A cooled blade is disclosed for a gas turbine that includes a radially extending aerofoil with a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side and a pressure side, and wherein a lip overhang is provided on the suction side of the trailing edge The blade also includes a plurality of radial internal flow channels connected via flow bends to form a multi-pass serpentine for a coolant flow, whereby a trailing edge ejection region is provided for cooling the trailing edge, the trailing edge ejection region comprising a trailing edge passage of the multi-pass serpentine running essentially parallel to the trailing edge and being connected over its entire length with a pressure side bleed. An optimized cooling is achieved by also determining the cooling flow from the trailing edge passage to the pressure side bleed by means of a staggered field of pins.