Latest news
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A day in the life of a phlebotomist
2nd August 2024Karen Rutter is a phlebotomist and Team Leader at the Trust and leads a 26 strong team.
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From Barrow to Battambang - tackling generational trauma in Cambodia
27th July 2024Paul Andrews is a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist who works in our Children’s Mental Health Services in Barrow and Kendal. But he recently left Lancashire behind on a working sabbatical that benefitted both himself and colleagues and families in Cambodia
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Art exhibition to showcase work by secure mental health inpatients in Lancashire opens in Accrington
26th July 2024Smashing the stigma around mental health and celebrating recovery journeys are the themes of artwork from secure service users going on display in an exhibition this weekend.
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Compassion, advocacy and the coronial process: our SUDC nurses
24th July 2024The death of a child in any circumstances is both tragic and heartbreaking, but did you know that we have a dedicated team of nurses that support families and work with partner agencies following the sudden and unexpected deaths of children (SUDC) in Lancashire?
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Colleague recognised at West Lancashire Borough Council annual Volunteer Awards
22nd July 2024We’re proud to announce that Lee Holmes, Mandatory Training Manager in our Clinical Education Team has received an Outstanding Contribution to Volunteering Award at this year’s Volunteer Awards.
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Getting to know...Lisa Inman
22nd July 2024We went face to face with Specialist Learning Disability Principal Physiotherapist, Lisa Inman, who makes specialist adjustments required to provide physiotherapy to adults with learning disabilities whose needs cannot be successfully met by mainstream services.
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Trust statement following global IT outage
19th July 2024Abigail Harrison, Chief Digital and Infrastructure Officer at LSCft, said: “We are currently experiencing disruption to a small number of our applications as a result of a global IT outage. Business continuity plans have been put into place to ensure we can support patients while the issue is resolved. We will continue to monitor the situation and communicate with our partners.”
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Health equipment survey to help improve local community services
18th July 2024People living across Lancashire are being asked for their feedback to help improve the provision of community equipment services across the region. These services provide free equipment on loan to people in their homes that is ordered through the NHS or via local social care services.
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Mental health patients in Lancashire to benefit from garden headlining at RHS Tatton Flower Show
17th July 2024A £30,000 garden headlining at the 2024 RHS Tatton Flower Show by last year’s winning designers is to be donated to mental health inpatients and NHS workers in Lancashire.
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Phil Huggon, one of our non-executive directors, shares his personal story of bipolar diagnosis
16th July 2024Living with bipolar Phil Huggon is a husband and dad of three adult children. One of the experiences he says has shaped his life was when he lost his mum, who died when he was just 10 years old. Fast forward thirty years and at the age of 40, Phil was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
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Shine Issue 7: out now!
15th July 2024We are happy to share with you the new issue of Shine, our Trust magazine.
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We've been shortlisted five times at this year's Nursing Times Awards!
4th July 2024Congratulations to all of our nursing teams and individuals shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Nursing Times Awards!