Category Archives: Emergency Village

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT), in collaboration with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, has launched a new Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre (MHUAC) in Blackpool. The MHUAC officially opened yesterday, 10 May, and is located next to the A&E department at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, where work is underway to create an Emergency Village, enhancing… Continue Reading New Blackpool Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre opens for patients

Emergency Department Lead for the Emergency Village, Dr Adeline Israel, on top of the soon to be demolished building The next phase of the Emergency Village and Critical Care Development is underway with building works now focussed on the new three storey Critical Care and Same Day Emergency Care unit. The existing building, which originally… Continue Reading Work on the next phase of the Emergency Village and Critical Care Development is underway

Local residents looking for emergency or critical care may soon find it in a new £25million facility being built at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. And Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust today announced that it has now submitted a full business case, following an approved outline business case, in the hope to receive £13million towards the… Continue Reading Emergency Village and Critical Care improvement plan secures investment for Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre residents

BLACKPOOL Victoria Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) has opened the first phase of its Emergency Village development. The upgraded, extended and enhanced waiting room and Minors area, which treats non-life threatening emergency illnesses and injuries, was opened by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Chief Executive, Kevin McGee and Medical Director, Dr Jim Gardner (video below).… Continue Reading First phase of Blackpool ‘Emergency Village’ opens

Plans to enhance and expand Blackpool’s emergency care departments in a new ‘Emergency Village’ have moved onto the next phase of construction in collaboration with Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust. Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust have submitted a business case to access approximately £8.1m of national funding.. This is to improve the service… Continue Reading Work starts on new Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre as part of Emergency Village plans

Work has begun on the new Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre which will be housed in the former ADAS /OT (Anticoagulation/Occupational Therapy offices)  space next to the main ED entrance. The work will be conducted by teams appointed by Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust and on completion, will be a dedicated treatment area to… Continue Reading Work begins on Mental Health Urgent Assessment Centre

SAME SERVICE, NEW TEMPORARY LOCATION NEAR BLACKPOOL ED/A&E. As building work at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s Emergency Village and Critical Care development progresses an important service will be temporarily moving to another location on the Blackpool Victoria site. The Urgent Care Centre will relocate from its current position adjacent to the Emergency Department (ED), to a… Continue Reading Urgent Treatment Centre moves to temporary location

Members of the public can now see exciting plans to enhance and expand the Emergency Department at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Blackpool teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has released a 3D ‘flythrough’ which gives clear details of the planned extension of the Emergency Department (ED) at the hospital. The work was due to start in 2023… Continue Reading View the 3D plans of the upgraded Blackpool Emergency Department

Emergency care at Blackpool Victoria Hospital has received a £2,785,000 boost from the Government. Welcoming the new funding, Director of Operations at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Berenice Groves, said the cash would support work being done to create an Emergency Village and new Critical Care programme to develop a world class service for… Continue Reading Cash boost for Emergency Care in Blackpool