A couple have married in the chapel at Blackpool Victoria Hospital after the groom was diagnosed with cancer. Leonie and Richard Bromley, from Fleetwood, who have been together for nine years, always wanted to get married after meeting on a night out in Poulton. Both were looking forward to organising a big celebration with all… Continue Reading Couple marry in hospital chapel after cancer diagnosis
Nearly 75 after being founded the NHS is the world’s fifth biggest employer – but retiring ward manager reckons it’s the little things that count. Carole Murphy was chosen from more than 60 nominations for the Chief Executive’s Unsung Hero Award at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals’ Celebrating Success staff awards. She said: “It has been an honour… Continue Reading Ward’s ‘mother hen’ is Chief Executive’s unsung hero
Nurses were often trained in the hospitals where they worked until relatively recently. It was only in 2009 nursing became an all-degree profession, 90 years after the first State Registered Nurses qualified. Before that any hospital could set up a nursing school and choose their own – very variable – standards. Catherine Anderton walked through… Continue Reading Community midwife says nursing changed her life forever
NHS Charities Together is inviting the nation to come together in July and take part in the biggest NHS Big Tea event ever held to celebrate 75 years of the NHS. A NHS Big Tea is the perfect opportunity to support our charity Blue Skies Hospital Fund, letting people know about the incredible work they… Continue Reading Help raise money for our Blue Skies charity with a NHS Big Tea
We’re asking Trust colleagues, patients and our local community to share their memories and stories about what the NHS means to them. Healthcare Assistant Tanya Fairbrother recalls how the kindness of NHS staff when her dad died at the height of the first wave of Covid led to a job on Ward 24 at Blackpool… Continue Reading Kindness when my dad died inspired me to work in healthcare
Parents and carers are being urged to bring their children forward for vital pre-school vaccines this World Immunisation Week (24-30 April). Data shows that around one in 10 children are unvaccinated and unprotected against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) by the time they start school in Lancashire and South Cumbria. The latest published data for… Continue Reading NHS encourages vital pre-school vaccine uptake as part of World Immunisation Week
Until very recently people with cystic fibrosis (CF) were not expected to live past the age of 20. CF is a lethal genetic condition that causes thick mucus to build up in the lungs, digestive tract and other parts of the body but a new drug treatment is transforming the lives of 90 per cent… Continue Reading Pandemic and drug therapy transform care for patients with cystic fibrosis
It could be simply groovy being a Blackpool nurse back in the 1960s. Unlike now, when most colleagues go home after a shift, nurses and doctors would live on site at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Many of those buildings are now used for other purposes, including offices. These four nurses are relaxing off-duty taking turns spinning… Continue Reading Sixties nurses bop to The Beatles
People living across Lancashire and South Cumbria have been urged to get repeat prescription orders in early to avoid being without vital medication during the coming month which will see three bank holidays as well as nurses on strike. This year, in addition to the Early May Bank Holiday (1 May) and Spring Bank Holiday… Continue Reading Order your repeat prescriptions before the bank holidays
A midwife with 53 years of service in the NHS has been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award as the service marks its 75th birthday. Eileen Shaw was the unanimous choice of the judges for the prestigious title at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals’ annual Celebrating Success staff awards. The NHS was only in its 21st year… Continue Reading Lifetime Achievement Award for midwife with 53 years service