Patients awaiting cardiac surgery at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals have been given additional peace of mind thanks to a remote monitoring technology solution which gives them a direct link to a team of clinicians, while at the same time allowing them to get on with their lives. Teams at Blackpool Teaching hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, FCMS… Continue Reading Ground-breaking remote monitoring tech for region’s cardiac patients
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is one of just two Trusts in the region to introduce ‘opt-out’ testing for patients who need blood tests in its Emergency Department. This testing means patients needing blood tests will automatically get tested for HIV, Hepatitis B and C, helping to increase new HIV diagnoses in people who were previously unaware.… Continue Reading Blackpool Teaching Hospitals one of two trusts in the North West to receive funding to implement Emergency Department HIV testing
Gastroenterology and endoscopy patients from Blackpool and the Fylde Coast can expect shorter wait times for diagnostic procedures after a new purpose-built unit was opened at Blackpool Sports Centre, on Stanley Park on Monday. The new, Mobile Endoscopy Unit will provide additional capacity to ensure the Trust delivers its increased demand for endoscopy diagnostic procedures… Continue Reading New unit brings shorter wait times for gastro and endoscopy 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
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
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
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
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
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
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