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A STUDY day for staff proved to be a resounding success. More than 100 CT Radiographers from across the UK attended the Blackpool CT Study Day at the Imperial Hotel with excellent feedback. The event was an educational event for CT radiographers with a series of talks from experts in the field including Trust staff.… Continue Reading CT study day success
PUPILS in Cleveleys gained some vital life saving tips from Trust experts. Patrick Higgins and Kai Thwaite from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, visited St Teresa’s school as part of the national Re-Start a Heart Day awareness campaign. They gave the pupils some valuable information on CPR and the use of defibrillators and how… Continue Reading Pupils pick up life saving tips
PATIENTS across the Fylde coast are to benefit from new equipment that will reduce the wait to receive lung cancer test results. The equipment, which means molecular testing of lung cancers can take place on the Blackpool Victoria Hospital site rather than be sent away, was bought following £100,000 of funding from NHS England through… Continue Reading £100,000 investment to help reduce lung cancer testing waits
A 95 year-old World War II veteran says a ground-breaking hospital memorial is a “fitting tribute’’ to those who lost their lives in the war. Leonard Curran, originally from Carlisle, was emotional at the sight of the Cloak of Poppies at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, which contains 22,000 handmade poppies. Leonard said: “It’s a fantastic memorial.… Continue Reading D-Day veteran commends hospital Remembrance memorial
THE couple behind a best selling book and film that focused on their emotional journey of surviving sepsis have given an emotional talk to healthcare workers across the Fylde coast. Tom Ray, who had his lower arms and lower legs amputated and also suffered severe damage to his face after contracting sepsis in 1999, visited… Continue Reading Sepsis survivor gives enlightening talk to Fylde coast NHS staff
THE Trust was delighted to host a regional seminar held by the UK Ophthalmology Alliance (UKOA) this week. The seminar was a workshop for clinicians, managers, commissioners and IT leads involved in ophthalmology services from across the region to look at the developments of ophthalmic patient records systems with speakers from a number of Trusts… Continue Reading Trust hosts regional ophthalmic seminar
A supportive and dedicated Blackpool Victoria Hospital ward manager has received a coveted national award. Ann Wimperis, Ward Manager of Ward 26 at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, was presented with a prestigious Cavell Trust Award after being nominated by staff nurse Liz Goostry, who praised Ann for her support for colleagues on the ward.… Continue Reading Delight as Ann named ‘star nurse’
THE innovative work of the Lancashire Bowel Cancer Screening Programme’s health promotion team is to be featured at a leading European conference in Austria. Members of the team, based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, will be talking at the World Endoscopy Organisation’s Expert Working Inequalities Group Meeting about their new “Call for a Kit’’ initiative. The… Continue Reading Lancashire bowel cancer screening team to present at international conference
The Trust took part in the first UK Malnutrition Awareness Week recently. It was the result of a national collaboration between the British Association of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) and the Malnutrition Task Force (MTF) and was designed to raise awareness of the malnutrition and dehydration in the UK. Statistics show that one in… Continue Reading Trust promotes the importance of nutrition and hydration
The Trust was well represented at the Physiotherapy UK 2018 conference in Birmingham. Physiotherapists Simon Hayward, Lisa Hayward and Chloe Tait attended the conference held each year organised by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists. Simon said: ” Between us we had four posters which we presented. “Chloe’s poster was about her thoracic surgery service evaluation… Continue Reading Trust well represented at national physiotherapy conference