Latest news stories from ELHT
Find out what’s been going on recently at the Trust.
Brand New Children’s Play Area Opens at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
Children and their families who spend time at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital are absolutely delighted with their new play area that has opened today.
Your Accessibility Guide for East Lancashire Hospitals is now live!
ELHT has partnered with AccessAble to create Detailed Access Guides for Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals.
Faster, easier diagnosis thanks to charity’s significant scanner donation
A Darwen-based charity has donated thousands of pounds to purchase a mobile bladder scanner for the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.
Community End of Life care rated ‘Outstanding’ following CQC inspection
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s (ELHT) community end of life care provision has been awarded the highest possible ‘Outstanding’ rating....
Hospital Safety Initiative Wins National Patient Safety Award
A groundbreaking safety initiative adopted from the airline industry and now used to protect patients undergoing surgery....
Trust supports National No Smoking Day
Wednesday 13 March is National No Smoking Day and ELHT’s Health and Wellbeing service is ready to help smokers quit. No Smoking Day is an annual health awareness day which aims to support and connect millions of people who are on their smoke-free journey.
East Lancashire best training hospitals for paediatric doctors
The paediatric department at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is rated best in the north west for training specialist child doctors (paediatricians).