Please be aware that visiting or accompanying people to the Emergency Department at Blackpool Victoria Hospital remains restricted. For full details and a reminder of the Trust's overall visiting guidelines please click on the link below. orlo.uk/ICcOJ

Lots of alcohol related falls and head injuries today 🍻 🍷 🤕 The downside of easing lockdown unfortunately. Please enjoy your weekend sensibly so you don’t have to spend it in the ED NHS Blackpool Teaching Hospitals 💙🌈🍹 Please keep us free for life threatening emergencies only🚨 Thank you.

Talk before you walk.... ☎️ Call NHS 111 FIRST ✅

🩺 It’s World Hand Hygiene Day 2021🖐🏻 More relevant than ever....soap saves lives! 🦠 🧼 #WorldHandHygieneDay #COVID19 Have you washed yours? #HandHygiene #handhygieneday

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Highest ever recorded Emergency Dept (A&E) attendances nationwide in May 2021 ! 🏥 Surely not all “emergencies”? This precious resource must be kept for life threatening situations only 🙏🏻 #nhs #emergencymedicine

⚠️ Our (A&E) Emergency Department is under extreme pressure today ⚠️ Our Emergency staff are doing all they can to treat those with the most urgent clinical need. If not an emergency visit 111.nhs.uk to get advice. Thank You. #HelpUsHelpYou

Our (A&E) Emergency Department is incredibly busy this afternoon. Our Emergency staff are doing all they can to treat those with the MOST URGENT clinical need first If not an emergency visit 111.nhs.uk to get advice. 🙏🏻 #HelpUsHelpYou Talk before you walk 📞

‼️ The number of attendances in A&E are rising. There are now 81 people in the department‼️ Help yourself, our colleagues and other patients by contacting NHS111 BEFORE coming to A&E. Please…. #HelpUsHelpYou ⚠️EMERGENCIES ONLY PLEASE⚠️

Belated thanks to Danielle Mclardie 💙 at the helm yesterday @BlackpoolHospED 👏🏻 🤯

⚠️ There are currently > 110 patients in our A&E ⚠️ We are trying to see those whose need us most as the priority. Please choose wisely. The Emergency Department is for #emergenciesonly Other services ARE available #NHS111 Not sure what an emergency is…? nhs.uk/nhs-services/u…

🚨We currently have over 90 patients in our Emergency Department. We are trying to see everyone in order of clinical priority. Please be patient if attending and please take advice below if a true emergency or not. Thank you 🚨 nhs.uk/nhs-services/u…

Please bare in mind other healthcare providers if your condition is not an emergency. The Emergency Department is experiencing High numbers of attendances everyday. #helpushelpyou xx

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Good luck hope to see you next year, worked so hard #deservearest Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS FT

⚠️ Please remember we are for EMERGENCIES ONLY ⚠️ @FCMSCares Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust BTH SACCT Division BTH IMEC Division @FyldeCoastCCGs Neil Hartley-Smith North West Ambulance Service Please help us to treat those who specifically need us. Thank you.

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We are extremely busy currently and dealing with a large number of patients within the department. Please be patient if you are here or coming & please use us only for emergencies. Thank you.

Fantastic!! And very well deserved

⚠️We will be here today as normal for all EMERGENCIES. Please use the many alternative, non-emergency services, for everything else. Thank you.⚠️