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UHDB Youth Forum relaunch event on Tuesday 25 November

UHDB colleagues are inviting young people from our communities to join us for the relaunch of the UHDB Youth Forum - a space for those in school years 8 to 13 to share their views, learn more about the NHS and help shape the services we provide.

The relaunch event will take place on Tuesday 25 November, from 6pm to 8pm, in Children’s Outpatients at Derbyshire Children’s Hospital, Royal Derby Hospital.

Adult patients are invited to attend new patient group for sickle cell care

Do you or your loved one have sickle cell disorder and receive care at Royal Derby Hospital or Queen's Hospital Burton? 

We want to hear from patients and their carers/families at our new patient group meeting to learn more about your experiences, hear your feedback and work together so we can make focused service improvements that matter and make a difference to our communities impacted by sickle cell.

Volunteer with the Nightingale Macmillan Unit and make a difference every day

The Nightingale Macmillan Unit (NMU) at Royal Derby Hospital is seeking dedicated volunteers to support their impactful, compassionate care of patients.

The NMU provides specialist, compassionate care for people approaching the end of their lives, most often as a result of cancer. The team’s focus is on dignity, comfort and quality of life — supporting patients and their loved ones through one of the most important times in their lives.

The Restart a Heart logo for the event in October 2025

UHDB team teaching life-saving skills to the community as part of Restart a Heart events

People across our community are being invited this October to learn skills that could save a life, when resuscitation training experts from University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) will be raising awareness about what to do to help someone in cardiac arrest and teaching basic CPR skills at a series of events to mark the annual Restart a Heart initiative. 

UHDB Dementia Annual Event to be hosted on Monday 20 October 2025

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) colleagues in our Dementia team will be hosting their Dementia Annual Event at Royal Derby Hospital this month, taking place on Monday 20 October 2025.

Held from 10am to 3pm in the Education Centre Lecture Theatre, Level 2, the event is open to everyone – including patients, carers, family members, staff and members of the public – who want to learn more about dementia and the wide range of support available. No registration is required and the event is free to attend.

“It’s miracle surgery”: new in-house eye donation and transplant service changing lives at UHDB

A Derbyshire woman who has regained her independence and the ability to care for her husband following life-changing corneal transplant surgery is urging others to consider becoming eye donors – as University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) becomes one of just 10 new NHS trusts in England to offer a complete eye donation and transplant service.

Celebrating World Pharmacists Day 2025 at UHDB

Today, on World Pharmacists Day >, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) celebrate the invaluable contributions of our pharmacy teams. This year’s theme highlights the vital role pharmacists play in improving patient care, safety, and outcomes — and at UHDB, that impact is felt every single day.

Team behind innovative therapy model for Parkinson's patients wins prestigious national award

Congratulations to the Parkinson's Rapid Advisory and Intervention Therapy Service (PRAIS) for winning the Deteriorating Patients and Rapid Response Initiative of the Year category at the 2025 HSJ Patient Safety Awards, in recognition of their incredible work to deliver high quality and safe care to vulnerable patients across our Trust and communities.

Radiotherapy careers open day taking place on Saturday 6 September 2025

Radiotherapy colleagues at UHDB will be hosting a special Radiotherapy careers open day on Saturday 6 September 2025 at Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) — open to members of the public and fellow NHS colleagues alike. 

This will be help in our RDH site's Radiotherapy department, located on Level 0, across two sessions — 9.30am to 11am, and 11.30am to 1pm.

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