Esther Steel

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust gained teaching hospital status in 2010. In April 2012 the Trust merged with community health services from NHS Blackpool and NHS North Lancashire as part of the Transformation of Patient Pathways Programme.\\The Trust now serves a population of approximately 440,000 residents across Blackpool, Fylde, Wyre, Lancashire and South Cumbria and the North of England.\\The Trust comprises Blackpool Victoria Hospital which is a large busy acute hospital and two smaller community hospitals – Clifton Hospital and Fleetwood Hospital and the National Artificial Eye Service.\\The Trust is also responsible for the provision of Community services such as District Nursing and Midwifery to an large geographical area, extending from Lytham St Annes in the South as far North as Morecambe and Carnforth.\\Our main activities are:\\-Cardiovascular care at our Cardiac centre.\-Accident and Emergeancy at Blackpool Teaching Hospital\-Community Midwifery and Women and Childrens Services.\-Clinical research with an 80-strong team of nurses and doctors\-Community nursing and school nursing\-Recovery and rehabilitation for a variety of conditions including brain injury, stroke and elderly care.\-Sexual health and family planning services\-Wellbeing and lifestyle including mental health services, heart health campaigns, and smoking cessation services.\-End of life and palliative care.\\The Trust houses a state of the art Simulation & Skills Facility that provides training for all grades of staff to improve the safety and quality of the service that we offer our patients.\\We run a portfolio of in-house courses that can be accessed by all staff to enhance their professional development needs. The training is supported by the use of modern equipment including part task trainers for such skills as venepuncture and full body manikins for the practice of emergency drills.