Today we said Goodbye to Maria the Matron and Hello to Maria the ACP. 🫶
Thank you for all your hard work Matron Maria. 🍾
Care of Older Persons are lucky to have you.
#BTHIMPF@BlackpoolHosp
YOU SAID, WE DID! 📢💡👏
Getting outside, whatever the weather, is good for your mental health and wellbeing. 🌳🚶
This Bright Idea will help make that easier to do and will give you that well deserved break, outdoors!
#TeamBTH#BTHTransformation#BTHBrightIdeas
Lovely to see such positive reviews from Peter's i/o: the tour so far.
"Musically enthralling and visually spectacular… some of the most powerful music of his long career, ready to push an audience as far as it will go and ultimately reward them with something they won’t forget in a hurry"" - The Daily Telegraph ★★★★
Next stop London!
We had a special guest in singing for us this afternoon. @cherylfergison1, AKA Heather from EastEnders, entertained our patients on the Top Floor singing some lovely songs, continuing our #DementiaActionWeek celebrations.
#DAW2023@BlackpoolHosp
Great to see our patients from our Care of the Elderly wards enjoying a tea party for Dementia Awareness Week. Thanks to Matron Jennings and her team, not only fantastic staff in supporting our patients but also very talented! Thanks also to Barry. @bridgetlees1
Volunteer Barry Evans premieres on a piano donated to the Memory Corridor at Blackpool hospital. It was given by the daughter of Hughie Mett, band leader of Blackpool Jazz Orchestra, once well-known across the Fylde .
Read more ... https://t.co/6HQ3kJ6kcr #NHS75
If anyone can help by making some forget me nots before 15th May please let me know?
@coop_ittbvh are wanting to sell them to support Dementia Action Week and raise funds to help improve care for Dementia patients on the CoOP wards @BlackpoolHosp@Maria4666Maria
Small things that can help reduce burnout and increase wellbeing - might not solve everything but we can still do the small things consistently through our behaviours, investment & intentions
Next week we will be introducing improvement boards and huddles to our wave 5 teams. Do any of our QI followers have any top tips they would like to share for teams learning about improvement boards and how this has worked for you? Let us know! #QITwitter#QI#qualityimprovement
What are the micro-habits of high impact managers? Take a look 👀…..
1) Empower your team
2) Lead with empathy
3) Be vulnerable
4) Challenge with kindness
5) Be a trusted thought partner
6) Celebrate the small stuff
7) Keep an eye on the Long term
Your actions matter! 🧡
Todays doodle: In times of panic, stress or sheer exhaustion, take a few minutes to breathe
It might not solve the problem but it will help you get it together & think clearly ⛅️ ☁️ ⛅️
Great presentation from Walsall Healthcare really putting the powerful message of the need for a discharge lounge into perspective. 1 patient going to the discharge lounge supports 5 patients in total #biggerpicture@LancsHospCITeam
It takes 3.2 seconds to RT and help find her missing mum Nicola Bulley who was last seen walking her dog near a Lancashire river she was last seen on the morning of Jan 27 walking her dog on a towpath by the River Wyre off Garstang Road please call 116 000 with any information