A nurse who helped a colleague in crisis was the winner of the People’s Health Hero Award at Blackpool hospitals’ annual Celebrating Success staff awards. Advanced Clinical Practitioner Lucy Cardwell was on duty in the Emergency Department at Blackpool Victoria Hospital when a colleague and new mum arrived with her poorly baby. In her nomination,… Continue Reading A&E nurse honoured with People’s Health Hero Award
With all eyes on the Coronation of King Charles III today, we’re looking back at the royal opening of Blackpool Victoria Hospital in October 1937. The hospital had opened the previous year after moving from Whitegate Drive at a cost of £165,000 to build and equip. Work had started in November 1932 and patients from… Continue Reading Golden key unlocked royal opening of Blackpool Vic
Thousands of people have supported our hospital over the years raising money for our charity Blue Skies Hospitals Fund. Sometimes this is for fun and for others it can be in loving memory of someone they have lost. As part of NHS75, we caught up with Becky Turner who to date has raised more than… Continue Reading Sister’s fundraising transforms ward in memory of patient Tom
Friday, 5 May is International Day of the Midwife (IDM) and a chance to celebrate the work of these remarkable people here at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. This year’s IDM theme is Together again: from evidence to reality and is a nod to the upcoming 33rd International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress, where the global midwife… Continue Reading Celebrating our midwives for International Day of the Midwife
King Charles is nearly as old as the NHS being born in the November following the service’s founding in 1948 – and two colleagues at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals will remember his Coronation this weekend for very different reasons. Sonia Khan, lead pharmacist in the Trust’s Community Frailty Service is a delighted and very surprised winner… Continue Reading Celebrating the Coronation on The Mall and with memories
The NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria is marking World Asthma Day this year by highlighting the help available to manage this common long-term health condition. The global awareness day on Tuesday 2 May is an opportunity to educate children and young people about the symptoms and triggers of asthma and how to keep it… Continue Reading World Asthma Day an opportunity to educate children and young people about a common condition
Hospital operations would grind to halt without the many skills of Carol Hodkinson and her colleagues in the Sterile Services team. She has spent 37 years at Blackpool Victoria Hospital making sure every reusable surgical instrument and device is washed, disinfected, sorted, checked, boxed, wrapped and steam cleaned before being sent for use again. “I… Continue Reading Proud to serve patients from behind the scenes for 37 years
This week for Maternal Mental Health week, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is highlighting a service now available to new and expecting parents. Blackpool Better Start partnership was successful in securing the funds for this new service, which is now provided by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. The team is accepting referrals from any services working with carer givers… Continue Reading New NHS Parent-Infant Relationship Service for Blackpool residents launches in 75th Year of the NHS
It’s a Knockout was a hit BBC TV show that was in its heyday during the 1970s. Teams representing their town or city completed tasks in absurd games, often dressed in large foam rubber suits (there was no internet then, kids). This photograph captioned “It’s a Knockout 1977” shows a team called the Victoria Hospital… Continue Reading Victoria Hospital Angels play It’s a Knockout
The vaccine bus is back in the Blackpool, Fleetwood and Poulton areas throughout May as part of the COVID-19 spring booster campaign. Those who are eligible for the latest jab – including over-75s and people who are immunocompromised, such as cancer patients and organ transplant recipients – can climb aboard as the bus stops off… Continue Reading May dates announced for vaccine bus visits