Bringing Healthcare into the Heart of the Community: New Spirometry Service Launches in Blackpool
Healthwatch Blackpool is proud to support the launch of a new community-based spirometry service, designed to make vital respiratory health checks more accessible to local people, particularly those living in priority wards across Blackpool. This service is part of our ongoing commitment to understanding and improving access to health and care in areas where residents […]
Supporting LGBTQIA+ Inclusion in Schools
Healthwatch Blackpool worked with Public Health to hear from young people about how PSHE education can help reduce stigma around LGBTQIA+ in Blackpool. Findings showed that sex education often focuses on heterosexual relationships, and young people think there’s a strong need for more inclusive teaching about different sexualities and genders. Read the full report to […]
Blackpool Priority Wards Report
In 2020, NHS England looked at unplanned hospital visits that could have been prevented with earlier care. They found that areas with higher levels of poverty had more of these visits. Some wards in Blackpool, including Bloomfield, Talbot, Tyldesley, Claremont, and Park, had higher-than-expected rates of unplanned hospital visits, making them “Priority Wards.” Our project, […]
