Latest news stories from ELHT

Find out what’s been going on recently at the Trust. 

Posted: 20 June 2023
Military vehicles and more at Blackburn Hospital for Armed Forces Day

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust will be commemorating Armed Forces Day with a community event at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.

Posted: 16 June 2023
Essential work this weekend

Information to help people this weekend as the Trust undertakes an essential upgrade to its patients records system

Posted: 15 June 2023
Blackburn Birth Centre praised in Davina McCall podcast

An East Lancashire Hospitals Trust’s birthing centre has been praised in a national podcast.

Posted: 13 June 2023
National award nomination for nurse who dyes her hair purple to raise awareness for pancreatic cancer

A pancreas specialist nurse at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has been crowned the regional winner of the Nursing and Midwifery category at the NHS Parliamentary Awards – and will now go on to compete for the national prize.

Posted: 6 June 2023
Helping patients return home earlier
Posted: 6 June 2023
Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital hosts General Medical Council visit

Charlie Massey, the Chief Executive of the General Medical Council (GMC) paid a visit to Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital on Monday, 22 May.

Posted: 2 June 2023
Share your feedback on our NHS joint forward plan and the future of hospital services

We need to work together to address challenges facing services in Lancashire and South Cumbria