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title: "Year 9 Students visit the LIFE Centre"
url: "https://balshaws.org.uk/news/2026-10-13-year-9-students-visit-the-life-centre"
school: "Balshaw’s Church of England High School"
---

# Year 9 Students visit the LIFE Centre

  ![Image of Year 9 Students visit the LIFE Centre](https://files.schudio.com/balshaws/images/news/2026_-_Nov_-_LIFE_Chorley_Hospital_website.jpg)  13 October 2026

On Tuesday 6th October a group of Year 9 students travelled to Chorley Hospital’s LIFE centre to learn about all the careers that can be had in the NHS. This action-packed day not only focused on the clinical roles the NHS has to offer but also the myriad of other job opportunities that can be had in areas that our students were surprised and fascinated to discover. The day was inspiring and the students really enjoyed every part of it, especially the tour of the state-of-the-art Lancashire Eye Centre.

The Pathology Session was very useful and interesting because it showed students how the tests we have, for example on urine and blood, lead to results that enable diagnosis. Students really enjoyed this aspect using data, performing tests and matching results to diagnoses.

### **Adult Nursing Session:**

Jessica said,

> “I enjoyed the adult nursing session because it was explained really well, and we got to try things out and be practical instead of just listening.”

The biggest surprise was how much different branches of the National Health Service rely on each other to keep it running and ensure patients are taken care of.

### **The NHS IT session:**

We learned that the NHS in just our area has an IT budget of £5,000,000 and their biggest threat is AI and being hacked. Their biggest job, they said was “I protecting and defending it by testing their colleagues each month.”  We also learned that the NHS employs 20% of the population – that’s one in five people working for the NHS!

### **The Lancashire Eye Centre Tour:**

Sophie’s favourite part was the Tour of the eye clinic:

> “I got to see the laser eye rooms and the anaesthetists rooms where patients go before surgery. I also liked the employability session where we got to draw our future selves on the walls and write our skills around it!”

### **The NHS Careers session:**

Olivia’s favourite session was the NHS Careers and skills session:

> “The part when part of the Group went on a tour of the eye clinic and the other group, which Aaren was leading to investigate over 350 NHS careers was my favourite part because of how inclusive and interesting it was.”

Here are some photographs from the day:

![](https://balshaws.org.uk/images/news/2026_-_Nov_-_LIFE_Chorley_Hospital.jpg)

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