Blackpool Teaching Hospitals will soon host an open day to help visitors learn more about the different roles and careers available at the Trust. The event will be held on Saturday, 4 November from 10am-2pm in the Education Centre at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Visitors will be able to speak to a variety of staff representing… Continue Reading Open Day event – Saturday 4 November
“Don’t bottle things up” – that’s the message from the NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ahead of World Mental Health Day tomorrow (10 October). Health leaders are encouraging people with common mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression, to get help from NHS Talking Therapies as part of its latest mental health campaign. Talking… Continue Reading World Mental Health Day – 10 October 2023
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
ED volunteer Charlotte Wright may only have been with us since the summer but she’s already set her sights on a medical career. Charlotte starts a paramedic training course next month and sees her shifts at the hospital as a great way to gain experience for the course. As a young mum with a toddler… Continue Reading Flexibility helps ED volunteer Charlotte manage her career aspirations
A care home resident was saved a trip to hospital thanks to being cared for on a “virtual ward”. The woman at Fleetwood Hall Care Home was suffering a chest infection. The paramedic who examined her identified that she required close monitoring which could be delivered by the virtual ward meaning she could stay and… Continue Reading Care Home uses Virtual Ward to prevent a resident’s hospital admission.
Heart valve disease is one of Britain’s biggest killers. Heart valve disease affects one in every 45 people – 1.5 million Brits – and tens of thousands have the condition without knowing it. While the trend to virtual appointments was an inevitable consequence of the pandemic, heart valve disease is more likely to be missed… Continue Reading All aboard for healthy hearts in Blackpool
When Darren Cadwell started work as a trainee in the kitchen at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s, he couldn’t even peel an onion “I really couldn’t, I had to be shown!” he says – but it didn’t stop him rising through the ranks. “I did so well in the kitchen that I came off the training scheme… Continue Reading Darren finds recipe for success in hospital kitchen
It’s our 75th birthday on 5 July and we want your pictures of what you love about the NHS. The competition is open to all children aged up to 14 living in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. Winning artwork will be displayed at Blackpool Victoria Hospital and all the other entries will be distributed as a… Continue Reading NHS75 children’s birthday art competition
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
