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  • Trust statement following global IT outage

    19th July 2024

    Abigail 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 2024

    People 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 2024

    A £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 2024

    Living 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 2024

    We 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 2024

    Congratulations to all of our nursing teams and individuals shortlisted for this year’s prestigious Nursing Times Awards!

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  • Congratulations to our award winning apprentices

    3rd July 2024

    Congratulations to our apprentice colleagues for their success in this year’s Health and Care Apprenticeship Awards.

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  • Mental health inpatients get the opportunity to exercise in ward based gyms thanks to innovative new partnership

    24th June 2024

    Inpatients on mental health wards in Lancashire and South Cumbria will this year benefit from being able to exercise on the ward thanks to an innovative new partnership.

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  • Junior doctors set to strike in Lancashire and South Cumbria

    24th June 2024

    Message from ICB: hospitals in Lancashire and South Cumbria are preparing for more industrial action with junior doctors set to strike this week for the first time since February.

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  • Man reverses diabetes thanks to help of learning disability nurse

    17th June 2024

    A former patient of our South Cumbria Learning Disability Service is celebrating losing six stone in weight after the help of a nurse who helped transform his life.

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  • Our Carer Story - Working for the NHS and Caring

    12th June 2024

    This Carers Week, carers are sharing their experiences of working for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust while also having caring responsibilities for a loved one, touching on the challenges they face at both work and home that impacts their health and wellbeing. 

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  • Getting involved with Carers Week 2024

    12th June 2024

    Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlighting the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.

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