Latest news stories from ELHT

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

Posted: 2 January 2018
Football mums team up for NICU donation

A team of Accrington-based footballing mums have scored with a £610 donation to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Burnley General Teaching Hospital.

Posted: 15 December 2017
Trust opens world class cancer care facilities

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is thrilled to announce the official opening of the Primrose Chemotherapy Suite and East Lancashire Breast Clinic at Burnley General Teaching Hospital.

Posted: 14 December 2017
Burnley Tesco donate sleigh-load of toys to Urgent Care Centre kids

Customers and staff at the Tesco Extra store in Burnley have delivered a festive extravaganza of toys and gifts to bring smiles to the faces of young patients at Burnley General Hospital.

Posted: 11 December 2017
Maternity staff shortlisted for three national awards

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust’s (ELHT) reputation as one of the region’s leading NHS maternity services has received a further boost following news that three staff/teams are shortlisted for the prestigious Royal College of Midwifery (RCM) Annual Midwifery Awards 2018.

Posted: 8 December 2017
Mayor gives seal of approval for new Lancashire Elective Centre

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) officially opened the Lancashire Elective Centre at Burnley General Teaching Hospital on Wednesday 6 December.

Posted: 8 December 2017
East Lancashire Hospitals chooses Cerner as preferred EPR Supplier

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) has chosen global health information technology leader Cerner as its Preferred Supplier of a new clinical information system that will help to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of patient care.

Posted: 6 December 2017
Pennine Lancashire chosen to trail-blaze new ways of transforming the way sport and activity is offered in England

ELHT is delighted that the area it mainly covers has been chosen by Sport England as a pilot area to work with on a bold new approach to build healthier, more active communities across England.