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Talking about dying is something many of us avoid but clinicians say it is hugely important. Community and hospital-based teams from Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are backing Dying Matters Awareness Week from May 9 to 15 and this year the theme is ‘The Big Conversation’. Gill Cross, a Clinical Nurse Specialist and a… Continue Reading Hospital teams call on community to talk about dying
Ten district nurses and therapists have raised £1,180 for dementia research by completing a gruelling fitness challenge. The Bay District Nurses team members, who work for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, tackled the eight-mile Born Survivor event at Lowther Castle near Penrith on April 9 in aid of Defying Dementia. Based at the Queen… Continue Reading District nurses raise charity funds through Born Survivor challenge
Blackpool youngsters with epilepsy will benefit from a new project aimed to provide emotional and social support for young people and their families. National charity, Young Epilepsy, has chosen Blackpool to benefit from their regional Connect Project and will be hosting a project launch event at Blackpool Victoria Hospital on Wednesday 20 April from 4.30pm… Continue Reading National charity launches epilepsy project for Blackpool youngsters
April 1st 2016 was not just April fool’s Day, but April Falls day too. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust hosted the event in support of the national campaign Sign Up To Safety. Falls Risk and Response Leads Francesca Hall and Emma Montgomery, encouraged staff and members of the public to engage with specialists from services… Continue Reading April Falls Day a great success
A staff nurse working in Blackpool’s busy Emergency Department is helping to enhance the care her patients receive by taking part in the Greater Manchester Marathon later this month. Danielle Whitehead, 27, hopes to complete her run, which takes place on Sunday, April 10, in less than five hours and to raise as much money as… Continue Reading Emergency Department nurse is racing for funds
Smokers looking to quit can now kick the habit and get active at the same time thanks to a new health improvement initiative. ‘Quit and Get Fit’ is a free eight-week course from Smokefreelife Blackpool and Blackpool Football Club Community Trust. It starts Wednesday, April 6 and will run from 6.30pm to 8pm at the… Continue Reading Blackpool residents get a sporting chance to quit smoking
A PART time secretary at Blackpool Victoria Hospital is about to hit the big time. Poulton Drama’s Sarah Jane Stone was chosen to be been the ‘rehearsal Titania’, standing in for Ayesha Dharker in the RSC’s Play For The Nation- A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the whole process is being filmed for a BBC documentary.… Continue Reading Blackpool Teaching Hospital’s secretary performs with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC
Health and social care staff are invited to attend an event on how to develop and submit applications for research project funding. The event, organised by the Research Design Service North West, will take place on May 26 at the Storey Institute in Lancaster and will run from 9.30am to 4pm. It will cover how… Continue Reading Invitation to clinical research funding event
Members of staff soaked a manager in the stocks to raise money for a hospital charity as part of a national awareness week. Nigel Fort, Associate Director for Facilities for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, volunteered to go in the ‘stocks’ at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s staff and visitors’ restaurant during Nutrition and Hydration… Continue Reading Staff make a splash for Nutrition and Hydration Week
From working as a prison Chaplain, youth worker, bee keeper and yacht skipper to appearing as an extra in Harry Potter films, Casualty and Midsomer Murders, Rev Jonathan Sewell has had a particularly colourful career. And his new post as Lead Chaplain for Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust promises to be just as varied.… Continue Reading Trust’s new Lead Chaplain is a man of many parts