The Trust has welcomed two groups of Physician Associate students from UCLAN to study at Blackpool. There are two groups of students here with us with second year students undertaking specialty placements in A&E, Surgery, Obs and Gynae, and Paediatrics over six weeks. The second cohort is of first year students who will be undertaking… Continue Reading More Physician Associate students welcomed to the Trust
A Fylde coast NHS employee has raised more than £1,000 for the Blue Skies Hospitals Fund. Mark Taylor, who works in the stores department at Blackpool Victoria Hospital organised a gig night with colleague Lisa Walton that clearly struck the right chord with bands and music lovers. The event, at the Stanley Ward Conservative Club… Continue Reading Bands hit the right notes for hospital charity
Medical students from the University of Liverpool and Lancaster University Medical School have been given the opportunity to work under consultant supervision to gain unique experience and develop an understanding of cardiothoracic surgery. The course has been running for three years and was designed by Miss Gillian Hardman, Cardiothoracic National Training Registrar. With the help… Continue Reading Medical students praise another successful cardiothoracic surgery course in Blackpool
The Trust played host to speakers from organisations in Canada to talk about their research into simulation-based learning. Dr Gale Parchoma, an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan and Dr Andrew West, a Respiratory Therapist and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists, presented at a Grand Round. Gale previously worked… Continue Reading Blackpool hospital’s Grand Round welcomes guests speakers from Canada
Groundbreaking research carried out by a Trust Consultant could pave the way for the use of probiotics to treat abdominal medical conditions in children. Consultant Paediatrician, Dr Morris Gordon, who is also a Reader in Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Review at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) School of Medicine, has found, following a detailed… Continue Reading Fylde coast consultant’s probiotics research review findings could impact paediatric healthcare
Fylde coast residents will have an opportunity to hear about the latest developments in local NHS services at a special event. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which provides services including Blackpool Victoria Hospital, and the Blackpool and Fylde and Wyre Clinical Commissioning Groups, which plan and buy services across the Fylde coast, have joined… Continue Reading Fylde coast residents invited to attend NHS annual meetings
Please note there are roadworks on the A583 Preston New Road, both sides of the carriageway. Please allow more time for your journey today. More details here: http://bit.ly/2wKR5Lg
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating the fact that it is in the top three of North West acute Trusts for recruiting to research studies. The Trust is third highest in the North West coast for the number of recruiting studies with 96 studies in 2016/17, a 4.3 per cent increase since 2015/16.… Continue Reading Fylde coast Health Trust succeeds in increasing research studies for patients
VOLUNTEERS have gathered together to support the Trust’s new Poppy Project. Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust hopes to receive at least 30,000 handmade poppies which will be used for an innovative art installation at the hospital to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One next year. Trust Lead Chaplain, Jonathan… Continue Reading Hospital needs your help to mark WW1 anniversary
A gardening club is being set up to help people from the Fylde coast who have been affected by cancer. The joint project with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Macmillan Cancer Support, Unique Estate Agency and The Willow Garden Project in Fleetwood will have an open day on Wednesday, September 27, from 10am to… Continue Reading Green-fingered project for Fylde coast cancer patients