Engaging on Blackpool doorsteps – the Blackpool community voice.

Healthwatch Blackpool have recently been working alongside the NHS Integrated Care Board to understand experiences leading to unplanned hospital admissions in our local area. We have been speaking to local residents over the past few months, listening to the views of local people on issues that matter to them. Our ultimate aim is to ensure […]
Consultants on 48-hour strike this week

Hospital consultants are holding their second round of industrial action, from 7am, Thursday 24 August 2023 until 7am Saturday 26 August. The action takes the form of ‘Christmas Day cover’ – which means senior doctors will still provide care in certain life threatening situations. It follows an earlier two-day walkout in July during which more than 67,000 […]