Always demonstrating we care.
Clifton Hospital’s dementia Carers’ Café is one year old! The Café, held every month in Clifton’s restaurant, is a place where carers can come to get help and advice and make new friends. Set up by Ward 1 Clifton staff, the Cafes include a variety of visitors from various charities, agencies and businesses. The birthday… Continue Reading Dementia Carers’ Cafe celebrates first anniversary
A St Annes jewellers has donated money to a local hospital charity to support a mental health team. Staff from Beaverbrooks’ Replenishment Department have donated their annual allocated charity money to Blue Skies Hospitals Fund, the charity of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The 14-strong team have each pledged their £100, given to each… Continue Reading Jewellery firm are ‘diamond’ donators to hospital charity
Exceptional staff members from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were winners in The Gazette newspaper’s annual Best of Health Awards. The Best of Health Awards event was held in the Washington Suite in the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool on Thursday, September 20. Gillian Parkinson, editor of The Gazette, said: “These awards celebrate all of… Continue Reading Health Trust staff honoured in The Gazette newspaper’s Best of Health Awards
A new piece of artwork is to be installed at Blackpool Victoria Hospital to remember people across the Fylde coast who have been involved in organ donation. The design of the artwork is secret at the moment but is set to be in place by the end of the year. The first sod was cut this… Continue Reading New artwork will remember those involved in organ donation across the Fylde coast
Fylde coast residents and local organisations flocked to our Annual General Meeting (AGM) last night – Thursday, September 21 – in partnership with Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Flyde and Wyre CCG. We joined forces with our CCG colleagues once again to stage our annual meetings on the same day at Blackpool Sixth Form… Continue Reading Great turnout for joint Fylde coast AGM with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals and CCGs
Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held tonight – Thursday, September 21 – in Blackpool. Fylde coast residents will have an opportunity to hear about the latest developments in NHS services and everyone is welcome to come along to Blackpool Sixth form College from 5pm. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which provides services… Continue Reading All welcome to attend our AGM tonight in Blackpool
A charity evening is being held this December, following its success last year. The Butterfly Ball is being organised by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust nurse and Dementia Champion, Francesca Maria Chiappe Hall and Clinical Change Facilitator, Andrew Goacher. The proceeds from the event will go to the Trust’s charity, Blue Skies Hospitals Fund… Continue Reading Second Butterfly Ball being held to help patients with dementia
The FYi directory is a new and unique information resource for people and professionals across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. It brings together information about a wide range of local health and council services, community clubs, social groups, wellbeing activities and events into one comprehensive source. We know from previously listening to you that it is… Continue Reading New health information directory launched for Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre residents
As part of our #MyBTH campaign, we are highlighting individuals, teams or services that have an important role within the Trust, but who are not often heard of or understood. Here we look at the Specialist Bereavement Nurse, Megan Murray… Created from the feedback received from bereaved families, maternity staff and local GPs, the post… Continue Reading Spotlight on the Trust’s Specialist Bereavement Nurse
A mum who works as a healthcare assistant was “overwhelmed” when her colleagues in the Emergency Department rallied round to help her chronically unwell son to go on a special holiday. Jo Mahon’s 25-year-old son Connor has cystic fibrosis – a chronic medical condition affecting the lungs – and when he was about to go… Continue Reading Mum says thanks to Blackpool A&E team for helping chronically ill son to have first holiday in nine years