Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location in Blackpool
Geography
Location Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°49′18″N 3°00′56″W / 53.82159°N 3.0156°W / 53.82159; -3.0156Coordinates: 53°49′18″N 3°00′56″W / 53.82159°N 3.0156°W / 53.82159; -3.0156
Organisation
Care system Public NHS
Hospital type District General
Affiliated university University of Liverpool
Services
Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds 767
History
Founded 1894
Links
Website http://www.bfwhospitals.nhs.uk
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Victoria Hospital is the main hospital for Blackpool and the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England. The hospital is part of the Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The hospital departments include Accident and Emergency, the Macmillan Cancer Suite, Maternity and Gynae, Parkwood Mental Health Services, a cardiac unit,[1] and intensive care.

The hospital has been shown in a major BBC1 documentary, Blackpool Medics: 10 Days in May which featured the work of the hospital and the North West Ambulance Service.[2] The second series was broadcast in January 2008.

The Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was established on 1 December 2007. The Trust serves a local population on the Fylde coast of about 330,000 residents and the 12 million holidaymakers who visit the area each year.[3]

History

The hospital was originally located on Whitegate Drive, and was opened in 1894.[4] The hospital was subsequently moved to East Park Drive. The foundation stone of the new building was laid by Lord Derby on 9 June 1933.

On 25 July 2010 a nurse named Jane Clough was stabbed to death in the hospital car park. Her ex-boyfriend Jonathan Vass, an ambulance technician, was later found guilty of her murder.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cardiac Care Facilities". Downing Street. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
  2. ↑ "Blackpool Medics". Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
  3. ↑ "About our Trust: Introduction". Victoria Hospital (Blackpool). Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  4. ↑ "History of Blackpool". Retrieved 16 April 2008.
  5. ↑ "Jane Clough's Family in Court Demo over 'Freed Killer'", BBC News (BBC), 14 October 2010, retrieved 22 April 2011

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