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Frailty Assessment Area celebrates first year of improving care for older patients

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals’ care of older patients has celebrated a landmark moment after the Trust’s Frailty Assessment Area marked one year of providing care to those who most need it. Supporting patient care through a multidisciplinary area of care for frail older patients, the area has gone from strength-to-strength as a key part of the… Continue Reading Frailty Assessment Area celebrates first year of improving care for older patients

Celebrating our Nursing and Maternity Support Workers

This week saw colleagues from across Blackpool Teaching Hospitals celebrate the role of nursing and maternity support workers. First, on Wednesday, 24 November was the third Nursing Support Worker celebration day, followed on Thursday by a day celebrating Maternity Support Workers. Both events – coordinated by the Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of… Continue Reading Celebrating our Nursing and Maternity Support Workers

Trust’s grounds scoop RHS Gold award

Bernard Pendleton, Chairman of Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) North West in Bloom (NWIB) has presented Grounds Maintenance Supervisor Ben Simpson with a certificate confirming the hospital grounds to be RHS Gold standard. Having visited the hospital earlier in the year, Bernard was very impressed with the extensive grounds which Ben and his team maintain. He… Continue Reading Trust’s grounds scoop RHS Gold award

Moorings Shares In HSJ Success

The Trust’s recent HSJ Patient Safety Award success was Giving Back the Gift of Time – Improving the Last 1000 Days of Life, which won the Best Use of Integrated Care and Partnership Working in Patient Safety Award. Working with care homes, residents and community services, the Trust took a quality improvement approach to understanding… Continue Reading Moorings Shares In HSJ Success

Walking aids amnesty to support patients and the environment

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals has announced an ‘amnesty’ for people to return unused walking aids that may be refurbished and used to support patients. The scheme will mean people in the local community who have unused walking frames, elbow crutches or aluminium walking sticks that the Trust has previously issued, can return them during the… Continue Reading Walking aids amnesty to support patients and the environment

Emergency Department Recruitment Day

Think you’ve got what it takes to work in the Emergency Department at your local hospital? Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are now recruiting for both Emergency Department Assistants (EDA) and Staff Nurses with interviews taking place on a special ED Recruitment Day at the hospital on Tuesday, 22 November between 9am and 5pm. There’s no experience… Continue Reading Emergency Department Recruitment Day

Occupational Therapy Week

To mark Occupational Therapy (OT) Week, we asked two of our BTH colleagues, Ryan Stephenson and Zowie Pendlebury to describe what being an OT is all about and what they enjoy most about their role. Ryan, a Static Occupational Therapist, was in the Navy where he first observed OTs at work and was inspired to… Continue Reading Occupational Therapy Week

Trust announces appointment of new Director of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professionals and Quality

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to announce it has appointed a new Director of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professionals and Quality to the Board and Executive Team. Bridget Lees, who currently holds a similar role at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, was successful following a robust recruitment process. Chief… Continue Reading Trust announces appointment of new Director of Nursing, Midwifery, Allied Health Professionals and Quality

Safer Ward Processes make immediate impact

Colleagues from different wards across the Trust showcased their latest innovations, ideas and work at the Safer Ward Processes learning session on Wednesday. The Safer Ward Processes collaborative is one of just five workstreams which are forming part of the Trust’s Patient Flow Improvement Programme (PFIP), a movement which all colleagues are encouraged to embrace.… Continue Reading Safer Ward Processes make immediate impact

Trust welcomes new Chief Registrars

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are pleased to welcome two new Chief Registrars to the Trust, Chris Wallace and Alex Bulcock. Chris Wallace is a paediatric doctor who’s been working in the Trust and around the North West for the last nine years, and started as Chief Registrar from September. Speaking about the opportunity, Chris said: “Having… Continue Reading Trust welcomes new Chief Registrars