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As part of Volunteers Week 2019 (June1-7), we are looking at some of the volunteer roles around Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Here we meet Listener, Alma Kitsberg. When Alma Kitsberg had a triple bypass operation in 2015, she had no idea that it would spark a close affiliation with Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Through… Continue Reading Volunteer Voices – Listener, Alma
As part of the forthcoming Volunteers Week 2019 (June 1-7), we are looking at some of the volunteer roles available around Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Here we meet Health Mentor, Phil Robinson. Phil has been volunteering at Blackpool Victoria Hospital for the last four years. Following heart surgery a few years ago one… Continue Reading Volunteer Voices – Health Mentor, Phil
It was an action-packed week at Clifton and Blackpool Victoria Hospitals as part of Dementia Week. A full schedule of events, with special guests, helped to spread awareness and provide help and advice to patients, visitors and staff. Blackpool Victoria held a Dementia Action Day, opened by singer Linda Nolan along with Trust non-executive director,… Continue Reading Trust holds special events for Dementia Action Week
Andrea Bradley enjoys some reflexology from therapist Audrey DicksonHard working NHS staff at a St Annes hospital have been treated to some relaxing holistic therapies. AB Complementary Therapies, based at Therapy House, St Annes, treated staff at Clifton Hospital, Pershore Road, to a day of pamper treatments to help them relax and boost their sense… Continue Reading Complementary treats for Clifton Hospital staff
A hospital worker has set up a support group following her son’s experience with autism. Becky Noble, a medical secretary in the Ophthalmology department of Blackpool Victoria Hospital, set up the group following the late diagnosis of her son’s autism and lack of information and support for those with autism between the ages of 16… Continue Reading Blackpool hospital secretary brings autistic people together
BABIES born in Blackpool on May 14 have been given lifetime admission to The Blackpool Tower as part of the historic landmark’s 125th birthday celebrations. The Tower has set a week-long programme of events to mark its special occasion and part of those celebrations include giving every baby born in Blackpool Victoria Hospital on May… Continue Reading Babies born on Blackpool Tower’s 125th birthday get lifetime ticket
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will be holding a host of exciting events as part of Dementia Action Week, which runs from May 20 to May 24. Clifton Hospital, Pershore Road, Lytham St Annes are holding tea parties on each of their four wards throughout the week. Their special guests include the Mayor and… Continue Reading Trust to hold events as part of #DementiaActionWeek
Work to support victims of sexual violence and abuse was praised by Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw during a visit to Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The work is part of a Lancashire based project which places specialist workers in health settings to provide immediate support to anyone who discloses recent or historic experiences of sexual… Continue Reading Life-changing help for sexual abuse victims
Fylde coast residents offered chance to learn more about bone health at free information event in Blackpool PEOPLE across the Fylde coast have an opportunity to learn from a leading expert about healthy living for strong bones and the bone condition osteoporosis. The free information event, hosted by UK-wide charity the Royal Osteoporosis Society and… Continue Reading Free osteoporosis awareness talk
SHOPPERS in Blackpool’s Sainsbury’s store were greeted by the rare sight of a giant inflatable colon as part of a national cancer awareness programme. Members of the Lancashire Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Health Promotion team used the inflatable blow up colon as a prop for shoppers to ask questions about bowel cancer while being given… Continue Reading Blackpool Bowel Cancer experts give insight into screening importance