Weekly News 9 August 2022

Posted on: 9 August 2022

This week’s edition includes lots of news and updates from across the Trust. 

Lancashire and South Cumbria set to revolutionise NHS pathology deliveries

The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria is set to pioneer the use of drone technology to deliver medical samples between selected hospital sites thanks to around £1.4m in UK Research and Innovation funding.

Update on actions taken to improve access to car parking for on-call colleagues

From today (Tuesday 9 August), there will be an additional seven spaces made available across the road from the Education Centre at the RLI. These spaces are to be available exclusively for on-call colleagues who are attending out-of-hour’s emergencies.

New Team Talk to launch for all colleagues 

From the end of August, there will be a monthly Team Talk session held via Microsoft Teams led by the Executive team. These sessions will be open to all colleagues - not just managers and supervisors, and will allow us to update you all on the key updates and information.

 

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