11Mar
World Kidney Day
Photo by Robina Weermeijer on Unsplash Kidneys are vital to your overall health and World Kidney Day aims to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys and the suffering caused when they don’t work as well as they should do. You might wonder why your kidneys are vital to your body and World...
10Mar
Ready, Steady, Apply into Healthcare (with LTHTR)
Role: Healthcare Assistant Salary: Band 2 (£18,005 - £19,337 Per Annum, Pro Rata) Enquiry closing Date: 12 noon on Tuesday 16th March Training Dates: Monday 22nd March – Friday 26th March Interview Date: From w/c 29 March 2020 Some people were just born to care for others… We just need to find you, as we want you working in Chorley or...
08Mar
Nurse Steph goes on the run for her patients
Oncology research nurse Steph Ellison is on the run for the sake of her patients! Steph, who works at Rosemere Cancer Centre, Lancashire and South Cumbria’s specialist cancer treatment and radiotherapy centre at the Royal Preston Hospital, has won a place in this October’s London Marathon after six consecutive years of applying through...
08Mar
A leading nurse in research from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has won a place on a prestigious Florence Nightingale Leadership Programme
A leading nurse in research from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has won a place on a prestigious Florence Nightingale Leadership Programme. Nearly 600 applicants nationally applied for the highly sought-after course – and our very own Deepsi Khatiwada, made the final cohort of 44 scholars to develop her career as a future leader in healthcare. The...
08Mar
Building work under way at new Ulverston kidney disease centre
Building work is under way at the site of a new centre in Ulverston for people being treated for kidney disease, due to open in July. The new centre, on the former site of Sandside Lodge School in Sandside Road, will provide haemodialysis treatment and outpatient clinic facilities. Haemodialysis is a treatment to remove waste...
08Mar
Women in health and care: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world
Prerana Issar, Chief People Officer of the NHS; and Samantha Allen, Chair of the Health & Care Women Leaders Network, invite all women and allies in health and care to participate in a nationwide celebration on 8th March 2021. The day starts with a tweet chat at 7.30am. The main event starts at 10am and will end...
05Mar
A son who lost his father to Covid-19 is cycling the distance from Leyland to Malta and back for hospital that cared for him
A son who lost his father to Covid-19 is virtually cycling the distance from Leyland to Malta and back to raise money for the Critical Care Unit where he was cared for. Graham Swarbrick, from Leyland in Lancashire, was admitted to the Critical Care Unit at the Royal Preston Hospital on 24th January 2021 after he...
04Mar
Win a break in the Lakes in Rosemere’s spring raffle!
Many of us have missed holidays and weekends away over the last 12 months - so we're giving you the chance to win a much-needed break on us (when the restrictions ease, of course), while still supporting local cancer patients here at Lancashire teaching Hospitals, with our spring raffle. Our fabulous prizes: A three night weekend...
