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A group of UHDB clinicians are aiming to raise awareness about bone health and how everyone can take simple steps to help reduce risk of fractures from poor bone health.

Colleagues who work in the Intensive Care Unit at Royal Derby Hospital have been praised for treating a patient and his loved ones with 'utmost compassion and dignity' during his final days.

The team was nominated for the 'Team UHDB' Making a Difference Award by Lisa Keillor, after her husband Ian was cared for in the unit last year.  

Over the coming weeks, some junior doctors and consultants across the NHS, including those at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, are planning to take part in industrial action.

The Sterile Services team based at Queen's Hospital Burton has been recognised for its commitment, hard work, and compassion - consistently going above and beyond to help colleagues across the hospital to continue to deliver services to patients, particularly during especially high-pressure periods, including throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sterile Services consist of a large decontamination unit, where all instruments (such as needle-holders, dissecting forceps, and scissors) that are used in clinics and theatres for treatment are sent to the team for a range of different cleaning processes - making sure items are safe for future use.

The team have been working beyond normal hours continuously, offering an extended service in order to support the reduction of waiting lists both at QHB and across the Trust, as well as playing a vital role in ensuring patient and staff safety throughout Covid-19. Their continued dedication has seen them recognised by Chief Executive, Stephen Posey, who has presented them with his CEO Monthly Making a Difference Award.

The Cellular Pathology Lab Service, part of the wider Derbyshire Pathology team, has been recognised nationally for their hard work to improve their service, allowing patients to receive their test results in a more timely manner.

The team was highly commended at the 2023 RCPath Achievement Awards, the esteemed annual awards scheme organised by the Royal College of Pathologists, for improving waiting times for test results despite seeing an increase in demand on their service.

18 July to 18 August 2023 is this year's South Asian Heritage Month.

Here at #TeamUHDB, this is an opportunity to say thank you to all of our South Asian colleagues and members of our communities for their invaluable contribution to our NHS, and our society. Colleagues from South Asia have helped make not just UHDB, but the whole our National Health Service, what it is today.

As part of our commemoration of this awareness month, we have spoken to one of our colleagues about her South Asian heritage, and its importance to her. Sangeeta Mahey, an EDI Officer within our People Services team, is a third generation British-Indian, with a Punjabi Sikh family background - and spoke to us about her connection with this heritage has guided her through life and given her a sense of belonging, which you can read below.

The team behind the installation of Royal Derby Hospital's state-of-the-art hybrid theatre, which contains some of the most modern and advanced theatre equipment available, has been presented with a regional award.

Some of our volunteer colleagues based at Queen's Hospital Burton, Samuel Johnson Community Hospital and Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital were recently honoured at a special ceremony to celebrate their many years of  dedication to UHDB.

On Tuesday 18 July, the volunteers, who work across the three Trust sites - including at League of Friends - came together for a 'thank you lunch' at the Education Centre at Queen's Hospital Burton in which certificates and awards were presented to those who have dedicated anywhere between 5, up to an incredible 45 years of voluntary service.

The Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity Colour Run is returning to Markeaton park next month.

The fun-filled event, which will see runners follow a 5km route around Markeaton Park whilst being sprayed in a rainbow of coloured powder paint, will take place on Saturday 16 September from 11am until 2pm.

A woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer after discovering a lump in her breast, said she felt empowered by doctors who offered her the opportunity to take part in a groundbreaking piece of research.

The Urogynaecology unit at Royal Derby Hospital has become one of only 40 sites in country to be recognised at a national level for its high quality care to patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) has been selected as one of only a handful of hospital trusts in the UK to welcome the use of a state-of-the-art new robot to carry out certain joint replacement procedures.

The new technology, called the Stryker MAKO robot, is now being used by surgeons at Royal Derby Hospital and so far has been used in around 25 cases.

We are pleased to announce that, following a competitive election period, we have appointed four new public Governors to our Council of Governors across three of our constituencies.

Men in the community are being invited to a number of clinics to help check if they undetected have prostate cancer.

The clinics, which will take place in Derby at Horizon Healthcare on Burton Road and The Osmaston Surgery on Osmaston Road are being held to help raise awareness about prostate cancer, which affects one in eight men.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust (UHDB) is taking part in an important national research study looking at whether testing pregnant women to see if they carry group B Streptococcus (GBS) reduces the risk of infection in new-born babies.

Last week, we embarked on an exciting new project that will revolutionise healthcare delivery at Royal Derby Hospital. With around £10m of investment, the Kings Treatment Centre will expand to include a brand-new facility, providing state-of-the-art clinical facilities for planned operations and surgery, positioning us at the forefront of healthcare delivery in the UK.

This will bring immense benefits to our patients, with the main goal of the project to directly enhance the experience of the many thousands of people who require surgery throughout the year. By reducing waiting times for operations, we estimate that we will be able to increase the number of daycase and inpatient procedures by over 2,500 patients annually.

This week and next week some junior doctors and consultants across the NHS including those at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, are planning to take part in strike action. Some junior doctors will be taking part in industrial action from 7am on Thursday 13 July 2023, for five days, concluding at 7am on Tuesday 18 July 2023.

UHDB's Finance team is celebrating after being named 'Public Sector Team of the Year' by the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (AICPA and CIMA), an international professional body

Colleagues from Univeristy Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB), are working in collaboration with experts from the University of Derby and University Hospitals Leicester to raise awareness of head and neck cancer.

The first Research and Development Forum (RD Forum) since the pandemic saw over 800 delegates gathering at the Sage Gateshead for two days of sharing ideas, networking and hearing the latest developments in Health and Social Care Research.

As our NHS reaches its historic 75^th birthday, we want to recognise the vital role that international recruitment has played in shaping the NHS into what it is today - and how it affects our future. 

Here at UHDB, internationally-recruited colleagues across our organisation play a vital role in delivering exceptional patient care. We are hugely privileged that talented people from across have colleagues from over 100 different countries, recently captured in our One World, One #TeamUHDB flag that was hoisted at our Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) site earlier this year >

We caught up with some of our most recent internationally-recruited midwives for NHS 75 - to hear about their journey to UHDB and their motivation for providing maternity care for our communities.

On a momentous day commemorating the 75th birthday of the NHS, a special service was held at the historic Westminster Abbey in central London (5 July), with five colleagues from UHDB were in attendance at the ceremony.

A UHDB colleague shared his moving poem recounting his experiences of working through the pandemic on national radio to mark the 75^th anniversary of the NHS. Daniel Griffith, Staff Nurse on Ward 206 at Royal Derby Hospital, shared his incredibly poignant poem on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday5 July as part of 'The NHS at 75: Covid Memories'.

A member of #TeamUHDB says they feel "very thankful" to have played a part in helping patients across Derbyshire receive the care they needed during her 47-year career as we mark the NHS' 75^th anniversary.

Sharon Babb has worked in a number of roles administrative roles in arranging patient appointments and consultations during her NHS career, which spans five decades - something she says she feels "very grateful to have worked to benefit our patients" for so long.

Long standing volunteers who have given a combined total of 460 years of their time to helping others across UHDB have been honoured at a special ceremony.

The volunteers, whose service spans from 5 years to an incredible 50 years of service were thanked for their efforts and awarded certificates and pin badges to commemorate their time here.

Andrew Selby, Director of Estates and Facilities Management, spoke at the event and called the volunteers 'heroes' saying they are vital to the Trust as he provided certificates to volunteers with a total of 460 years of volunteering service.

A midwife who has spent 47 years working in the NHS says she would "do it all over again" if she had the chance, as she reflected on her career as we mark the NHS' 75^th anniversary.

Carol Adcock, 65, currently works as a midwife in Fetal Medicine at Royal Derby Hospital, and has known from an early age that she wanted to work in healthcare in some way:

To mark the 75^th anniversary of the NHS, Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity is hosting a pop-up 'Medical Museum' to celebrate the history of healthcare in Derbyshire and Staffordshire outside of Royal Derby Hospital. The exhibition will be open to the public from Tuesday 4 - Friday 7 July, and provides a glimpse into the archives of healthcare through the years, with artefacts dating back as far as the early 1800s on display.

There are resurfacing road works taking place from Monday 19 June to Friday 7 July on Derby's Uttoxeter New Road, from the Royal Derby Hospital roundabout to the Kingsway junction - affecting those visiting our Royal Derby Hospital site.

This will be taking place from Monday to Friday - with no weekend working - between 9.30am and 3.30pm.

If you are travelling to Royal Derby Hospital, please ensure you plan your journey to allow for possible delays. If you have an appointment at the site, please give yourself extra time to get there.

More than one million people living in Derby and Derbyshire will have access to five Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) by 2025, as part of a national £2.3 billion investment to reduce waiting times and provide care in communities.

The main entrance at Royal Derby Hospital will be temporarily closed from 7.30pm on Friday 30 June - 6am on Monday 3 July. This is to allow for essential maintenance work to be carried out.