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NHS Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is working in partnership with the other seven CCGs in Lancashire to review clinical policies across the region. The eight CCGs across Lancashire have all agreed that there is a need to review their policies in order to ensure a consistent and fair approach, develop a set of principles… Continue Reading Blackpool residents encouraged to have their say on clinical policies
People who have been affected by cancer are working with senior clinicians and commissioners across the Fylde coast to improve cancer care and services. The Patient Cancer Care Improvement (PCCI) Group was set up earlier this year by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and NHS Blackpool and Fylde and Wyre Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).… Continue Reading Fylde coast cancer patients support local NHS organisations
A conference on modern slavery is taking place today at the Village Hotel in Blackpool. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has staged this event along with its partners Blackpool Council (Blackpool Safeguarding), Lancashire Safeguarding Boards, the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office and Lancashire Constabulary to help fight this insidious crime. Modern slavery is happening… Continue Reading Modern slavery conference takes place in Blackpool
More than half of people who attended a free nutrition and exercise programme in Carnforth in North Lancashire have reported reductions in their cholesterol, weight and the level of pain they experience on a daily basis. The health programme known as ‘Active Lives’ is a free, diet, nutrition and exercise project being run in Carnforth… Continue Reading People learn to live ‘Active Lives’ thanks to innovative project in Carnforth
A baby has been reunited with his favourite toy thanks to the kindness of two Health Care Assistants at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on the Fylde coast. Sally Kilgallon was in the outpatients department at Blackpool Victoria Hospital recently and left behind her eight-month-old son Casey’s favourite toy, called “Captain Kal’’. When she returned home she… Continue Reading Blackpool hospital staff help reunite baby with missing toy
Best-selling author, SJ Watson, has been inspiring Trust staff at a special event. A former NHS audiologist, Steve spoke about his career and love of writing to a variety of staff as part of a reading drive at the Trust. Steve wrote Before I Go To Sleep, made into a film starring Nicole Kidman and… Continue Reading Best-selling author inspires staff at special event
POLICE are warning parents to be vigilant after a man posing as a health visitor tried to access two addresses in Blackpool. The first incident happened on February 13th when a man claiming to be a health visitor called at an address on Bloomfield Road and said he was there to do a check on… Continue Reading Bogus health visitor warning
A young car crash survivor has returned to Blackpool Victoria Hospital to bring the baby she was not guaranteed of carrying, to meet the surgeon who saved her life. Sandra Nevison, 28, brought baby Alexa, eight months, into the Lancashire Cardiac Centre to meet life-saving Cardiothoracic surgeon Mr Andrew Duncan. In July 2014, Sandra (Sandy)… Continue Reading Miracle mum thanks life-saving surgeon
Patients treated at the Lancashire Cardiac Centre are benefiting from some new state-of-the-art equipment. The centre, based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, has recently purchased 10 Thopaz digital chest drains thanks to a donation from Blue Skies Hospitals Fund, the official charity of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Mr Manoj Purohit, a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon… Continue Reading Lancashire Cardiac Centre patients benefit from new equipment
A special piece of artwork to honour the memory of a leading local NHS figure has been erected at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The intricate glasswork was produced by celebrated local artist Karen Ditchfield in memory of Beverly Lester, the former Chair of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who sadly died in 2015. It now… Continue Reading New artwork commemorates former leading Fylde coast NHS figure