Helen Turner, Blackpool Teaching Hospital’s Rising Star has said it has been a ‘real honour’ to be recognised at the Trust’s Celebrating Success Awards. Helen, who started her role as an Occupational Therapist in Critical Care last year, won praise from the judges after playing a transformational role in how critically ill patients are cared… Continue Reading Rising Star Helen honoured to be recognised for hard work
A team which ‘often works quietly in the background’ but ‘makes such a difference’ to patients, their loved ones and staff has been selected for an award in the Trust’s recent Celebrating Success Awards. The Trust’s Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Team has been recognised after being chosen as winner of the Non-Clinical Team of the… Continue Reading Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Team recognised in Trust awards
The Trust’s first cohort of Registered Nurse Degree Apprentices are due to complete their programme which will enable them to practice as a registered nurse once they have obtained their PIN. This will complete a challenging two-year period which saw them learn the role of a nurse, whilst at the same time studying a degree.… Continue Reading Trust Sees Success of Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship Pathway
Improving patient flow with ‘Golden Patients’ Patient flow is critical to patients’ safety, health and satisfaction. When patient throughput is effective and efficient, hospitals avoid overcrowded departments and care delivery delays – all of which affect a patient’s health, well-being and satisfaction. With an efficient patient workflow, health care staff members experience less stress, improved… Continue Reading Golden Patients
The Discharge Lounge is a comfortable, safe, and relaxing environment for patients to be collected by transport, friend or family member and is open between the hours of 8am and 8pm. Patients due to transfer to the Discharge Lounge will need to be notified the day before their expected discharge date. Ward MDT will be required… Continue Reading The Discharge Lounge
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals has been recognised for its support of apprentices in the region by a leading local University. As part of recent National Apprenticeship Week celebrations, the University of Salford hosted an online awards event. During the event, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals was named the Employer Partner of the Year for the university’s School of… Continue Reading Trust support of apprenticeships recognised with award win
Our local area is being inspected to assess how effective it is at identifying and meeting the needs of children and young people who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The inspectors would like to obtain your views as part of the inspection process. Please take a few moments to complete the questionnaire. Inspection of Blackpool… Continue Reading Local area SEND inspection
As part of the Trust’s response to COVID-19, we have seen a significant rise in the use of virtual patient appointments / consultations taking place, either by telephone or video. We would like to hear your views about video consultations in outpatient services. Please complete this short survey and give us your feedback about the… Continue Reading We would like to hear your views about video consultations in outpatient services
The NHS and government have today set out a blueprint to address backlogs built up during the Covid pandemic and tackle long waits for care with a massive expansion in capacity for tests, checks and treatments. NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard and Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid announced that the health service will… Continue Reading NHS publishes electives recovery plan to boost capacity and give power to patients