The team at Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital's Andrew Ward has been praised for implementing learning following a patient fall to help drastically reduce the frequency of incidents and improving patient safety.
A brand-new rapid response therapy service, which aims to reduce the length of stay in hospital and improve patient experience for people living with Parkinson's disease, is now in place at UHDB.
Want to get to know some of our #TeamUHDB colleagues a little better? We’ve spoken with RDH’s Frail Elderly Assessment Team (FEAT) for the next instalment of our Meet the Team series.
A local singing group, Cherry Vixxen, recently performed to patients on Ward 311 at Royal Derby Hospital to support dementia patients and was hailed a great success.
Patients that are prone to falling will receive a pair of yellow socks and a yellow blanket when they are treated at UHDB, as part of an innovative trial to reduce the risk of falls.
Think Yellow is an innovative scheme that was first rolled out in East Kent Hospitals University in 2021 by Jayne Flood and was found to significantly reduce the falls rate in their Emergency Departments and Acute Medical Units.
UHDB Parkinson’s team have released a new book about a multidisciplinary approach to Parkinson’s care for improved patient outcomes.
The Parkinson’s Service at UHDB has been recognised internationally as providing ‘outstanding’ care by becoming one of 47 in the world to be designated as a Parkinson’s Foundation Centre of Excellence. This comes after an inspection by the Parkinson’s Foundation carried out in October 2019, and is the second time the service has been awarded this prestigious accolade.
A dementia keyworker at the Royal Derby Hospital has spoken of her passion for working with those living with the condition.