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Trust Midwife, Carol Park, has been supporting her daughter Emily with her fantastic fundraising efforts for worthy causes. Emily, 21, from Lytham, is a student at Cumbria University who has been raising funds for the Breast Cancer Care Charity while also donating her hair to The Little Princesses Trust. Emily has raised a total of… Continue Reading Trust Midwife’s daughter raises money for charities close to her family
The judging for the Trust’s Celebrating Success Awards is underway. It’s going to be an enormously difficult task for the judges as the entries are of such a high standard and we’ve had a huge number of nominations. More than 400 entries have been received with more than 150 nominations from patients. This year our… Continue Reading Trust’s Celebrating Success Awards judges have massive task in bumper year for nominations
AS part of Clifton Hospital’s 30th anniversary celebrations, we are highlighting the long service staff who have been part of the hospital’s history. Here we feature Staff Nurse Sharon Hird who has been working at Clifton since 1992… Originally from Bradford, Sharon came to the North West following her nurse training with her then fiancé… Continue Reading Clifton Hospital at 30 – Staff stories
The Fylde Coast Health and Social Care Career Academy has seen 18 people secure jobs at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The new six week academy, run by Blackpool and Fylde College, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and JobCentre Plus, saw 21 previously unemployed students who had been referred by the Job Centre enrol on the… Continue Reading Fylde Coast Health and Social Care Career Academy sees first students secure roles with the NHS
Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s Children’s Ward has welcomed a new four-legged friend. Coco the Malshi, a cross between a Maltese and a Shih Tzu, is the ward’s new Pets as Therapy dog and has bow-wowed both patients and staff. Young patients were delighted to meet Coco and the cute pooch loved all the attention and even… Continue Reading Children’s Ward greet new furry friend
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has hosted its first skincare advice course for men affected by cancer. The ‘Skin Fitness’ Workshop, run by international charity Look Good Feel Better (LGFB), presented a two-hour advice session at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on how to combat skin problems often associated with cancer treatment to male patients currently… Continue Reading Cancer team host first skin care advice course for men
Clifton Hospital will be holding two special celebration events this summer. The hospital, on Pershore Road, St Annes, is opening the second phase of the patient garden before holding an event to mark its 30th anniversary. The new garden will be officially opened by comic and actor, Bobby Ball, on Friday, August 17. It… Continue Reading Clifton Hospital to hold special celebrations this summer
Wards 14, 15a and 15b at Blackpool Victoria Hospital are following in the footsteps of Wards 34 and 35 and have extended their visiting times. From today, the wards have extended their visiting times to run between 2pm and 8pm. We will be looking at how this is working over the next two months and… Continue Reading “My visitors will always be able to visit me flexibly and the staff will always support this.”
A local group of ladies have raised money to raise awareness of an international cause by twinning toilets at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Soroptimist International of Blackpool and District, raised money to provide a toilet block in the developing world as part of the Toilet Twinning Scheme. Former Club President, Maggie Blair, chose to raise money… Continue Reading Blackpool and District Soroptimists twin toilets at hospital
A special new end of treatment bell installed on the Oncology ward at the Blackpool Victoria Hospital is helping cancer patients to call time on cancer and celebrate the end of their chemotherapy treatment. Thanks to UK-wide charity, End of Treatment Bells, cancer patients can now celebrate reaching the end of their treatment by ringing… Continue Reading New Oncology Ward bell helps patients call time on cancer