident Ross Green and his sister Lauren Jackson, presented Baby Beat with a cheque for £1,308 and 5 memory boxes which are given to bereaved parents, to give back...
08Dec
Royal Preston Hospital gives first Covid vaccinations in momentous ‘turning point’ in battle against the pandemic
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the first hospitals in the country to receive the Covid-19 vaccine and we have now started to vaccinate the most vulnerable in our communities. The Trust has set up its vaccination hub in the Education Centre at Royal Preston Hospital. We administered our first vaccine to 81...
07Dec
Chorley Hospital insulin pump service uses new technology to support diabetic mum-to-be
A new mum from Chorley has thanked diabetes specialists at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals after becoming the first woman in the region to begin Hybrid Closed Loop insulin pump treatment during her pregnancy. Rebecca O'Connor, 35, gave birth to her daughter Róisín in October after receiving treatment from the team at Chorley and South Ribble...
04Dec
Preston oncologist joins Michael Ball in Royal Variety Performance
A consultant oncologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has taken part in one of the country’s most-loved TV shows. Dr Alison Birtle, who works at Royal Preston Hospital, took to the stage with Michael Ball as part of the NHS Voices of Care Choir, to sing a moving rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone...
04Dec
Charity’s Christmas Raffle to help support patients in hospital over the festive season
This year, the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity team are holding an online Christmas Raffle to help raise funds to support patients being treated at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital this Christmas. For £1 a ticket, participants can be in with a chance of winning big, with top prizes including a 65 inch HD 4...
03Dec
Marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust is marking the day during our public Board meeting, taking place this afternoon. 28 years ago, the United Nations called for an international day of celebration for people living with disabilities, to be held on 3rd December every year. The day is...
