⚠️ We are incredibly busy again this evening with > 110 patients. We are prioritising people by clinical need. Please be patient and consider other healthcare providers, who actually may be more suitable for your needs. Keep us free for EMERGENCIES only. Thank you. ⚠️

Looking forward to welcoming Melanie Janine Brown MBE to VisitBlackpool on August 30th for a spicy switch-on! ✨ #spicegirls

Excited to hear that our supporting follower Nick Knowles will be swapping a hard hat for dancing shoes in this year’s BBC Strictly ✨ #Strictly 🕺🏻💫

Today we continue to celebrate with #IndiaIndependenceDay 🇮🇳 Congratulations to all our colleagues across the Trust! #IndependenceDay2024

Wishing our Royal Patron a wonderful day.

Did you know that every minute without CPR and defibrillation reduces a person's chance of survival by up to 10%? The sooner CPR is started, the better the chances of survival.

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We're calling on all public access defib owners and guardians to ensure their devices are registered on The Circuit. By registering your defib, you're helping improve access to them during an emergency, giving someone their best chances of survival: thecircuit.uk

Our Emergency Department team, described as having “infinite resilience” and “an appetite to make improvements” was the standout winner of the Trust’s Clinical Team of the Year in our recent 2024 staff awards. Find out more: buff.ly/3Ayw5Ki

If you need urgent dental treatment over the bank holiday, contact your usual dentist. If you cannot contact your dentist or don't have one, please call 0300 1234 010 for Lancashire services.

Opening times may vary today. Local options available to you: 🏥 Your GP surgery – To check the arrangements at your practice, check the surgery website or give them a call. 💊 Pharmacy 💻 NHS 111 – go online to NHS 111 🦶 Walk-in Centres

Two years today I survived aortic dissection Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust 🫀💥thanks to the amazing team at NHS Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 💙🌈 Blackpool Emergency Department 💙 🧡🗼 This week I’m delivering brilliant youth work with young people in Blackpool, made possible by those life savers at the Vic. God Bless The NHS 💙

If you need urgent medical help but you're not sure where to go, use 111 to get assessed and directed to the right place for you.​ Call, go online or use the NHS App. ➡️ nhs.uk/111

Parents have you tried the Alder Hey online Symptom Checker tool? 💻 Find information on several of the most common symptoms in children requiring urgent care and decide where is best to get the right care for your child. Use the Symptom checker: buff.ly/44eMtZv

#999Day 🙌🏻

✋🏻 Please do not smoke outside our Emergency Department doors or indeed anywhere on the hospital grounds 🚬 Please protect our patients and staff from passive smoke. Thank you. ✋🏻