East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

16/10/2026

Over the past week, families, colleagues and members of our local community came together to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week, remembering the much-loved babies who will never be forgotten 💙🕯️.

Our Service in Blackburn and Wave of Light ceremony provided moments of reflection, remembrance and support for those affected by baby loss. The events were made possible through the dedication and compassion of our bereavement midwives, maternity teams, chaplains and everyone who worked behind the scenes.

We would like to thank all those who attended and helped bring people together in remembrance. Your support helps ensure families know they are not alone.

15/10/2026

Yesterday was Allied Health Professions (AHP) Day, a celebration of our incredible AHP colleagues across the Trust. From physiotherapists and occupational therapists to radiographers, dietitians, podiatrists and more, our AHPs work across wards, clinics and communities to deliver safe, personal and effective care every single day💚💚.
A huge thank you to all our AHPs for everything you do for our patients👏.

13/10/2026

If you or a family member uses vascular services in East Lancashire please take a look at this consultation and put your views forward

📢 Have your say on proposed changes to vascular services across Lancashire, South Cumbria and Wigan.

The NHS is consulting on a proposal to create one vascular network across our sites, with Royal Preston Hospital becoming the specialist centre for planned and emergency inpatient vascular surgery.

We want to hear from local people, patients, families and carers before any decision is made.

Find out more and have your say: https://orlo.uk/PGg1h

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

09/10/2026

Baby Loss Awareness Week, which begins today, is a time to come together in remembrance of the much-loved babies who sadly died too soon.

This week, we will be holding our annual remembrance events, including a Service in Blackburn this Sunday (Sunday 11 October) starting at 2pm at Welsey Hall, Blackburn. Then our Wave of Light ceremony on Thursday 15 October at Lancashire Women's and Newborn Centre at Burnley General at 6:30pm. Both these events are open to everyone and provide an opportunity for families, colleagues and our local community to reflect, remember and support one another.

A heartfelt thank you to our bereavement midwives, maternity teams, chaplains and the Friends of Serenity charity for helping to create these meaningful moments of remembrance💙🕯️.

04/10/2026

Our Safeguarding team, alongside colleagues from NICU and the 0-19 Health Visiting team, spent time at the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre speaking with parents and parents-to-be about coping with a crying baby as part of ICON week💚💚. ICON Week is an annual event to raise awareness of infant crying and support parents and carers who are struggling to cope when their baby cries.

It was a fantastic morning with excellent engagement from families and many positive conversations about supporting babies and their caregivers👏.

02/10/2026

Our wonderful ELHT mobile breast screening unit is currently based at Burnley General Hospital, offering free NHS breast screening for women aged 50 up to their 71st birthday 💗💗. If you're registered with Reedyford Health Care, Nelson Medical Practice, Whitefiled Health Care, ELHT Primary Care Pendle Valley Mill, Barrowford Surgery or ELHT Primary Care Fairmore Medical Practice - Nelson keep an eye out for your appointment letter.
For more info call 📞 01282 805301 or email 📧 [email protected].

28/09/2026

A huge congratulations to our Armed Forces Veteran Team who have recently been presented with two prestigious awards🎖️💙.

They received the Most Positive Community Impact 2026 award in the Health and Wellbeing Category at The National Business Awards 2026 in May. Then in September, they received the Working Together Award at the Armed Forces Community Awards 2026.

These achievements highlight the strength of our Armed Forces strategy and the team's commitment to reducing health inequalities and their exceptional work delivered across the Trust.

Congratulations Armed Forces Veteran Team👏.

26/09/2026

This month, we were proud to recognise colleagues whose work has received national recognition through shortlisting in the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer Awards💙⭐.

Samantha Piggin-Jones and Jason Smith have been shortlisted for the AHP Research Impact Award for their work reducing hospital deconditioning through early rehabilitation. Their work has helped reduce lengths of stay, prevent readmissions and save valuable bed days, while embedding improvement into everyday practice.

Mary Fulforth has been shortlisted for the Greener AHP Award following the introduction of a walking aid reuse project. The initiative has improved patient experience while reducing costs and carbon emissions across our sites. Mandy Davies has also been shortlisted for the Greener AHP Award thanks to her Digital Nutrition Hub and Nutrition Advisor projects. These initiatives have strengthened nutrition governance, delivered measurable improvements in performance and generated significant savings while supporting sustainability goals.

Congratulations Samantha, Jason, Mary and Mandy👏.

25/09/2026

We were delighted to celebrate colleagues who reached significant long service milestones in July at a special in-person event. The event provided an opportunity to personally thank colleagues for their dedication, commitment and contribution to the Trust over many years👏💜.

Congratulations and thank you to each of our long service recipients:

25 years of service:
Rachel Walton
Amanda Gray
Emelda Andres
Virginia Parreno

30 years of service:
Lee-Suan Teh

40 years of service:
Alison Roberts

22/09/2026

Voting is now open for the latest round of our Star of the Month public vote⭐💙. The public vote is open until midnight on 29 September, with the top three nominees invited to a special celebration event in October. The response to star of the month so far has been fantastic, with inspiring nominations recognising colleagues and teams who go above and beyond for patients, visitors and each other👏.

Now it's your turn to choose this month's winner: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=klpmVKbhEUWwrQsJZ20VjtbrFkdhHSpIhEzfo5YKOt1UMVNJNzVCNFhLMk9LWFBLQjVRQk9VTjUyMS4u