Latest news stories from ELHT

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

Posted: 27 May 2021
Please help reduce pressure on local A&E plea from East Lancashire clinicians

The Emergency Team at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital today renewed their plea to local people to help them reduce pressure on A&E in the run-up to the Bank Holiday weekend.

Posted: 27 May 2021
Congratulations to Michael Corbett, ELHT’s May employee of the month

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s Employee of the Month accolade for May has been awarded to Michael Corbett

Posted: 13 May 2021
Celebrating National Operating Department Practitioner's Day

Today is National Operating Department Practitioner’s Day, so to celebrate we spoke to some of our amazing ODP’s to hear more about their role at ELHT, how their working life changed when they were redeployed during Covid-19 and what it is about their job they love.

Posted: 13 May 2021
Accelerating care across Lancashire and South Cumbria

We are delighted to be working together with Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS FT, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS FT, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS FT to make some very big inroads in our collective waiting lists over the next three months.

Posted: 12 May 2021
"I go home every day knowing I've made someone happy"

This International Nurses Day, we spoke to Ayesha Shah, a Junior Sister at Pendle Community Hospital, about what it means for her to be able to give back to the community she grew up in.

Posted: 10 May 2021
Congratulations to Laura Moores, ELHT’s employee of the month

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s Employee of the Month accolade for April has been awarded to Laura Moores.

Posted: 7 May 2021
Maple Team is another branch to community midwifery services

Parents-to-be across East Lancashire with pre-existing diabetes, or diabetes developed during pregnancy, are now benefitting from a new specialist community team run by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.