Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recently welcomed Prime Minister David Cameron on the day the Prime Minister announced a package of measures to improve standards of care in hospitals.

One of the measures announced was about leadership on wards. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has over the last year been investing in the role of the Ward Manager. The Trust commissioned a development programme to empower their Ward Managers in the changing NHS landscape.

At the December 2011 degree ceremony, Chancellor Sir Chris Bonington presented student Lesley Crichton with the Princess Alexandra Medal.  Lesley, the Professional Head of Occupational Therapy (Mental Health) with Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, completed the MA in Developing Professional Practice in Management and was awarded the medal in recognition of her exceptional performance in her studies. 

The three East Lancashire NHS Trusts of: Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, and NHS East Lancashire have been working collaboratively together with CETAD

Inter-professional partnership working was the theme of the poster presented at the NMC joint update event in September 2011.  This followed on from the

The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Annual report on the provision of CETAD’s training for Nurse Mentors stated that the Practice Learning Level of Achievement was rated as Outstanding and the NMC report concludes: