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Derby County players helped put a smile on the faces of our young patients by paying a special visit to Derbyshire Children’s Hospital.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has received national recognition for helping patients, visitors and staff to travel green around our hospitals.

A University Hospitals of Derby and Burton team has won an industry award for helping improve the level of care received by patients who are coming to the end of their lives.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock MP, visited Queen’s Hospital Burton on Friday afternoon to meet staff in our Emergency Department.  

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has been shortlisted for two national awards for the work undertaken during the recent merger bringing together our trusts in Derby and Burton.

Young people from up and down the country are set to meet at the Royal Derby Hospital tomorrow to talk about the improvements that they’d most like to see to the National Health Service.

A loveable therapy dog has got her paws on one of the 15 awards on offer at the Trust’s annual awards ceremony for continuously putting smiles on the faces of our patients.

A University Hospitals of Derby and Burton Diabetes Consultant has received a prestigious national award for her outstanding contribution to diabetes services.

A state-of-the-art machine at Queen’s Hospital Burton that turns unwanted packaging and contaminated clinical waste into reusable plastic has won an industry award.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has pioneered an innovative form of surgery that is providing life-changing relief to patients with pancreatic conditions.

Patients with osteoarthritis of the thumb joint are benefiting from a life-changing surgical procedure currently being trialled at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.

A Derbyshire Children’s Hospital project that allows young people to play a big role in influencing their care has been honoured at the Trust’s annual awards ceremony.

A determined receptionist from Queen’s Hospital has proved that disappointing grades aren’t the end of the world.

A novice canoer has raised over £2000 after completing an extreme challenge to fundraise for the department who cared for his mum during cancer treatment.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton is now offering a pioneering new service aimed at improving the care offered to patients with respiratory conditions.

Young adult cancer areas at the Royal Derby Hospital have been decorated with hand-painted murals to help young patients feel more at ease when coming in for treatment.

Cardiologists at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) can now fit the sickest heart failure patients with life-saving cardiac devices on site at the Royal Derby Hospital.

A Royal Derby Hospital unit has been named the winner of a national competition aimed at celebrating the importance of acute medicine.

A Derbyshire Children’s Hospital patient has secured a place on the National Youth Forum.