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Trust champions National Occupational Therapy Week

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has supported a national campaign to champion the work undergoing by dedicated staff. To mark National Occupational Therapy Week teams at the Trust have been promoting the work they do within their roles across the community and acute settings. Practice Development Occupational Therapist, Caroline Livesey, was involved in organising… Continue Reading Trust champions National Occupational Therapy Week

Nurses honour their little heroes

Nurses at Blackpool’s neonatal ward are pulling out all the stops to celebrate their little heroes. As part of World Prematurity Day, staff at Blackpool Victoria Hospital are putting on a party to honour the babies who have been cared for on the Neonatal Unit in the last 10 years. Neonatal Lead Nurse, Catherine Nash,… Continue Reading Nurses honour their little heroes

Fylde coast NHS Trust holds Remembrance service to honour heroes

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has marked the centenary of the end of World War 1 with a special ceremony. Hospital chaplain, Clive Lord, lead a moving service at Blackpool Victoria Hospital which included the Layton Primary School choir and bugler Ben Parkinson performing the Last Post. Special guests included 95 year-old D-Day veteran,… Continue Reading Fylde coast NHS Trust holds Remembrance service to honour heroes

Choose Self Care for Life: Choose to invest in your future self

Health organisations across the Fylde Coast are inviting people to come along to one of 70 events as part of a week of self-care celebrations. Self-Care Week is an annual initiative organised by the Self Care Forum to raise awareness about the benefits of self-care and what people can do to take care of their… Continue Reading Choose Self Care for Life: Choose to invest in your future self

CT study day success

A STUDY day for staff proved to be a resounding success. More than 100 CT Radiographers from across the UK attended the Blackpool CT Study Day at the Imperial Hotel with excellent feedback. The event was an educational event for CT radiographers with a series of talks from experts in the field including Trust staff.… Continue Reading CT study day success

Pupils pick up life saving tips

PUPILS in Cleveleys gained some vital life saving tips from Trust experts. Patrick Higgins and Kai Thwaite from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, visited St Teresa’s school as part of the national Re-Start a Heart Day awareness campaign. They gave the pupils some valuable information on CPR and the use of defibrillators and how… Continue Reading Pupils pick up life saving tips

Pupils benefit from innovative NHS Youth Leaders Programme

YOUNGSTERS from across the Fylde coast have been given a unique insight into life as an NHS professional. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust held its latest Youth Health Leaders event at Blackpool Victoria Hospital with pupils from three local schools meeting a host of local healthcare experts. Topics for discussion included smoking cessation, alcohol… Continue Reading Pupils benefit from innovative NHS Youth Leaders Programme

Sepsis survivor gives enlightening talk to Fylde coast NHS staff

THE couple behind a best selling book and film that focused on their emotional journey of surviving sepsis have given an emotional talk to healthcare workers across the Fylde coast. Tom Ray, who had his lower arms and lower legs amputated and also suffered severe damage to his face after contracting sepsis in 1999, visited… Continue Reading Sepsis survivor gives enlightening talk to Fylde coast NHS staff

Delight as Ann named ‘star nurse’

A supportive and dedicated Blackpool Victoria Hospital ward manager has received a coveted national award. Ann Wimperis, Ward Manager of Ward 26 at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, was presented with a prestigious Cavell Trust Award after being nominated by staff nurse Liz Goostry, who praised Ann for her support for colleagues on the ward.… Continue Reading Delight as Ann named ‘star nurse’

Lancashire bowel cancer screening team to present at international conference

THE innovative work of the Lancashire Bowel Cancer Screening Programme’s health promotion team is to be featured at a leading European conference in Austria. Members of the team, based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, will be talking at the World Endoscopy Organisation’s Expert Working Inequalities Group Meeting about their new “Call for a Kit’’ initiative. The… Continue Reading Lancashire bowel cancer screening team to present at international conference