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Time to use Your Voice and help improve health services in Blackpool

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’ sessions… Continue Reading Time to use Your Voice and help improve health services in Blackpool

Breathtaking treks to raise hospital funds

Blue Skies Hospitals Fund is offering you an opportunity to take part in the iconic Morecambe Bay walk with the wonderful Queen’s Guide to the Sands, Cedric Robinson MBE. Crossing Morecambe Bay is an unforgettable experience which can only be undertaken with an experienced guide. This famous walk is approximately eight miles long and should… Continue Reading Breathtaking treks to raise hospital funds

Fylde coast cardiac experts implant first “lead free’’ pacemaker in landmark operation

Heart surgeons on the Fylde coast are among the first in the region to perform a “landmark’’ operation to implant a new form of cardiac pacemaker. Carol Railton, 87, from St Annes received the new “leadless’’ pacemaker this week after the first operation of its type at the Lancashire Cardiac Centre based at Blackpool Victoria… Continue Reading Fylde coast cardiac experts implant first “lead free’’ pacemaker in landmark operation

Help is at hand from mental health service in Blackpool and Cleveleys

The New Year isn’t always an easy time for people with mental health problems so a service run by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is here to help. People experiencing problems such as anxiety or depression are welcome to contact the Supporting Minds mental health service which operates in Blackpool and Cleveleys. Alison Best,… Continue Reading Help is at hand from mental health service in Blackpool and Cleveleys

Think first before using the Emergency Department over the New Year period

People are being urged to stop and think before using their nearest Emergency Department (ED) over the New Year period. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is asking the public to help them ensure their Emergency Department at Blackpool Victoria Hospital is left to be able to deal with those patients that need urgent and… Continue Reading Think first before using the Emergency Department over the New Year period

Celebrate in style, not in A&E

Enjoy yourself but make sure you don’t end up in the Emergency Department at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. That’s the message from health bosses in the build up to one of the busiest time of the year for emergency services. Everyone likes to let their hair down to welcome in the New Year and enjoy the… Continue Reading Celebrate in style, not in A&E

Health resolutions you can keep in just a few minutes

Do you make New Year’s resolutions you never keep? It could be because you expect to make it last a year. However, there are some resolutions you could complete within minutes of making them – and you could be healthier for it. A recent study showed that 63 per cent of us break a resolution… Continue Reading Health resolutions you can keep in just a few minutes

Mum of premature babies says hospital staff are “angels”

A young mum of five, whose premature baby girl was in Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s Neonatal Unit over Christmas, described nursing staff as “angels”. Casey Nickson, 27, from Layton, who needed heart surgery at the Lancashire Cardiac Centre in Blackpool in 2011 during one of her pregnancies, said she owed everything to the NHS staff who… Continue Reading Mum of premature babies says hospital staff are “angels”

Mum’s joy as son who weighed less than 1lb at birth is home at last

Christmas was extra special for a young mum who gave birth to a baby boy weighing just 770gms in August and finally got him home for the festivities. Little Edgar Morris was born at only 25 weeks at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Proud mum Rachel Morris, 27, from Lytham, who works as an assistant business manager… Continue Reading Mum’s joy as son who weighed less than 1lb at birth is home at last

Ward remembers late colleagues

STAFF at Blackpool Victoria hospital ward have remembered late colleagues by hanging special baubles on a memory tree. Alan Inman and Rachel Goacher both sadly passed away this year. Both had worked on Ward 35. Alan, 58, was killed in a traffic accident in September. Rachel, passed away in June aged just 34. Both were… Continue Reading Ward remembers late colleagues