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I really appreciated all of the positive comments received in response to the letter that Kathy and I sent out at the end of last week expressing the Board’s support for the issues being raised by the Black Lives Matters movement and acknowledging the differential impact that Covid-19 has had on people of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage. We committed to a number of actions in that letter and our aim is to write again after the Board meeting in July 2020 to let you know what we’ve done to progress them.

Derby County are to pay tribute to key workers across Derbyshire on their match shirts for the final nine games of the 2019/20 Sky Bet Championship season.

The COVID-19 pandemic saw the season halted back in March and the EFL has given the green light for Championship action to resume, albeit behind-closed-doors.

As the impact of Covid-19 on our hospitals begins to ease, we will soon be reopening the outpatients department at Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital on a small scale.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton is supporting the Florence Nightingale Museum’s auction of 100 Florence Nightingale items. 

A beautiful bench honouring the tireless efforts and fantastic commitment of our colleagues throughout the Covid-19 outbreak has been unveiled.

The handcrafted bench features 3D silhouettes of different NHS colleagues and can now be found at the front of Royal Derby Hospital’s main entrance as a permanent reminder of the public’s deep felt appreciation for our UHDB heroes.

A Royal Derby Hospital porter has raised over £5,000 by running in memory of the UHDB colleagues who have sadly passed away during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Avtar Samrai has now run more than 130 miles, after setting out to complete a three mile jog each day for 31 days from the end of April, to help create a memorial honouring those colleagues no longer with us.

Laura Waterworth, Midwife at Queen’s Hospital Burton, has been awarded the June “Patient Hero” Making a Difference Award for her compassionate care throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Laura was nominated by a patient named Katie, who recently had to give birth in isolation due to being in contact with her dad and sister who had both contracted Coronavirus.

A cervical cancer patient is reminding other women of the importance of going for a smear test.

Bec, who lives in Derbyshire, was diagnosed with cervical cancer in May 2020. As part of Cervical Cancer Awareness Week, she is also encouraging women to go for their smear tests regularly.

Sadly, around one in six people who are 60 or older will have experienced some form of abuse in community settings during the past 12 months. 

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has put in place comprehensive measures for staff, patients and visitors for the wearing of face masks and face coverings whilst at our hospitals. From Monday 15 June 2020 all patients and visitors should wear a face covering on entrance to the hospitals and throughout the duration of their visit.

A new mother has praised her colleagues at Queen’s Hospital Burton for making the birth of her first child as easy as possible, despite him being born in the midst of the COVID pandemic. 28-year-old Lucy Harrison said giving birth to her son, Archie, was as normal as she would have expected and paid testament to the staff who showed her great kindness and compassion.

Few could fail to be affected by the dreadful death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on 25 May 2020. Around the world people have expressed both their anguish and support for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Happy tears were shed yesterday as a Queen’s Hospital Burton patient was finally able to leave Intensive Care after more than 10 weeks on the unit fighting for his life against Covid-19.

David Turley was able to sit up in his bed and take in the adoration of delighted UHDB colleagues as he was wheeled out to a standing ovation – 72 days on from being moved to ITU for treatment.

For over 236 years, knitwear company John Smedley has been creating ‘The World’s Finest Knitwear’ at their home in Lea Mills, Derbyshire and they are now using their skills to produce scrubs for NHS staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of the most popular sites at our hospitals are our Pets as Therapy (PAT) dogs, who visit patients on our wards to give them lots of love.

Our “phenomenal” discharge teams have been selected as the deserved winners of our ‘Team UHDB Award’ after completely transforming the way we safely discharge patients as a Trust.

Nearly quadruple the number of patients are now being discharged from Royal Derby Hospital to before, while double the amount of applicable patients are now also coming through the Discharge Lounge at Queen’s Hospital Burton, compared to before.

It's National Volunteers' Week so we want to pay tribute to the 600 or so amazing Trust volunteers who all help to make UHDB what it is.

Our team of helpers aren’t able to be with us at the moment because of the Covid-19 outbreak but they are all in our thoughts and we can’t wait to welcome them back soon!

A patient who spent 46 days in Intensive Care battling Coronavirus has thanked staff at Royal Derby Hospital for saving her life after being discharged home yesterday (3 June). 70-year-old Yvonne Thompson was admitted via ambulance on 5 April after self-isolating at home for the week prior with COVID-19 symptoms, including worsening shortness of breath, which showed no signs of improving.

Former football manager and winner of I'm A Celebrity.. Harry Redknapp has sent a message of support to colleagues at Queen's Hospital Burton for their work during the Coronavirus pandemic. The ex-Tottenham, Southampton, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, West Ham, Birmingham and QPR boss thanked the team, singling out Matron for Emergency Department, Alison Wadlow, for their "amazing work during these difficult times".

Compassionate colleagues on a care of the elderly ward at Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital have been giving their patients a helping hand to feel and stay connected with their loved ones.

Driven by the loss of his father, a local businessman has made and donated thousands of visors to University Hospitals of Derby and Burton in his memory.

Colleagues on Ward 7 at Queen’s Hospital Burton have created end of life resource boxes to help to give palliative care patients and their families the support and care that they need.

Retired Derby A&E Consultant Alistair Fraser-Moodie sadly passed away on 21 May 2020.

Grateful members of the public are planning a long trek to “give something back” to all of the amazing UHDB colleagues working in Intensive Care at Queen’s Hospital Burton.

The Trust tripled the size of Burton’s ITU in April, with staff on Ward 14 taking up new roles in Critical Care as part of this to help provide life-saving care to more patients throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Dozens of knitted nurses have been donated to staff at Royal Derby Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – as a special thank you for everything they’ve done for families in the community.