A housekeeper who is proactively trying to reduce waste and promote sustainability while also keeping her department clean and safe is now the proud winner of the latest CEO Making a Difference Award.
A team that displays exceptional care to both their patients and their staff with their ‘smiling faces’ and reassuring words, has been recognised with a Making a Difference Award.
The Paediatric Assessment Unit (PAU) team at Queen’s Hospital Burton has received the ‘Team UHDB’ award for their dedication to their patients and their peers after a new member of staff nominated them.
Dr Caroline Bates, Consultant Anaesthetist at Royal Derby Hospital, has been awarded an Excellent Employee award as part of the monthly Making a Difference Awards. Dr Kathy McLean, Chair of UHDB, was there to surprise Caroline with the award, as she took a quick break between her very busy duties in theatres.
Today, a Healthcare Assistant in the Children’s Emergency Department (CED) at Royal Derby Hospital, Jake McCandless, is eagerly awaiting his A Level Results as he continues his NHS career and dreams of becoming a paediatric consultant.
On 1 September, 1996, the very first paediatric patients moved to the new Derbyshire Children’s Hospital from the old site on North Street.
The brand new site, based on the now Royal Derby Hospital site, was the only entirely new children’s hospital to be built in the UK in the twentieth century
Shortly after the opening at the start of September 1996, Her Majesty the Queen visited staff and patients to officially open the hospital and showed a keen interest in the brand new facility for children and their families across Derbyshire.
Some of the staff who were involved in the move form North Street have reflected on their memories from 25 years ago.
A Children’s Emergency Department Consultant from UHDB is urging parents and carers to use the ‘appropriate’ urgent care services for their children.
In the last few weeks, our Children’s Emergency Department Team have reported a ‘real increase’ in patients visiting the department at Royal Derby Hospital, averaging at 139 patients per day in comparison to June 2020, where an average of 59 patients were attending per day.
It is extremely important that families continue to make use of Paediatric services across our hospitals should your child urgently need our help this winter.
Clinicians have issued advice to parents on how best to treat burns and scalds suffered by children at home after a rise in the number of cases at the Trust in recent weeks.
A total of 66 children came to A&E at Royal Derby Hospital with burns in April, which is an increase of 150% in cases in comparison to March as children remain home during the Coronavirus lockdown.