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A free outdoor ping pong table has been served up at Blackpool Victoria Hospital as part of a nationwide street table tennis project. The Trust has benefited from Blackpool being selected to be a flagship location for Ping!, a free street ping pong resource which is being provided in towns and cities across England. With… Continue Reading Hospital staff benefit from free table tennis table
Blackpool Victoria Hospital will be taking part in a special heritage weekend in September. As part of Blackpool’s Heritage Open Days tours of the Whinney Heys site have been scheduled to explore the hospital’s past. The tours will include various original features of the site through to the most up-to-date installations. Kari Singleton, from Heritage… Continue Reading Blackpool Victoria Hospital to take part in Heritage weekend
Dr Meng Jiang Lim has won a teaching award for his efforts in supporting younger medics at the Trust. The Foundation Teaching Award was set up by the Medical Education department to recognise the work the training foundation doctors deliver to medical students during their time at Blackpool. The award was won by Dr Lim… Continue Reading Doctors awarded for their efforts to support younger medics
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed a new member of its cancer support team. Helen Bright, Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Manager, is overseeing a range of services and advice from her base in the Windmill Unit and Blackpool Victoria Hospital. She said: “Our services are about supporting anyone affected by cancer. “We… Continue Reading Meet the new Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Manager
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
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
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed a new member of the chaplaincy team. Catholic priest, Father Andrew Dawson, was a school chaplain before making the move to a hospital setting. Andrew worked at Our Lady’s Catholic College in Lancaster for many years after a background in supporting adults. He said: “Working in a… Continue Reading Trust welcomes new priest
Trust Health Visitors provided locals with advice and sun care products alongside the Healthier Fleetwood campaign. Many visitors and local residents attend Fleetwood’s annual Tram Sunday and the team set up an information stand which had leaflets, healthcare professionals and Sun cream products for families to test. Health Visitor, Sarah Sutcliffe said: “We decided to… Continue Reading Health Visitors promote sun awareness in community
Congratulations to UNISON Learning Representatives, Jane Eyre and Bev Herring who have won an award for their work to support numeracy learning to the staff working at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals for the second year in a row. The campaign, which is in partnership with National Numeracy, has been running since 2016 and has helped many… Continue Reading UNISON Learning Reps win award for second year
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