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care from our hospitals (Burnley, Blackburn, Clitheroe, Pendle) and community nurses and therapists in East Lancashire.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 520,000 and provides a wide range of community and hospital based services. We provide safe, personal and effective care.

16/07/2025

Congratulations to Dr Georgina Robertson, Clinical Director of the Emergency Department at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Head of Undergraduate Medicine at ELHT who has been presented with an honorary clinical professor title by Lancaster University, recognising her remarkable career. George first joined ELHT as a medical student in 1995 and since then, she has risen to become one of the most senior clinicians in the Trust and a well-loved and respected leader🩺💙

Congratulation Prof George👏

07/07/2025

Thanks to our wonderful team on Ward 19, lifelong Burnley FC fan Carl Sudworth was the very first person to receive the club’s brand-new 2025/26 shirt. Carl has been a season ticket holder for 76 years and is currently recovering after a serious accident. His incredible spirit inspired the ward to work with Burnley Football Club to surprise him with the shirt, complete with signatures from players.
A huge thank you to Burnley FC and our amazing Ward 19 team for making this moment so special for Carl💙⚽

05/07/2025

A MASSIVE thank you to everyone who works, or who has worked, for the NHS for everything you do, each and every day.

03/07/2025

Three big shifts will change how the NHS works, enabling it to deliver better care for all patients – no matter where they live.

From hospital to community.

From analogue to digital.

From sickness to prevention.

Read more ➡️
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/10-year-health-plan-for-england-fit-for-the-future

27/06/2025

This is the last chance to nominate someone at our Trust for the remarkable care they have provided for you or a loved one. Entries for the Star Awards 2025 close at 9am on Monday, 30 June. If someone has gone the extra mile for you or your family please take a couple of minutes to put them forward using our simple form linked in the comments below.

It might be an individual or a team who works at one of our hospitals or health centres or they may have treated you in your own home. Our colleague awards are a really special way we can say thank you🌟🌟

26/06/2025

This week is Armed Forces Week and we’re proud to celebrate James, an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in our Emergency Department, whose career began in the Royal Air Force. From tactical medical evacuations in Chinooks to treating patients in our ED, James brings military precision and NHS compassion to everything he does. He highlights the seamless transfer of skills between the military and NHS with leadership, teamwork and the ability to perform under pressure being core to both environments.

Thank you to James, and all of our staff with a military background, for the unique strength and skills you bring to ELHT💙🎖

We are very proud to be a Veteran Aware trust, please contact our Veterans team for more information, armedforcesveterans@elht.nhs.uk

20/06/2025

Today we have been celebrating day. This is a day that celebrates the incredible research teams on the front line and behind the scenes, dedicated to health and social care research. This includes research participants, patients, professionals, volunteers and regulatory bodies all collectively working together.
Thank you to our colleagues and patients who help make research possible❤❤

18/06/2025

Today is is National Estates and Facilities Day and we would like to thank everyone that works to ensure that our premises are clean, safe and efficient in order for us to provide caring, safe and respectful care for our patients and their families.

From porters to mechanics, chefs to electricians, estates and facilities management colleagues make up 114,000 people in the NHS and their work is invaluable in maintaining the vast healthcare estate💚💚

13/06/2025

Nurses from ELHT’s Children’s Community Nursing Team have been trained on equipment which enables families to spend precious time at home with their baby or child after they have died. A cuddle cot and cuddle blanket, along with a selection of keep sakes and memory boxes, were presented to the children’s palliative care nurses’ courtesy of Maggie’s Stillbirth Legacy. The equipment is designed to keep a baby or child’s body cool so families who wish to can spend longer with their loved one and go at their own pace to say goodbye. Sarah Parsons from Maggie’s Stillbirth Legacy showed nurses the technicalities of how to set up and use the equipment and as a bereaved mother she also gave valuable insights into little touches such as making the cot look less medical and how to set up and use the equipment with compassion💗💗

Sarah and her husband Mark set up Maggie’s Stillborn Legacy in 2015 after they lost their daughter Maggie after she was born at Burnley General Teaching Hospital. Maggie would be 10 this year, so Maggie’s Stillborn Legacy fundraises in her memory. The cuddle blanket they donated was in memory of Bonnie Cianna Graham who died at six weeks and her mum Cassie attended the presentation.

11/06/2025

Have you been bowled over by the care provided by someone at our Trust?

Our People’s Health Hero Award is your chance to say a big thank you to someone who has gone that extra mile for you or your family. Our annual Star Awards highlight people and teams who have gone above and beyond but our People’s Health Hero is a very special award as nominations come from patients and their families⭐⭐ It’s easy to make a nomination. Simply click on the link in the comments and tell us who your People’s Health Hero is💜

Nominations close at the end of June.

09/06/2025

ELHT colleagues from the Directorate of Education, Research and Innovation (DERI) celebrated International Clinical Trails Day recently, by setting up informative pop-up stands at both Burnley General Hospital and Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. The displays featured lots of information and resources and ELHT's chair Shazad Sarwar, visited the stands to show his appreciation for the amazing work of these teams🥼🧪💚

06/06/2025

We’re still celebrating and saying a huge THANK YOU to our incredible volunteers💙We asked some of our volunteers why they volunteer at the Trust:
“I enjoy helping and supporting visitors and patients – and I really like working alongside the team.” Umayr
“I love volunteering – not only does it keep my brain active, but I’ve made a lovely group of friends, too.” Sheila
“I always say I get far more out of volunteering than I put in. It gives me much pleasure knowing I can help people and they are so grateful, I get a lot of thanks which really makes a difference .” Ken

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http://www.elht.nhs.uk/

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