Latest news stories from ELHT
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Campaign launched by the NHS in East Lancashire to protect families against flu
NHS Blackburn with Darwen Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS East Lancashire CCG and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) are once again targeting families this year in a major drive to protect them from flu.
National Compassionate Care Accolade for Hospital Maternity Staff
East Lancashire Hospitals’ reputation for compassionate care was confirmed last week when maternity staff from the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre won the NHS70 Kate Granger Award for Compassionate Care 2018.
Additional funding to assist with urgent and emergency health care
Bosses at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust are pleased to announce that a new Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit (AECU) will open at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital on Friday 14 September 2018.
Trust cuts letter costs in half with digital launch
A new patient communications project by East Lancashire Hospitals has cut the cost of appointment letters by 51 per cent, as part of a trust-wide initiative to drive digital efficiency.
Tauheedul Islam Mosque raises £7,000 for blood pressure machines
The Tauheedul Islam Mosque raised an impressive £7,452 enabling the hospital to replace five old blood pressure machines with state of the art equipment, further enhancing patient care and safety
Hospital’s new guide to help inpatients
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has published a new information guide to assist inpatients and their relatives/carers during hospital stays.
Golf fundraisers ‘club’ together for Chemotherapy Unit
A golf fundraising day held in memory of Peter Hornby raised £2319.54 for East Lancashire’s hospital charity, ELHT&Me.