Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

05/12/2025

If you’re self-employed, winter illnesses like flu can hit you in the pocket unexpectedly.

Don’t just protect yourself and your colleagues, protect your livelihood this winter by booking your seasonal vaccinations.

Contact your GP or speak to a pharmacist to book an appointment.

Find out more here about how good health can start at work. ⬇️
https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/goodhealthstarts

05/12/2025

🎅 Christmas cheer arrived early on our Children's Ward at Royal Preston Hospital, as young patients had the chance to speak with Santa live from the North Pole!

Thanks to Cisco's Webex platform and their programme, young patients and their families the opportunity to meet Santa, tell him their Christmas wishes, and check whether they are on the naughty or nice list in advance of the big day.

Read more about the magical experience our young patients had meeting Santa and his elves ⬇️
https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/news/article/844

02/12/2025

30/11/2025

🤔🏥 Thinking about a career in nursing?

👋 Join our Discover Nursing Taster Sessions at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and get hands-on experience in our clinical skills labs.

✅ Meet our Clinical Nurse Tutors
✅ Enjoy practical sessions
✅ Learn what it’s really like to be a nurse

Who can attend?
Anyone aged 16+ with an interest in nursing and able to attend both dates of your chosen programme.

📅 Choose your programme:
Weekend: 7–8 February 2026 (10am–2pm)
Evening: 17–18 March 2026 (4pm–8pm)
Half Term: 31 March–1 April 2026 (10am–2pm)

📍 Location: Royal Preston Hospital

📧 To book your place, email study.nursing@lthtr.nhs.uk

25/11/2025

🤔🏥 Thinking about a career in nursing?

👋 Join our Discover Nursing Taster Sessions at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and get hands-on experience in our clinical skills labs.

✅ Meet our Clinical Nurse Tutors
✅ Enjoy practical sessions
✅ Learn what it’s really like to be a nurse
Who can attend?

Anyone aged 16+ with an interest in nursing and able to attend both dates of your chosen programme.

📅 Choose your programme:

Weekend: 7–8 February 2026 (10am–2pm)
Evening: 17–18 March 2026 (4pm–8pm)
Half Term: 31 March–1 April 2026 (10am–2pm)

📍 Location: Royal Preston Hospital
📧 To book your place, email study.nursing@lthtr.nhs.uk

25/11/2025

Today is BBC NHS Day across the North West - showcasing how the NHS is preparing for winter and supporting patients during seasonal pressures.

We were delighted to host BBC Lancashire’s Graham Liver Breakfast Show live from our Discharge Lounge at Royal Preston Hospital between 6–10am.

Listen back on BBC Sounds (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002m835) to hear from our incredible colleagues and volunteers sharing insights on winter care, discharge planning, and how we’re working together to keep patients safe and well.

💙 Thank you to everyone involved for highlighting the dedication and teamwork across Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and the wider NHS.

24/11/2025

Don't miss out on this fun and festive fundraising event in support of our hospitals. 🎅🎄

Save the date - our Jingle Bell Jog is back!! 🎅 💫 🏃🏼‍♂️

Get your festive gear ready and join us for our 2025 Jingle Bell Jog! This 1-mile fun run in support of our Children’s Fund is perfect for all ages and abilities. It’s taking place on Sunday 30th November at University of Lancashire - ULan Sports Arena, Preston!

Expect heaps of Christmas cheer, including a special visit from Santa! 🎅🎁 Don’t forget to wear your best festive costume for a chance to win our fancy dress competition! 🎄

Every penny raised will help brighten the hospital experience for over 10,000 children and young people at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Event Details:
📍 Location: ULan Sports Arena, Preston
🗓️ Date: 30th November
🕦 Time: Arrive from 11am for a 12 noon start
💌 Sign up: https://lthcharity.org.uk/support-us/fundraising-events/jingle-bell-jog/

A huge thanks to 360 Ambulance Service for their generous support of this event!

Sign up, bring the family, and let’s make this a Christmas to remember! 🎄✨

20/11/2025

Carers Rights Day is today (20th November).

Here at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we are proud to join Carers UK and organisations from across the country in raising awareness of the rights, entitlements, and wider support available for unpaid carers.

This year’s theme ‘Know your rights, use your rights’ is all about making sure more carers understand their entitlements and feel confident to use them.

We are encouraging everyone to get involved and to find out how carers rights can help to:
✔ Access support
✔ Juggle care and work
✔ Look after your health and wellbeing
✔ When the person you care for is coming out of hospital

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Carers Forum which is run in collaboration with Lancashire Carers Services is now in its 4th year and continues to involve carers and help provide them with information about support available to them in our communities and within our hospital settings.

To mark this day the Forum has recently updated their ‘Carers Charter’ and ‘The Essential Carers’ leaflets, which supports carers by providing information on what is available when they visit our hospitals.

The leaflets are available to read on out Trust website, via the links below:

Carers Charter:https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/media/.leaflets/691ca5136f0d67.13509592.pdf

The Essential Carer:https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/media/.leaflets/691ca4f7dc72f3.41368197.pdf

Lancashire Carers Services will also be at our Preston site on Friday to ensure valuable resources, advice and information are passed out to carers.

Find out more, and get involved in Carers Rights Day at https://go.carersuk.org/CRD

19/11/2025

💊 Shorter antibiotic courses cause fewer side effects, reduce nursing time and time spent in hospital.

Learn more ⬇️
https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/04/07/what-is-antimicrobial-resistance-amr-and-how-can-you-combat-it/

18/11/2025

The Resident doctor strike action will end tomorrow (19 November) at 7:00am.

You will be contacted if your appointment needs to be changed, please continue to come forward for the care you need.

17/11/2025

🌿 Fresh air meets cancer care at Rosemere Cancer Centre!

Specialist Therapeutic Radiographer Katie Fisher has launched a pioneering 💚 Green Prescribing Project, helping radiotherapy patients connect with nature to boost wellbeing.

Working with Macmillan Cancer Support UK, Rosemere Cancer Foundation, colleagues across radiotherapy, Planning Officer Tracey Calvey from the Trust’s sustainability team, and patient representatives, Katie and her stakeholder group have introduced:

✅ Walking routes with mindfulness QR codes
✅ Seed swaps for patients
✅ Nature imagery in treatment areas
✅ Info boards on local green spaces

📚 This evidence-based approach is already gaining national recognition and could become a blueprint for radiotherapy departments across the UK.

💚 Want to support? Donations of seeds are welcome at Rosemere Cancer Centre, Royal Preston Hospital.
📧 Contact Katie: kathryn.fisher@lthtr.nhs.uk

If you want to read the full story, head over to our website: https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/news/article/843