Latest news stories from ELHT
Find out what’s been going on recently at the Trust.
The importance of acting F.A.S.T
Celebrating World Stroke Day, an opportunity to raise awareness of the serious nature and high rates of strokes and talk about ways in which we can reduce the burden of stroke through better public awareness of the risk factors and signs.
World Stroke Day: Don’t miss out on #PreciousTime
The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria will be giving strong support to World Stroke Day – an annual opportunity to highlight the serious nature and high rate of strokes and spread awareness of the risk factors and signs.
Caring medical student rewarded with scholarship at ELHT
Halima Adam has been awarded the 2021/22 Mackenzie Scholarship
New digital record system to revolutionise maternity care for East Lancashire families
ELHT will be rolling out a new digital system for parents-to-be to register their pregnancy and access their care notes, from November 2021.
Black History Month - Meet Dunni
As part of Black History Month, Staff Nurse Oladunni Akinbulumo, better known as “Dunni” tells us about her experiences of being a black person within the ELHT Family.
Junior Doctor Chanelle is a storybook star!
Chanelle Smith, an FY1 currently based in the Ophthalmology Department at the Trust, has been featured in “One Hundred Reasons to Hope”, a book written by the late Captain Sir Tom Moore.
Hip-Hip hurray! ELHT performs its first ever day case hip replacement
A Burnley man was the first to undergo day case hip replacement surgery at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust last week, an exciting new development as the Trust progresses in its aim to reduce patients’ length of stay following their operation.