Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Woman seriously ill with sepsis spent hours in ambulance waiting for treatment that could've saved her

The revelations come against a backdrop of 2026 winter pressures at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Feb 15 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

26,500 left with keycards to restricted areas of Blackpool Victoria Hospital after leaving jobs

PLUS - Robert Jenrick it is not, but there has been a defection to Reform UK

Feb 1 • Luke Beardsworth

Blackpool urged to step up efforts to make town better place to live for trans and gender diverse

A 76-page document confirmed high rates of depression and anxiety fuelled by long NHS waits and discrimination

Jan 7 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

Women and babies have been at risk of death by electrocution in Blackpool Victoria Hospital's maternity theatres

Bosses at the Vic, in Whinney Heys Road, closed the theatre and are now poised to spend more than £250,000 putting the issue right

Nov 12, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth, The Blackpool Lead, and Michael Holmes

Blackpool doctor could finally be struck off after tribunal said he raped a woman

Foy-Yamah's conducted was initially found to have not quite crossed the line for 'erasure from the medical register'

Nov 5, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

Mentally unwell STILL waiting days for treatment at The Vic

PLUS: Why fracking entering the national politics debate is not good for Lancashire

Oct 5, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

Questions to answer after death of man rough-sleeping during Blackpool storm

PLUS: Blackpool Victoria Hospital will be part of a nationwide probe into maternity services

Sep 17, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and Michael Holmes

Reform UK at risk of being home for Tory rejects

PLUS: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust finds itself poorly placed in the new NHS league table

Sep 10, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth, The Blackpool Lead, and Michael Holmes

Environment Agency rubbishes independent monitoring from stinky landfill operator

PLUS: Further damaging revelations from Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Sep 7, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth, The Blackpool Lead, and Michael Holmes

Inquest into Valerie Kneale's death returns spotlight to hospital murder that hasn't been solved

PLUS: Circumstances that led to death of an Irish man, washed up in Blackpool, to be examined

Sep 3, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth, The Blackpool Lead, and Michael Holmes

Long waits at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s A&E department lead surge in distressing sores

PLUS: What really happened with Backlot Cinema?

Aug 17, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth, The Blackpool Lead, Michael Holmes, and Jamie Lopez

Serious safety failings exposed at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

PLUS: An update on heritage trams and their return to Blackpool

Jul 9, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth, The Blackpool Lead, and Michael Holmes

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