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After supporting more than 16,000 people in communities across Lancashire and South Cumbria, our HARRI bus is entering a new era.

Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) continue to work together to identify new arrangements for the un-commissioned children and young people's ADHD and ASD service for those with no additional mental health diagnosis.

We’d like to share Stanley’s story with you. Stanley, now 12, has complex needs and amongst his diagnoses, he was the second child in the UK to be diagnosed with sensory processing disorder when he was just 18 months old. Stanley was with the LSCFT’s Learning Disability Community Team between ages 4 and 11 and his nurse was Heather. In the early days his mum Catherine would despair, struggling to cope with Stanley’s behaviour and she explains she felt she was a bad mum because she didn’t…

A Lancashire mum has shared her gratitude and admiration for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust’s (LSCFT) Community Learning Disability Team, recognising the difference their care has made to her family’s life.

Simon Warburton, Matron in Bed Management and Patient Flow shares why celebrating Pride Month is important to him.

Patients on Darwen Ward at Pendleview located at Royal Blackburn Hospital are ‘cueing’ up their next shot thanks to a donation from The East Lancashire Masonic Charity (ELMC).

Emma has been a carer for as long as she’s been a mum, caring for her two neurodiverse sons, aged 10 and 8, who are both diagnosed with AuDHD (autism and ADHD). Their diagnoses came in stages, with autism in early childhood and ADHD more recently but Emma’s caring role began from the very start.

Rachel Lucas, from Clitheroe ran an incredible 84 miles between the two NHS Mother and Baby Units (MBU) that helped her recover from postpartum psychosis, a rare but severe mental illness, after the births of her two children.

To celebrate her 40th birthday, Amanda Shilton, Senior improvement Advisor, set herself the challenge of walking up Pendle Hill 40 times; raising over £1,000 for the Trust charity, Hope and Mind at LSCFT.  

Last week, we celebrated our nursing colleagues for International Nurses Day with a host of events throughout the week to recognise the vital role nurses play in saving lives and shaping the future of healthcare.

Sharon is someone who finds creativity in everyday life. Art has always been a big part of who she is, from painting and creating to supporting others to express themselves. She volunteers at a community arts group, helping to bring people together in a safe, inclusive space. Sharon lives with complex emotional needs (CEN), but that is only one part of her story.

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