17Sep
NHS hero from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has portrait painted by local artist
Earlier this year, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals launched the Portrait Competition, a national competition where heroes of the NHS are chosen to have their portrait painted by a local artist. Artist Peter Bourne contacted the Trust about Artdex, an organisation who wanted to give back to those working on the frontlines of Covid-19 for their service. ...
16Sep
Opportunity to transform healthcare in the region takes a step forward
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Hospital Trust (UHMBT) and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTHTr) are moving forward as part of the second phase of Government’s flagship Health Infrastructure Plan (HIP). LTHTr and UHMBT have agreed to work collaboratively to maximise seed funding and healthcare opportunities to develop infrastructure plans which...
11Sep
‘Wear the rainbow’ to raise vital funds for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity is launching their very first virtual Rainbow Run on Monday 5th October. The charity team are asking supporters to run, walk, cycle or even scoot their chosen route and distance and gain sponsorship to raise funds to help improve staff and patient experience at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Participants can complete their...
10Sep
Win up to £500 in the Baby Beat virtual balloon race
A cash prize of £500 is up for grabs for the winner of a virtual balloon race that will raise money for Baby Beat, the charity supporting services for babies and parents at maternity services run in Preston and Chorley by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. The event, which starts on Monday 14th September, is an eco-friendly computer...
09Sep
Burnley Charitable Trust awards grant for neonatal heart scanner probe to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
A state-of-the-art neonatal ultrasound probe, which is essential for scanning babies’ hearts, is now in place at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals thanks to generous funding. The Fort Foundation, a Trust formed by Ted Fort and his company Fort Vale Engineering based in Simonstone, has awarded a grant of more than £4,300 for the ultrasound probe to Baby...
07Sep
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals staff member gets on his bike to raise money for the Trust’s charity
A member of staff at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has raised more than £700 for his local NHS by taking on a 100-mile bike ride of Lancashire and Cheshire. Richard Hogger, Assistant Finance Director at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, originally took one of the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity places in Ride London, which was due to happen in...
04Sep
Penwortham man to take on one of the UK’s most difficult cycling challenges in support of neonatal charity
Local man David Rose is set to take on one of the most famously difficult cycling challenges in support of neonatal charity Baby Beat. The Fred Whitton Challenge consists of a 113-mile sportive around the Lake District, starting at Grasmere and taking in the climbs of Kirkstone, Honister, Newlands, Whinlatter, Harknott, Wrynose and Blea Tarn...
21Aug
Neonatal charity receive donations of silk to help protect premature babies at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals
Baby Beat, the charity which supports babies and mothers being cared for at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, has, with the help of its supporters and volunteers, sourced donations of pure silk which have been made into handmade sheets to be used by the tiniest babies on the neonatal unit. Babies who are born extremely premature often...
