It’s our 75th birthday on 5 July and we want your pictures of what you love about the NHS. The competition is open to all children aged up to 14 living in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. Winning artwork will be displayed at Blackpool Victoria Hospital and all the other entries will be distributed as a… Continue Reading NHS75 children’s birthday art competition
Cancer care has changed radically since the NHS was founded in 1948 when few treatments beyond surgery and primitive radiation therapy existed. But former Trust clerical officer Beverley Beaumont has seen for herself the big improvements since then. Husband John, who was an electrician for 13 years at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, was diagnosed this year… Continue Reading Improved NHS cancer care saved husband’s life, says former clerical officer
These three boys and three girls were the first babies to be delivered in hospital at Blackpool on the same day the NHS was born – Monday 5 July 1948. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is counting down the 75 days to that anniversary, starting today. The “six darlings”, as the caption in the following day’s Evening… Continue Reading Delivered the day NHS was born, where are these six babies now?
The vaccine bus is heading back to Blackpool next week 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 at various locations around… Continue Reading Vaccine bus rolls into Blackpool as part of spring booster drive
The Voluntary Services team at Blackpool Victoria Hospital have put out a plea for more volunteers to come forward to work in the challenging, but rewarding, environment of the Trust’s emergency department. There are hundreds of volunteers working in a variety of roles across the Trust, but the numbers wanting to support in the Emergency… Continue Reading Emergency Department Volunteers: Do You Have What It Takes?
Patients may experience some disruption to the services provided by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals in April with planned industrial action and the effect of the Easter bank holidays. The British Medical Association and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) have announced junior doctors will begin a strike starting at 6.59am on Tuesday, 11 April and ending… Continue Reading Planning for Easter and industrial action disruption
British Medical Association (BMA) and Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) members will take part in a four-day strike from 6.59am Tuesday 11 April to 6.59am Saturday 15 April. The 96 hours of industrial action by junior doctors will come on the back of the Easter bank holiday, during which some services will be closed,… Continue Reading Significant health service disruption expected with four-day strike straight after Easter bank holiday
People living across Lancashire and South Cumbria have been encouraged not to leave it too late to order repeat prescriptions if they are due in the next few days ahead of the Easter break and the following days of industrial action which will see significant pressure on the NHS. As GP practices will be closed… Continue Reading Remember to order your repeat prescriptions before Easter and busy period of industrial action
A new technology solution provided by the Lancashire Cardiac Centre at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is allowing post-operative heart attack patients to return home from hospital sooner. The Early Discharge Pathway is being led by the Trust’s Consultant Cardiologist Dr Tawiq Choudhury and has been hailed a success by patients who following discharge receive digital monitoring… Continue Reading Heart attack patients return home sooner with ground-breaking remote monitoring solution
As part of our focus on Healthcare Science Week, some of our colleagues have shared what their roles involve and what they enjoy about their work. Ellen Whiteside is a Biomedical Scientist and a PhD Candidate within the IHC and Molecular part of Cellular Pathology at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. The department performs complex tests to… Continue Reading Healthcare Science Week – meet some of our scientists