Publish date: 5 July 2025
How patients, colleagues and volunteers are reaping the benefits of Clifton Hospital's Green Therapy project:
The creation of paved area, planting areas and a polytunnel facilitates year-round horticultural therapy to improve health and wellbeing.
The Delivery rooms brightened up by 100 butterflies:
Delivery rooms at Blackpool Victoria Hospital received a makeover
as well-known local artist Christian Fenn, known by his professional name Seca One, created a special mural on the walls to celebrate babies born in Blackpool.
Read more: Delivery rooms brightened up by 100 butterflies :: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
The Pharmacy team working behind the scenes to provide lifesaving treatment:
The local orangutan who is thriving after help from hospital surgeons:
In December, surgeons at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
supported with the surgery of Jarang, an orangutan at Blackpool Zoo.
Read more: Zoo’s orangutan is thriving after help from hospital surgeons :: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
Our nationally recognised Neonatal team:
The patient who returned to the hospital to thank the surgeon who saved his life:
Seven years after a difficult surgery to treat his lung
cancer, Alan Whitehead returned to BVH to personally thank the surgeon and medical team who saved his life.
The trio of BTH community nurses who were awarded ‘Queens Nurse title’:
Read more: Three Blackpool nurses awarded ‘Queens Nurse title’ :: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
The NHS could not have achieved all it has without the skill and dedication of our people.
We want to take this opportunity to thank all our NHS colleagues and volunteers, past and present for providing caring, safe and respectful care to our community.
Read more about the fantastic work colleagues have done: Latest News :: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals.
As part of our NHS 77th birthday celebrations we are sharing seven stories from the last year which represent the amazing work of colleagues and services in our hospitals and community teams.
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