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Chrisella Morgan appointed Director of Operations and Performance

Chrisella Morgan has joined Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as Director of Operations and Performance. One of her key leadership duties is leading and working alongside colleagues to deliver on a range of NHS constitutional standards, the key areas being patient flow, urgent and emergency care, referral to treatment, endoscopy and cancer.  Chrisella… Continue Reading Chrisella Morgan appointed Director of Operations and Performance

Peter leaves legacy of learning to generation of nurses

Nursing is very much a family affair for Caroline Costello whose mum and dad met at Blackpool Vic, fell love and made their careers there. Peter Cardew was the tutor pictured with a class of 1991 at the old hospital nursing school submitted to our NHS75 archive by his former student Andrea Goodey. “You’ve made… Continue Reading Peter leaves legacy of learning to generation of nurses

BTH given NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award for international recruitment

A team effort by the Trust’s HR International Recruitment team and the Nursing International Recruitment team has helped secure the NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award. Launched in March 2022, the award is a benchmark for recruitment of international nurses and midwives across England. Additionally, it provides the opportunity for Trusts to recognise their work in… Continue Reading BTH given NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award for international recruitment

Joanne Howard, Dr Cahalin, Nicola Slawson, Nigel Murray and Geoff Thomas MBE

New research role will benefit patients thanks to funding from Booths Supermarket

A conversation at a national leukaemia event led to Dr Paul Cahalin, Consultant Haematologist, striking up a momentous agreement with Booths Supermarket to fund a Cure Leukaemia research nurse based at his hospital trust. The partnership will see Booths raise a minimum of £100,000 over two years through across a range of fundraising initiatives to… Continue Reading New research role will benefit patients thanks to funding from Booths Supermarket

Kieran Morgan with his 1999 Mercedes C-Class saloon car

My Mercedes helped me walk again – with a little help from the NHS

Critically ill in hospital, Kieran Morgan’s chances of surviving were “truly worse than terrible” but one thing kept him going. It was the thought of restoring and getting behind the wheel of his newly bought 1999 Mercedes C-Class saloon. Kieran, from Poulton-le-Fylde, was receiving treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease when immunosuppressant therapy he… Continue Reading My Mercedes helped me walk again – with a little help from the NHS

CSL team and Esther Steel with Celebrating Success Award

Award ‘massive boost’ for children’s speech and language team

The team, which is based across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre, took top prize in the Research, Quality and Innovation Award at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Celebrating Success staff awards. A scarcity of appropriately trained staff as well as the impact of the Covid pandemic meant the team was facing significant challenges providing the right support… Continue Reading Award ‘massive boost’ for children’s speech and language team

Day-old NHS saved Marcia’s mum and dad £9 in hospital fees

Having a baby in the days before the NHS was an expensive business if you had to go to hospital – which is why more than half the children born before 1948 were delivered at home, often by midwives employed by a local authority or nursing association. Typically, the price of a home delivery was… Continue Reading Day-old NHS saved Marcia’s mum and dad £9 in hospital fees

Group photos of nurses in traditional uniforms

‘There’s never been a day I didn’t want to come to work’

Working for the NHS is a world of opportunities as nurse Robert Ward’s career shows. He qualified as a registered mental health nurse in 1987, working at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s psychiatric unit, later known as Parkwood and now demolished. Robert then took advantage of an 18-month post-registration course to become a registered general nurse. Blackpool… Continue Reading ‘There’s never been a day I didn’t want to come to work’

Group B Strep rapid testing reduces risks for mums to be and their babies

A trial is taking place at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals that could help reduce the risk of babies catching a potentially dangerous bacteria. Under the trial for rapid testing of Group B Streptococcus (also known as GBS, Strep B or group B Strep), important research will be carried out to see if testing pregnant women can… Continue Reading Group B Strep rapid testing reduces risks for mums to be and their babies

Former nurses attending 40 year reunion at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

The reunion: ‘If I could do it all again, I would in a heartbeat’

For those working in the NHS, the organisation is often seen as a family, with lifelong friendships developing in a fast-paced environment dedicated to supporting people at what is sometimes their most difficult time. This was never truer than for a group of friends who reunited at Blackpool Victoria Hospital recently, four decades after qualifying… Continue Reading The reunion: ‘If I could do it all again, I would in a heartbeat’