The exterior of the Queen Victoria Centre in Morecambe

Clinics open in North Lancashire

Most community clinics in Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth run by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals are open today (Thursday, December 10) following the recent floods. The Outpatients department at the Queen Victoria Centre is not open but this does not affect any of the clinics. Any patients with queries about appointments should contact the individual health… Continue Reading Clinics open in North Lancashire

Pictured L-R: Steven Bloor, Deputy Director of Information at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Janet Hughes, Orthopaedic Typist; Karen Edwards, Health Informatics Project Manager and Michael Spink, Account Manager for G2Speech.

Digital speech recognition technology making a major impression at Blackpool hospitals

Hospital patients across the Fylde coast are receiving important information quicker thanks to new digital dictation technology. In November 2013, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust decided to look at new technologies for patient letters after recognising delays between clinics and administration teams. As a result the Trust purchased a new digital solution from Leeds-based G2Speech… Continue Reading Digital speech recognition technology making a major impression at Blackpool hospitals

a group of four nurses

Tweet chat for asthma day

Asthma sufferers across the Fylde coast are being given the chance to ask questions about their condition to experts via twitter. Respiratory nurses from the Trust will be holding a twitter chat Q&A session on May 5, 2015 between 1pm and 2pm as part of an awareness day aimed at encouraging people with asthma to… Continue Reading Tweet chat for asthma day