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REPRESENTATIVES of organisations across the Fylde coast have backed a national campaign to end violence, harassment and abuse. Staff from the Trust joined forces with other organisations including Blackpool Council, Lancashire Victim Services and Fylde Coast Women’s Aid to promote White Ribbon Day. The White Ribbon campaign aims to educate and raise awareness of violence… Continue Reading Trust backs domestic abuse campaign
PEOPLE on Ward 37 are to benefit this Christmas thanks to a kind donation from the family of a former patient. The ward has received a number of specially packed gift bags that include items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap alongside gifts including magazines, puzzle books and a picture frame to help make their stay… Continue Reading Ward receives kind donation thanks to a former patient
LONG serving members of staff at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were awarded for their dedication at a special ceremony. The Trust held its annual awards event for those staff with more than 20 years’ NHS service and colleagues who had gone the extra mile and undertaken additional qualifications. Jane Meek, Deputy Director of… Continue Reading NHS staff honoured for their service in recognition event
The Trust has been donated some memorabilia in memory of a former member of staff who sadly died recently. We have been given a scarf, a badge and a picture in memory of Kathleen Whiteside. Kathleen was born in Fleetwood in 1949 and started working at Blackpool Victoria Hospital as a Nursing Cadet in 1965,… Continue Reading Trust receives kind donation in memory of a former nurse
A kind donation has been left to the Children’s Ward at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in memory of Lucy Six Morris, a Blackpool resident, who sadly died of cancer recently. Lucy was known to have a love of all things Lego and her friends could think of no better way to honour her memory than to… Continue Reading Children’s Ward donated with new Lego toys thanks to legacy from Blackpool resident
Little Hope Ward is an inspiration. Born with Down Syndrome, transient leukaemia, a hole in the heart, joint hypermobility, reduced vision and hearing and having to be fed through a feeding tube, it would have been easy for her family to despair. Fourteen months ago, Hope’s mum, Michelle, was having a normal pregnancy and birth.… Continue Reading Why Hope is an inspiration
The EPICC-ID study needs you! We have successfully recruited 45 families to date but are still recruiting! If your child is aged over 2.5 years and under 5 years, has additional needs and displays behaviour that is challenging. Please contact the study for more information.
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
PATIENTS across the Fylde coast are to benefit from new equipment that will reduce the wait to receive lung cancer test results. The equipment, which means molecular testing of lung cancers can take place on the Blackpool Victoria Hospital site rather than be sent away, was bought following £100,000 of funding from NHS England through… Continue Reading £100,000 investment to help reduce lung cancer testing waits
Today is the first day of Mouth Cancer Action Month 2018 – a campaign dedicated to raising awareness of mouth cancer. To kick-off the campaign, we have just launched the United Kingdom’s first comprehensive review into mouth cancer. The State of Mouth Cancer UK Report 2018/2019 looks at the very latest statistics for the disease. This includes… Continue Reading UK’s first report into mouth cancer reveals huge gamble the nation is taking with its health