Latest news stories from ELHT
Find out what’s been going on recently at the Trust.
Pancreatic Cancer Rapid Diagnostic Service wins top Macmillan award
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Pancreatic Cancer Rapid Diagnostic Service (RDS) has kickstarted November’s Pancreatic Cancer Awareness month with a win at the Macmillan Professionals Excellence Awards, as recognition of their outstanding contribution to cancer services.
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.