The Trust’s Annual Members’ and Public Meeting will be held virtually on Monday 21 September 2020 at 2 pm. If you wish to join the meeting virtually, please email the Corporate Governance Team at bfwh.corporate.meetings@nhs.net and you will be sent a link. If you wish to submit a question please email to:- bfwh.corporate.meetings@nhs.net within 72 hours […]
PATIENTS across the Fylde coast are benefiting from a new temporary mobile computerised tomography (CT) scanner at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The scanner has been introduced to support outpatient and routine scans and help Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to deliver and support the national faster diagnosis 28 day cancer target for patients. The facility […]
BLACKPOOL Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Occupational Health & Wellbeing department has been praised for the high standard of service it provides to staff after receiving a nationally recognised re-accreditation. The team has once again been awarded with the Safe Effective Quality Occupational Health Service (SEQOHS) Accreditation following a formal, independent assessment. SEQOHS is a […]
THE Trust is proud to support Emergency Services Day today. Emergency Services Day (also known as 999 Day) is is backed by the Prime Minister and First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and is a day where people can support the heroic men and women of the NHS and emergency services. #999Day promotes […]
BLACKPOOL Tower will light up pink this week to mark Organ Donation Week. The Tower and its famous Heart will illuminate Pink between 8pm and 9pm until September 13 and will coincide with the first hour of the illuminations. Jason Cupitt, a Consultant anaesthetist at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the clinical lead […]
THE Trust has been shortlisted for four awards in the following categories this year’s Nursing Times Awards. Emergency and Critical Care Award: For our work to introduce Emergency Department navigators. Enhancing Patient Dignity: For the collaborative work that has taken place across Community, Acute and Trinity Hospice settings to develop and establish the […]
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 […]
A number of Corona Heroes from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be celebrated at this year’s Blackpool Illuminations. Ten staff members were chosen from hundreds of nominations across the UK to be part of a special display to celebrate the unstinting work of 50 NHS, key workers and other outstanding individuals during the […]
From next week, people on the Fylde coast who need urgent NHS care are being asked to call NHS 111 before they decide to walk in to A&E. To ensure social distancing in the Emergency Department waiting areas, people who do not need an ambulance are being asked to contact NHS 111 for an appointment […]