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The views of NHS Hearing Aid users are being sought by CCGs across Lancashire and South Cumbria. The views and experiences of NHS hearing aid users with age related hearing loss, over 50 years of age, are being sought to help understand what NHS hearing aid services are like locally and to help improve them.… Continue Reading NHS seeks views of NHS hearing aid users
Thousands of people joined the Fylde Coast NHS and ice skating star Daniel Whiston to jump into the Guinness World Record books this weekend. 1,696 people turned out to break the world record for the most people performing jumping jacks simultaneously which was achieved by NHS Fitter Fylde Coast with Daniel Whiston in Lytham on 21… Continue Reading Thousands jump into the Guinness World Record books
Critical Care Outreach Practitioner, Leigh Crawford, is striving to support displaced individuals and families from warn torn backgrounds by sending over donations to refugee camps. Leigh sends donation packs to those less fortunate than most of us and she has been very determined to give something back to those who are in desperate need of… Continue Reading Leigh backs ‘Care4Calais’ Campaign
Yesterday, the Workforce Development team held their Care Certificate presentation to recognise the work of our Clinical Support staff who have recently completed their Care Certificates, which is a mandatory requirement in the post. They were awarded with a badge and certificate, presented by Deputy Director of Nursing, Simone Anderton. Managers were invited to attend… Continue Reading Trust recognises staff on completion of Care Certificates
As part of the NHS70 celebrations, Blackpool Victoria Hospital hosted a staff reunion for former and long-serving staff. More than 100 people attended the event last week which featured tours of former nurse accommodation, a display of vintage photographs and a tour of the hospital. The attendees were from a variety of years, the earliest… Continue Reading Blackpool welcomes former staff as part of birthday celebrations – #NHS70
A new children’s vision screening service for Lancashire has received support from leading eye health experts as a ‘model service’ that should be implemented across the country. The Vision Screening Service, commissioned by Lancashire County Council and run by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is the first of… Continue Reading National recognition for children’s vision screening service
A Long-serving Coronation Street actor has wished the NHS a happy birthday ahead of it turning 70 next week. Malcolm Hebden, who has played nosy Norris Cole in the soap for more than 20 years, also thanked the NHS for its service. He said: “I am of an age, I think I was eight or… Continue Reading Coronation Street star sends birthday wishes to the NHS – #NHS70
The voice of Blackpool has been reporting a positive story about the NHS. Radio Wave’s Head of News, Andy Mitchell’s life was saved by the NHS in his teenage years. He said: “At the back end of my teens I developed a very serious disease which I battled for four years. “By 1983, the… Continue Reading Good news for the NHS from the voice of Blackpool – #NHS70
YOUNG patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital are to benefit from new state-of-the-art monitoring equipment thanks to a national charity. MedEquip4kids, the children’s health charity which works to provide equipment and facilities in hospitals, has donated close to £7,000 to the Children’s Ward to purchase six Masimo Radical 97 Saturation Monitors with accessories to replace old… Continue Reading Children’s Ward benefits from MedEquip4Kids donation
A LEADING figure in the development of the NHS in Blackpool in its early days has been remembered at a special ceremony. Staff from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have remembered Lionel Hope Franceys, Chairman of the Victoria Hospital Board of Management from 1928 to 1940, as part of the campaign to mark… Continue Reading Trust honours former Chairman – and you can too… #NHS70