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Fab Change Day – Acute Pain Team is improving safety and care

Patients who experience acute pain after an operation can now go home much sooner thanks to a highly committed team from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals. The Acute Pain Team is responsible for educating hospital staff in dealing with patients in pain, monitoring specialised pain management techniques and intervening in the management of severe pain for patients… Continue Reading Fab Change Day – Acute Pain Team is improving safety and care

Fab Change Day – Nurse Practitioners’ Team reduces waiting times

The highly dedicated Nurse Practitioners’ Team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals has found an innovative way of cutting the amount of time patients have to wait for a pre-operative assessment before they can be added to an operating theatre list. To celebrate Fab Change Day – a national day of collective action for staff within… Continue Reading Fab Change Day – Nurse Practitioners’ Team reduces waiting times

Fab Change Day – Enhanced Recovery Team helps patients get home sooner

Innovative techniques employed by the Enhanced Recovery Team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are helping patients to leave hospital sooner and recover at home. As part of Fab Change Day – a national day of collective action for staff within the NHS on October 19 – we are highlighting the Enhanced Recovery Team as a great… Continue Reading Fab Change Day – Enhanced Recovery Team helps patients get home sooner

Fab Change Day – Nursing team is making positive changes for stoma patients

The Colorectal Cancer and Stoma Team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals has achieved some fabulous results for stoma patients before and after they leave hospital. To mark Fab Change Day – a national day of collective action for staff within the NHS on October 19 – we are highlighting this team as a great example of… Continue Reading Fab Change Day – Nursing team is making positive changes for stoma patients

Video shows excellent work of NHS staff on Fab Change Day 2016

We have made a video as part of Fab Change Day – a day of collective action for improvement in the NHS. The video demonstrates a small selection of some of the great work and projects carried out by our fabulous staff. Please click on the image above to watch the presentation. We will… Continue Reading Video shows excellent work of NHS staff on Fab Change Day 2016

Blackpool cancer consultant scoops top award on eve of retirement

A well respected hospital consultant who is set to retire, has won the title of Doctor of the Year in The Gazette’s Best of Health Awards 2016. Doctor Shabbir Susnerwala said winning the newspaper’s award was the “icing on the cake” after 20 happy and productive years as a leading consultant oncologist at Blackpool Victoria… Continue Reading Blackpool cancer consultant scoops top award on eve of retirement

Staff shine brightly in Blackpool newspaper’s Best of Health Awards

Members of Trust staff from were among those recognised for excellence in a leading newspaper’s annual health awards. Exceptional individuals and teams were honoured in The Gazette’s Best of Health Awards at the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool on September 29. Chantelle McGovern, winner of the Midwife of the Year category, earned her award for helping… Continue Reading Staff shine brightly in Blackpool newspaper’s Best of Health Awards

Clifton Hospital’s new Carers’ Café makes a refreshing change

Carers, patients and staff at Clifton Hospital have welcomed a new café set up to provide support and companionship. Hospital staff launched the new Carers’ Café in Lytham on Tuesday, September 27, and carers of people living with dementia gave it the seal of approval. Peter Lyttle from St Annes, who has vascular dementia, said… Continue Reading Clifton Hospital’s new Carers’ Café makes a refreshing change

Butterfly Ball will enrich care for patients living with dementia

A Butterfly Ball is being held this autumn to raise money for dementia care through Trust charity Blue Skies Hospitals Fund. The Butterfly Ball has been inspired by the Butterfly Scheme – a national initiative to identify patients living with dementia in a sensitive and discreet way – and will take place at The Hilton… Continue Reading Butterfly Ball will enrich care for patients living with dementia

Bereavement nurse is on top of the world!

Fulfilling a lifetime ambition gave paediatric bereavement support nurse, Michelle Boland a chance to raise cash for organisations close to her heart. For more than 20 years Michelle had yearned to climb the famous Yorkshire Three Peaks, but life and work always got in the way. “Completing the three peaks challenge was on my bucket… Continue Reading Bereavement nurse is on top of the world!