Group of people including some in surgical scrubs holding a certificate

Benchmarking success for TAVI team

A specialist team based in the Cardiac Centre at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are celebrating being recognised as a centre of excellence following an accreditation. The TAVI team (transcatheter aortic valve implementation) successfully completed the Edwards Benchmark Program on transcatheter valve care pathway. The Edwards Benchmark Program is a systematic, evidence-based approach to optimizing In order… Continue Reading Benchmarking success for TAVI team

John and Bev Beaumont

Improved NHS cancer care saved husband’s life, says former clerical officer 

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 

NEW APPROACH TO DIGITAL RECORDS BEGINS

Colleagues across the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) have started to work together to move patient records online into one seamless system. The four acute providers including Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, East Lancashire Hospitals, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay currently have hundreds of different ways of recording and accessing… Continue Reading NEW APPROACH TO DIGITAL RECORDS BEGINS

Chief Exec, Tricia Armstrong-Child, signing the NHS Smokefree Pledge

Chief Executive signs NHS Smokefree Pledge

As part of the Trust’s commitment to helping smokers quit and providing smokefree environments that support them, senior executives at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals  are re-signing the NHS Smokefree Pledge. Chief Executive Trish Armstrong-Child, re-signed the pledge today to demonstrate her responsibility in reducing the health disparities related to smoking in our community and its overall… Continue Reading Chief Executive signs NHS Smokefree Pledge