Welcome to issue 133 of our community newsletter Health Matters. In this week’s issue we have news of a survey designed to gather feedback on the experiences of women using our maternity services. We’re encouraging women who are due to give birth in February to complete the National Maternity Survey. A nurse from Clifton Hospital… Continue Reading Read our community newsletter – Health Matters
Health chiefs are urging Blackpool residents to provide their thoughts on what works and what doesn’t when it comes to health services at regular drop in sessions. NHS Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), the organisation that ‘buys’ and purchases health services across the town is inviting residents to attend one of its ‘Your Voice’… Continue Reading Use Your Voice and help improve Blackpool health services
Members of the Colorectal Cancer Team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust say they are proud to be backing World Cancer Day. The team members will be taking part in an awareness event for patients, staff and the public on the mezzanine at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on Friday, February 3, from 11am to 3pm.… Continue Reading Team will be on hand at Blackpool hospital’s World Cancer Day 2017 event
Women using the midwifery services of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are being encouraged to complete a national maternity survey. The maternity survey is part of a programme run by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to gather feedback on the experiences of women using NHS maternity services across England. The results of the survey… Continue Reading Complete our maternity survey and help us to enhance care
BLACKPOOL Victoria Hospital’s participation in an annual youth challenge has won a gold award. Young people from across the Fylde coast took over the running of the hospital late last year as part of a national campaign. The youngsters, many of them who were current patients at the hospital, and members of the Victoria’s Voice… Continue Reading Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s youth challenge wins gold award
Members of the public are invited to attend the decision-making committee of Healthier Lancashire & South Cumbria which is set to hold its first formal meeting in public at Blackburn Cathedral on 2nd February 2016 at 1pm and will be independently chaired by Phil Watson CBE. The Joint Committee of Clinical Commissioning Groups is… Continue Reading Invitation for the public to attend the Lancashire and South Cumbria decision-making committee
Raffle tickets have been on sale on the mezzanine today, helped along by comedian Bobby Ball. Bobby, along with wife Yvonne and Fylde Borough Councillor Brenda Blackshaw, are putting on a variety show, Let The Sunshine In, at the Lowther Pavilion next Wednesday (February 1) in aid of Clifton Hospital’s patient garden Money raised from the raffle… Continue Reading Roll up, roll up! Raffle tickets on sale for Clifton Hospital patient garden
Leaders of a health trust’s Cancer Services are backing World Cancer Day by pledging to continue providing the best possible care and treatment for patients. Clinical Lead for Cancer Services, Mr Ian Arthur, and Lead Cancer Nurse, Deborah Loftus, from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, say patients on the Fylde coast can be assured… Continue Reading Health trust provides excellence in cancer care and treatment
The star of a quirky hospital flu awareness video who once worked at Funny Girls in Blackpool, is swapping his high heels for walking boots to raise money for charity. Luke Sumner, who now works as a charge nurse at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and his colleague, senior staff nurse Amy Mutch,… Continue Reading Stilettos swapped for walking boots in aid of hospital charity
Being told by your GP that you are to be referred to hospital for tests to either dismiss or confirm cancer can be a very worrying time. At Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, we understand this and want to take this opportunity, on World Cancer Day 2017, to provide an insight into the work that goes on… Continue Reading Meet the Cancer Multidisciplinary Team Coordinators at our Trust