Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

blackpool teaching hospitals nhs foundation trust gained teaching hospital status in 2010. in april 2012 the trust merged with community health services from nhs blackpool and nhs north lancashire as part of the transformation of patient pathways programme. the trust now serves a population of approximately 440,000 residents across blackpool, fylde, wyre, lancashire and south cumbria and the north of england. the trust comprises blackpool victoria hospital which is a large busy acute hospital and two smaller community hospitals – clifton hospital and fleetwood hospital and the national artificial eye service. the trust is also responsible for the provision of community services such as district nursing and midwifery to an large geographical area, extending from lytham st annes in the south as far north as morecambe and carnforth. our main activities are: -cardiovascular care at our cardiac centre. -accident and emergeancy at blackpool teaching hospital -community midwifery and women an