University Hospitals of Derby and Burton’s Executive Chief Nurse has been appointed to a prestigious role at NHS England. Cathy Winfield MBE will spend one day a week on secondment as one of three new Executive Nurse Fellows.
Respiratory teams at Royal Derby Hospital and Queen’s Hospital Burton have been presented with their trophies and certificates after winning one of our Outstanding Contribution Awards at this year’s Annual Making a Difference Awards.
The Operations Team at Queen’s Hospital Burton have been recognised for going above and beyond to support Team UHDB throughout the pandemic by being presented with our August Team UHDB Award.
The team received a lovely nomination from a colleague, which read: “The teams are responsible for enabling flow through the hospital from the front door all the way to discharge, ensuring that patient safety is maintained, patients are where they need to be and that the site is safe whilst following ever changing pathways.
A new area in Royal Derby Hospital’s Emergency Department, which aims to streamline the discharge process for patients meeting certain criteria, has been re-launched.
The NHS is bracing itself for a challenging autumn and is asking the public to help, beginning with the August Bank Holiday weekend as health services cope with unprecedented challenges.
A radiographer at Royal Derby Hospital had been praised by her colleagues for acting quickly and professionally in a potentially life-threatening situation.
Nicole Turner, Senior Radiographer, was contacted by a patient’s wife to say they were feeling unwell and nauseous.
The last 18 months have been extremely tough for our Theatres teams at UHDB as the emergence of Covid-19 has required them to completely alter the way that they work.
There have been vast changes to the way that we use theatres over the past 18 months, with these areas instead being used to provide vital additional capacity to treat patients with the virus – at a time when it was needed most.
Leaders of Staffordshire County Council have written to UHDB to commend colleagues for their commitment during the "extraordinarily difficult" Covid-19 pandemic.
The lengths our Intensive Care colleagues have gone to throughout the pandemic to protect our most poorly patients has been absolutely extraordinary – they have all truly made an outstanding contribution.
It was fitting then when our ICU teams at Queen’s Hospital Burton and Royal Derby Hospital won the ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ at UHDB’s annual Making a Difference Awards, which was held virtually last month.
A Queen’s Hospital Burton nurse who showed “beautiful” compassion by reuniting an elderly couple for the final time has been presented with a well-deserved award. Emma Barker and the team on Ward 8 arranged for a patient with terminal cancer to spend some priceless time together with his wife, who herself was a patient on the ward and was due to be discharged.
South Asian Heritage month celebrates the culture and history of South Asians across Britain, and runs between 18 July to 17 August.
The awareness month was created in Ontario, Canada to commemorate South Asian roots from countries such as India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives.
Dr Jayshree Avasthy, Specialist Clinical Psychologist, explained what South Asian Heritage month means and its importance to her.
Derby North MP Amanda Solloway has commended the “inspirational” Paul Brooks for his invention, the ‘Derby Door’, and services to the NHS which saw him receive an MBE.
A UHDB Paediatric Consultant has urged parents to “Think Covid” by ensuring their children have a PCR test before they come into hospital for treatment for a fever or other relevant symptoms.
Can you help Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity secure a piece of history which will help to tell the story of UHDB to future generations? Our Ram Trail entry, “Nurse Florence” represents a time during which our staff provided brightness and hope for our local communities as the world stood still and Covid-19 caused loss and hurt.
Following a 12-week art trail in Derby city centre throughout the summer, Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity, alongside Air Arts, intends to join the grand finale as Derby Museums auction off all 30 Derby Ram Trail sculptures with all proceeds from the auction to be donated to Derby Museums' Endowment.
Last week, the Friends of the Baby Unit (FOBU) celebrated their 45th birthday as a charity, raising awareness of baby’s receiving care.
Due to current pressures affecting all areas within maternity services, we’ve made the difficult decision to suspend our home birthing service across Derbyshire and Staffordshire, until 30 August 2021.
UHDB’s role as a leader in the advancement of Dermatology has been highlighted on a global scale after an unprecedented number of Trust-led projects were presented at a prestigious conference. More than 1,900 delegates from all over the world tuned in to this year’s British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) annual conference, which featured 11 talks on papers submitted by dermatology colleagues at UHDB.
Back in May, Derby County Football Club (DCFC) announced that their Brian Clough Award would be given to the NHS workers here at UHDB; for their dedication and outstanding efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The amazing Audio Visual (AV) Team have been presented with July’s Team UHDB Monthly Making a Difference Award for supporting colleagues to take their educational work onto a digital platform during the pandemic.
We are asking international nurses working in the NHS to share their experiences of arriving from overseas and of integration into life in England and the NHS by taking our Internationally Educated Nurse Experience Survey.
Together We’re Better, the local health and care partnership, is seeking to improve midwifery services in these areas by offering more personalised care around the needs of pregnant people and their families.
A nurse on Royal Derby Hospital’s Ward 305 has received July’s Patient Hero Award for becoming “elder sister” to a teenage patient who spent more than 50 days in hospital.
Derbyshire's health system has made a plea to local people to think more carefully than ever before about their service choices, as pressure mounts.
Together We’re Better, the local health and care partnership, is seeking to improve midwifery services in these areas by offering more personalised care around the needs of pregnant people and their families.
Queen’s Hospital Burton’s Fracture Clinic team have been lauded for the “creativity and ingenuity” they’ve shown to enable them to continue to be there for our communities throughout the pandemic.
The team have really risen to the challenge of Covid-19 and taken the initiative by completely changing they work – to support both our patients and colleagues by lessening the pressures on other services at UHDB.
The Gynaecology Assessment Unit at Royal Derby Hospital have been recognised for the support they offered to a patient suffering with acute morning sickness by being presented with June’s Patient Hero Monthly Making a Difference Award.
A pregnant woman from Burton has spoken of her decision to take the Covid-19 vaccine to protect herself and her unborn child.
A Radiographer has been named as the new Vice President for the Society of Radiographers (SOR), and will go on to become UHDB’s second President of the organisation.
A patient who has struggled with hearing loss for a number of years has singled out a Royal Derby Hospital audiologist for praise after he helped improve their quality of life. Piyush Patel has been named as UHDB’s latest Excellent Employee Award winner in recognition for the “fantastic” contribution he has made to improving this patient’s hearing.
