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Posted: 9 October 2025
Patients join top surgeons in celebrating 10 years of robotic surgery
The first ever patient to undergo colorectal surgery using a robot in East Lancashire has returned to thank surgeons for giving him the gift of life.
Posted: 3 September 2025
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust leads national study in jaw fracture surgery
Posted: 20 August 2025
ELHT colleague Catherine serves up silver at British Transplant Games
Posted: 18 August 2025
Positive outcomes being achieved in unique medication reduction project
A unique partnership between an NHS Trust and a Yorkshire-based private social care provider which aimed to assess and reduce medications for elderly residents is set to be rolled out nationwide after positive outcomes were achieved – including for a 101-year-woman who has undergone a “remarkable’ transformation.
Posted: 23 July 2025
Resident Doctors in Lancashire and South Cumbria set to strike
Significant disruption to NHS services is expected as resident doctors in Lancashire and South Cumbria hospitals are set to strike.