Continually striving to provide the best care possible.
ONE of the Fylde coast’s most recognisable faces is leading an appeal to give hospital patients a gift this Christmas. Comedian and actor Bobby Ball and his wife Yvonne have become patrons to the Blue Skies, Hospitals Fund, the official charity for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and this week launched their Give a Gift […]
A BLACKPOOL man who suffered a stroke at the age of just 24 has spoken about his condition. Luke Whitehead is ready to share his story about the stroke he encountered in August 2017 in order to change misconceptions and raise awareness of the condition. Luke, a plumber, from Blackpool, wants more people to know […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]