Blackpool Teaching Hospital’s busy Accident and Emergency Department has received a timely boost with the return of a team of dedicated volunteers to assist with a variety of much-needed roles. While all of the Trust’s volunteers were stood down at the height of the pandemic it is only in recent weeks that the tangerine army… Continue Reading Boost as volunteers return to the Emergency Department
Thursday, 14 October is Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) Day. In a special feature, we profile just a few of the Trust’s hard-working AHPs and find out what they do and why they enjoy their roles. AHP’s are the third largest healthcare workforce, and consist of 14 separate roles including art therapists, drama therapists, chiropodists and… Continue Reading Celebrating the work of BTH’s Allied Health Professionals
This week Blackpool Teaching Hospitals has been participating in the #TeamFyldeCoast improvement week in collaboration with health and care partners across Lancashire and South Cumbria. The exercise built on what has been learnt responding to the pandemic, test new ways of working and ensure people have the best possible experience of health and care services. Today’s… Continue Reading #TeamFyldeCoast – Day Five
This week Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is participating in the #TeamFyldeCoast improvement week in collaboration with health and care partners across Lancashire and South Cumbria. The exercise will build on what has been learnt responding to the pandemic, test new ways of working and ensure people have the best possible experience of health and care services. Today’s… Continue Reading #TeamFyldeCoast – Day Four
This week Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is participating in the #TeamFyldeCoast improvement week in collaboration with health and care partners across Lancashire and South Cumbria. The exercise will build on what has been learnt responding to the pandemic, test new ways of working and ensure people have the best possible experience of health and care services. Today’s… Continue Reading #TeamFyldeCoast – Day Three
This week Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are participating in the #TeamFyldeCoast improvement week in collaboration with health and care partners across Lancashire and South Cumbria. The exercise will build on what has been learnt responding to the pandemic, test new ways of working and ensure people have the best possible experience of health and care services.… Continue Reading #TeamFyldeCoast – Day Two
This week Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are participating in the #TeamFyldeCoast improvement week in collaboration with health and care partners across Lancashire and South Cumbria. The exercise will build on what has been learnt responding to the pandemic, test new ways of working and ensure people have the best possible experience of health and care… Continue Reading #TeamFyldeCoast – Day One
A unit which opened a year ago this week to care for cancer patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital has so far helped more than 800 people. The Acute Oncology Triage Unit, within the hospital’s Oncology and Haematology Day Unit, is a dedicated facility for supporting local patients who are going through – or have already been through – treatment for cancer. The… Continue Reading Oncology Triage Unit celebrates one year since opening
“Babies cry, you can cope!” that’s the key message from NHS, local authorities and healthcare organisations from across the country who have come together this September to promote lifesaving messages to parents. Research suggests that some parents and care givers can lose control when a baby’s crying becomes too much. Some go on to shake… Continue Reading ICON Week: Organisations come together to raise awareness of infant crying and how to cope
A nurse at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals has been named Nurse of the Year at the star-studded Who Cares Wins ceremony aired on Channel 4 at the weekend. Jackie Brunton, BTH’s Lead Nurse for End of Life and Bereavement Care, was one of just three people shortlisted for the category, and she attended a ceremony in… Continue Reading Jackie is named Nurse of the Year