There’s still time to register to raise funds for our Blue Skies Charity Fund at the Walk the Lights event in Blackpool tonight (Friday, October 7). This is a five mile walk from Bispham to Starr Gate along Blackpool Promenade, taking in the fabulous Blackpool illuminations and starting at 7.30pm. If you want to come… Continue Reading Join our trust charity for Walk The Lights in Blackpool tonight
Members of the public are invited to attend a free presentation on Breast Cancer Care, the latest health seminar for members of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Lynette Bracegirdle, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Breast Care, will be promoting breast cancer awareness at a seminar on… Continue Reading Invitation to attend a free health seminar on Breast Cancer at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
Staff from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are helping you survive this winter! Disco diva Gloria Gaynor’s famous song ‘I Will Survive’, has been re-written, re-recorded and lip-synced by health staff wearing wigs and feathers to stress the importance of having a flu jab. The Trust’s Communications team was lucky enough to have the input… Continue Reading Drag queens show how to Survive with health Trust’s flu awareness video
With the flu season upon us once again, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is encouraging its staff to have vaccinations. The vaccinations, which are available free of charge to all front line employees of the NHS, enable staff to not only protect themselves from this year’s strain of the flu virus, but also their families, colleagues and… Continue Reading Flu facts for anyone considering having a vaccination
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals’ annual staff flu vaccination campaign has now started. The Trust’s seasonal flu immunisation programme is a key part of helping to maintain the health and wellbeing of staff, protecting patients and delivering robust and resilient health and care services to patients throughout the year. Flu vaccination remains the best way to protect… Continue Reading Staff flu vaccination campaign 2016
Keen bakers from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust organised Macmillan Cancer Support cake sales to help boost funds. Sales were held across Trust on Friday, September 30, and hundreds of pounds were raised. One of the coffee mornings was organised by members of staff from the ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) Outpatients and… Continue Reading Health Trust staff’s cake sales boost cancer charity funds
Are you a new mum or dad and need info on childcare, benefits, parent and toddlers groups or even what’s on at your local Children’s Centre? Blackpool Family Information Service is at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s main reception today until 1pm. The service comes to the hospital on the first Tuesday of every month if you… Continue Reading Blackpool Family Information Service visits hospital
Members of staff at Clifton Hospital collected groceries for homeless youngsters and held a special Harvest Festival service for patients. The event for patients, carers and families was held at the hospital near Lytham on Tuesday, September 27. Tins and packets of food brought in by staff will be donated to the charity Streetlife which… Continue Reading Patients and staff celebrate harvest festival at hospital
Carers, patients and staff at Clifton Hospital have welcomed a new café set up to provide support and companionship. Hospital staff launched the new Carers’ Café in Lytham on Tuesday, September 27, and carers of people living with dementia gave it the seal of approval. Peter Lyttle from St Annes, who has vascular dementia, said… Continue Reading Clifton Hospital’s new Carers’ Café makes a refreshing change
A BLACKPOOL therapist has scooped a major award for her use of technology to improve patient care and outcomes. Speech and Language Therapist, Veronica Southern, has been honoured by the North West Skills Development Network for her outstanding work in cutting across traditional boundaries with the use of IT leading to better patient care, better… Continue Reading Blackpool clinician honoured