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Health care colleagues working in the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System have volunteered to be one of the first of a small number of areas in the country to formally ‘accelerate’ the restoration of services. Being part of this ambitious Government initiative is great news for patients in the region, particularly those whose...

71-year-old Brian from Lancashire noticed a couple of new itchy spots on his back, so he contacted his GP with his concerns. He was then quickly referred to the Cancer Centre at Lancashire Teaching Hospital’s for further investigations.. From April 2020 – February 2021 compared to the previous year, urgent skin cancer referrals in Lancashire and South...

From Thursday 6th May 2021, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals will partially relax its visiting arrangements for adult inpatient areas which will see the following changes: Patients will be allowed one visitor per day lasting a maximum of one hour between the times of either 2pm – 3pm or 6pm – 7pm (seven days per week). Arrangements to visit a...

A Preston cancer specialist has been recognised for her outstanding work by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Dr Alison Birtle, a Consultant Oncologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, has been awarded the title of Honorary Clinical Professor. Known as one of the country’s leading researchers into urological cancers, she will work with...

This week is ‘Experience of care week’  and to mark this important week we are really excited to announce a collaborative project, working with Lancashire Carers Services in partnership with NCompass. Together we are launching our new ‘Carers Forum’ to enable people who care for others to have a say and a real impact in...

Sebastian Zagrodnik, Nawaraj Subedi and Magda Borkowska in the Radiology Department at Preston are running the 21 mile Guild Wheel for Baby Beat, our maternity and neonatal charity, on the 8th May.  Seb says, “The past 13 months of the Covid pandemic has made us realise how precious our families are to us and how important it...

Innovative team-working across a number of local NHS teams has led to a new streamlined approach to admitting frail older patients to hospital while bypassing Emergency Departments. Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has worked with a wide range of partners including North West Ambulance Service (NWAS), local GPs, and community frailty nurses to develop...

Parents have welcomed the opening of new family rooms on the Children’s Ward at Royal Preston Hospital. This is the first stage of a development designed for parents who stay in hospital with their children, and is part of a wider plan to redevelop the hospital’s children’s services. Divisional Nursing Director for...