A nurse who drugged patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital's stroke unit for an “easy life” has been jailed for seven years and two months, while a second nurse was jailed for three years.

On Thursday, nurse Catherine Hudson, 54, was convicted of doping patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s stroke unit to “keep them quiet and compliant”. She had earlier pleaded guilty to ...

The investigation relates to patients on the stroke unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital Nine healthcare professionals have been interviewed as a probe continues into allegations of poisoning at a ...

One man and three women have been held amid allegations of mistreatment and neglect at Blackpool Victoria Hospital ... to some patients on the stroke unit. Two women and a man previously arrested ...

A woman who died in a ... hospital's stroke unit four years ago was subjected to a "horrific attack" while receiving medical treatment, police have said. Valerie Kneale, 75, died at Blackpool ...

A major incident has been declared due to "severe flooding" in the basement of the women's and children's unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Mothers and their newborn babies reportedly had to be ...

“This arrest is part of an on-going investigation into allegations of mistreatment of patients by a healthcare professional at Blackpool Victoria Hospital,” Detective Chief Insp Jill Johnston ...

Blackpool Victoria Hospital is building a unit for pregnant women who are at risk of mental health or substance abuse problems. Bosses at the hospital say the town has one of the worst rates of ...

More concerning though is the number of hospital admissions in England which rose by 40% in a week to 3,665 patients. Blackpool Victoria Hospital invited ITV News' Health Editor Emily Morgan ...

Chief Executive of the Trust Trish Armstrong-Child said: “Overnight, the basement of the Women’s and Children’s Unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital experienced severe flooding. This has led ...