Latest news stories from ELHT

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

Posted: 19 November 2018
ELHT First to Renew Unicef Baby Friendly ‘Gold Standard’

East Lancashire has become the first acute NHS Trust in the country to receive the prestigious Baby Friendly Initiative ‘Gold’ standard from the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) UK for the second year in a row.

Posted: 15 November 2018
Essential Building Works at Accrington Victoria Hospital

Admissions to Ward 2 at Accrington Victoria have been suspended to allow work to to take place.

Posted: 14 November 2018
Ongoing complaints fall to record low

Open, formal complaints to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s (ELHT) hospital and community services have reached their lowest number.....

Posted: 8 November 2018
Breastfeeding friendly boost for Blackburn with Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen has today become officially ‘breastfeeding friendly’, meaning mums who want to breastfeed out and about in the borough can do so with full confidence.

Posted: 6 November 2018
Occupational Therapy Week comes to East Lancashire!

Occupational Therapists from East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust are celebrating this year’s national Occupational Therapy (OT) Week, organised by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT).

Posted: 1 November 2018
National award for NHS employment champion

East Lancashire Hospitals Trust (ELHT) Widening Access and Apprenticeship Lead Sufiya Rasul has been honoured with a special award....

Posted: 30 October 2018
Patients, GPs and the NHS benefit from new electronic referrals in East Lancashire

Patients in East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen will benefit from a more streamlined referral process for their first consultant outpatient appointment after...