Category Archives: People Centred
Serving people is the focus of everything we do.
Hear how you can play a part in the future of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wants you to help it shape the future. The Trust is seeking candidates for seven Public Governor positions within various constituencies across the catchment areas and three from the Staff Governor categories. We want to hear from as many people as possible who are interested in having their say… Continue Reading Hear how you can play a part in the future of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Chair – Council of Governors and Board of Directors Location: Blackpool, Lancashire Time Commitment: average 3 days per week (part-time) Remuneration: from £45,000 to £51,400 p.a. Term of Office: 3 years, subject to satisfactory appraisal. A second three-year term can be considered. Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides… Continue Reading Advertisement: Chair – Council of Governors and Board of Directors
Changes to hospital visiting and outpatient appointments from September 7th 2020
Cash boost for Emergency Care in Blackpool
Emergency care at Blackpool Victoria Hospital has received a £2,785,000 boost from the Government. Welcoming the new funding, Director of Operations at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Berenice Groves, said the cash would support work being done to create an Emergency Village and new Critical Care programme to develop a world class service for… Continue Reading Cash boost for Emergency Care in Blackpool
Patient’s zest for life inspires medics
Peggy Gair is 91 next month and she’s certainly not about to let a global pandemic or a faulty heart valve get in her way! Just days after undergoing aortic valve surgery Peggy is up and about and ready to be discharged from the Lancashire Cardiac Unit based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. “I had been… Continue Reading Patient’s zest for life inspires medics
Help for grieving families
DEATH and grief are difficult experiences, but when they take place under the challenging circumstances of a Coronavirus pandemic the increased trauma can seem debilitating. Team across the End-of-Life and Palliative care teams across Blackpool Victoria Hospital and Trinity Hospice want to ensure that all those struggling with loss get the support they need. Lead… Continue Reading Help for grieving families
Seamstresses to the rescue to provide scrubs for NHS staff
More than 100 sewing stars answered a call from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to make much-needed scrubs during the Covid-19 outbreak. Following a shout out on Facebook, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Representative and Staff Side Chair, Maggy Heaton, was inundated with offers of help. Maggy said: “The Covid crisis brought about a… Continue Reading Seamstresses to the rescue to provide scrubs for NHS staff
The use of face coverings when coming to our sites
People infected with COVID-19 can have very mild or no respiratory symptoms (asymptomatic) and can transmit the virus to others without being aware of it. In line with recent recommendations from the World Health Organisation, we are introducing new measures at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to keep visitors, patients, and staff safe. From… Continue Reading The use of face coverings when coming to our sites
Teenager replaces smile hidden by mask
Lytham schoolgirl, Keira Bowman really wanted to help when she heard the masks and visors clinicians have to wear during the Coronavirus pandemic might frighten children. And what makes the 16-year-old’s visors extra special is that each one depicts a smile to replace the one hidden by the surgical mask. Keira, a pupil at AKS… Continue Reading Teenager replaces smile hidden by mask