Category Archives: Excellence

Patients and staff had photographs taken with ‘Mr Hearty’ from the British Heart Foundation to highlight the importance of cardiac research. The event took place at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on Friday, June 9, and dozens of people took part. Mr Hearty, the mascot of the British Heart Foundation, was on a stand on the hospital’s… Continue Reading Patients and staff get to the heart of the matter at cardiac research awareness event

A ‘Hearty’ character will be a special guest at a research awareness event for the public and staff at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Mr Hearty, the mascot of the British Heart Foundation (BHF), will be on a stand on the hospital’s mezzanine level helping to raise awareness of heart-related research projects on Friday, June 9. Blackpool… Continue Reading Our Researchers are all heart!

  A charity with its roots at Blackpool Victoria Hospital has won a top honour from the Queen. The Swallows Head and Neck Cancer Charity has been presented with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service – the highest honour for voluntary groups in the country. Organisers of the charity said the award was a tribute… Continue Reading Queen’s top honour for cancer charity which started in Blackpool hospital

Fylde coast hospital volunteers have been praised for their efforts to help patients and staff. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust currently has  more than 300 volunteers in 20 roles at sites including Blackpool Victoria Hospital and Clifton Hospital who provide an average 1,000 hours a week of support. The largest group of volunteers is… Continue Reading Amazing volunteers honoured by Fylde coast health trust at awards ceremony

The Trust’s new Lead Nurse for Cancer and End of Life Care, Jackie Brunton, wants to say ‘hello’ and introduce herself to the public. Jackie, who is based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, said: “I am delighted to join the Trust and although I have never worked or trained here, it feels like home already.   “I… Continue Reading Trust welcomes new Lead Nurse for Cancer and End of Life Care

Staff worked tirelessly to help a nervous patient with multiple heath conditions to have a potentially life-saving operation. Rick Elmer, a former engineer from Burnley, said he had received great care from staff at the Lancashire Cardiac Centre at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Mr Elmer, 64, needed to have an operation to have part of his… Continue Reading Patient with multiple health conditions gives thanks for great care

A grateful farmer has donated £500 from his Golden Wedding gift money to a hospital charity as a way of thanking the heart surgeon who has enabled him to carry on farming. Just one day after his triple heart bypass operation, Harry Clarke, 75, from Tewitfields near Carnforth, was making plans for fencing on his… Continue Reading Farmer thanks Blackpool heart surgeon for helping him to continue farming

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust contributed to a national research project that won a prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) award. The Trust’s Research and Development team worked on the study which looked at the value of using certain antibiotics for patients with asthma. Researchers from the Trust contributed to the study which was led… Continue Reading Fylde coast heath trust contributes to award-winning research project