The Trust Singers will be giving an impromptu concert at the Camerados tepee in the main entrance of Blackpool Victoria Hospital on Tuesday, July 18, between 5.30pm and 7pm. You are most welcome to come along and wind down at the end of your day or start your evening with a song in your heart.… Continue Reading Trust Singers prepare to give concert outside tepee at Blackpool Victoria Hospital
School Nurses Week has been celebrated by staff at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The national event took place from July 10 to 14 and school nurses across the UK presented their rich and varied work to the public. Alice Freshney, a School Nurse Specialist Practitioner for the Trust, said: “We have been raising… Continue Reading Trust staff celebrate national School Nurses Week
The wonderful tepee will be staying in our main entrance for just over a week. Come and spend time in it if you haven’t already! We have had some amazing positive feedback from patients, staff and visitors. The tepee open 24 hours a day until July 24. Come and see what the fuss is about.… Continue Reading Watch our Camerados tepee video
Imam and hospital chaplain, Ashfaq Patel, says he has much to be grateful for. In his work for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust he helps patients, families and staff but the organisation has also helped him and his family. “It’s a two-way thing,” says Ashfaq who helps patients to cope with bereavement and has… Continue Reading Blackpool Hospital Imam supports all through his Muslim faith
For safety purposes, both Adelaide Street Family Practice and South King Street Medical Centre have been closed for a short period of time as a result of the fire at the old Comrades Club overnight. Listed below are details of interim arrangements in place for patients at each of these practices during this time: Adelaide… Continue Reading Update for patients at Adelaide Street Family Practice and South King Street Medical Centre
A collaboration Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and social movement Camerados, has resulted in a tepee currently housed in the main entrance of Blackpool Victoria Hospital – a world first. The tepee is a ‘Public Living Room’ that encourages people, from whatever walk of life, to sit together and start a conversation. In doing… Continue Reading Camerados founder meets Trust staff at special events
Clifton Ward 1 Ward Manager Linda Broadbent and Assistant Practitioner Dawn Johnson, have been recognised by Dementia Friends for signing up lots of people to the initiative. A special certificate applauds the duo for signing up 109 people over eight sessions. Dementia Friends is about learning more about dementia and the small ways you can… Continue Reading Recognition for Clifton Ward 1 from Dementia Friends
Ward 3 Clifton have been getting into the spirit of the tennis season by hold their own ‘tennis’ match between patients, with foam bats and a balloon ball. With the real Wimbledon competition showing on the TV, the match was arranged by the physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Service to help keep patients mobile and engaged.… Continue Reading Wimbledon comes to Clifton Ward 3
A senior Fylde coast physiotherapist is looking forward to the trip of a lifetime. Simon Hayward is heading to Cape Town in South Africa next week to deliver a presentation in front of physiotherapists from across the world at the World Congress for Physical Therapy. Simon, who has worked at Blackpool Victoria Hospital for five… Continue Reading Fylde coast physio shares innovative practice with world’s best
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, together with social movement, Camerados, has opened a public living room in a tepee in its main entrance. This is the first time such a campaign has been brought to a hospital setting anywhere in the world. Founder of Camerados, Maff Potts, travelled from Oxford for the opening… Continue Reading Blackpool Victoria first hospital in the world to host ‘Living Room’