Latest news stories from ELHT

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

Posted: 11 March 2021
ELHT employee wins Princes Trust Young Achiever of the Year award

A laundry assistant working at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has won the Princes Trust Young Achiever of the Year award, after joining the Trust two years ago through the Get into NHS Hospital Services programme.

Posted: 11 March 2021
Patient care ‘top priority’ says survey

Staff at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust believe care of patients is the organisation’s top priority, according to the latest NHS Staff Survey.

Posted: 2 March 2021
Parents of premature baby donate to hospital charity in thanks
Posted: 25 February 2021
Alistair is ELHT’s employee of the month for February

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s Employee of the Month for February was awarded to Alistair Hey who works in the pathology transfusion lab.

Posted: 25 February 2021
Consultant Medical Oncologist wins IWantGreatCare award for third year in a row

Consultant Medical Oncologist at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Dr Hassan Shikhrakab, has been awarded a Certificate of Excellence award in the 2021 IWantGreatCare Awards, which recognises those clinicians who are most highly and consistently recommended by their patients.

Posted: 17 February 2021
Conversations with Jasper – How ELHT’s Listening Lounges are helping student nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic

Chaplaincy colleagues at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust have offered their ‘Listening Lounges’ to returning nursing students, to enable them to discuss their experiences of working during the pandemic in an open, relaxed and honest atmosphere.

Posted: 14 February 2021
Trust’s “exemplary” catering team nationally recognised

The Catering Department at ELHT is one of only eight Trusts nationally to have joined the NHS Exemplary Trusts Programme and Hospital Food Network.