DANCING on Ice star Dan Whiston took a day out of his busy schedule to open a newly refurbished unit at Blackpool Victoria hospital. The Fylde Coast star opened the new Pro Operative Assessment area at the hospital which will be a huge boost to patients across the area. He was enticed to the event… Continue Reading Blackpool skating star Dan opens new hospital assessment unit
Fylde Coast residents are being given the chance to share their views on the NHS through a series of drop-in sessions throughout the year with the first chance this week. The two Fylde Coast clinical commissioning groups the organisations that ‘buy’ and plan health services in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre, are inviting residents to attend… Continue Reading Fylde coast residents’ chance to share views with the NHS
Members of a hospital ward slimming group have proved they are a bunch of losers! The Clifton Chunks Club, devised by staff on Ward 3 at Clifton Hospital, have joined together to help each other lose weight and feel more healthy. Despite the temptation of tucking into chocolates and biscuits patients and their families gave… Continue Reading Clifton staff group ‘weighs’ up the future…
As the cold snap bites, Blackpool hospital charity, Blue Skies Hospitals Fund, has the perfect solution to give you a warm glow. The saying ‘cold hands, warm heart’ is never truer than when you buy an ice scraper to help get you and your car through the winter weather while raising funds for patients at… Continue Reading Ice scrapers for warm hearted people!
THE Trust’ leadership and development programme for its specialty and associate specialist (SAS) doctors and consultants has been featured by NHS Employers. The case study breaks down the component parts of the programme to show how it has not only strengthened senior doctors’ knowledge of leadership and management, but it also improved their job satisfaction,… Continue Reading Trust leadership programme gets national attention
People living in Fylde and Wyre are invited to see local NHS decision-making in action next week. The next meeting of the NHS Fylde and Wyre Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Governing Body will take place at the CCG offices at NHS Wesham Offices in Derby Road, from 1pm to 3pm on Tuesday 22 January 2019.… Continue Reading Public invited to CCG Governing Body meeting
A Fylde coast NHS training team has received a national award. The Health Informatics Education and Training Team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has received the Silver award from the NHS Digital Training Service Accreditation (TSA) scheme. The scheme involves the training service being externally assessed by NHS Digital TSA assessors. The assessment… Continue Reading National award for Blackpool NHS training team
Blackpool Victoria Hospital is aiming to combat social isolation by running a new, regular community event. To be held monthly in the hospital’s Restaurant, guests will be offered complimentary tea, coffee and cake as well as programme of guests and services offering help, advice and topics of interest. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Patient… Continue Reading Blackpool Victoria Hospital to launch new ‘Community Lounge.’
ENGLAND’S new Chief Nursing Officer visited Blackpool Victoria Hospital this week. Ruth May visited Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the first week of her new role. She spent time shadowing the Community Rapid Response Team and the Emergency Department before touring a number of wards and departments and hosting a question and answer… Continue Reading New Chief Nurse for England praises Fylde coast NHS staff
A mum and her family who were so thankful for the care her premature baby received at the Neonatal Unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital have donated equipment to enhance care for babies. Naomi Appleby gave birth to baby Arlo at 25 weeks weighing just 1lb 12oz. She had to spend her baby’s early weeks firstly… Continue Reading Bringing the New Year in at home