Dates for your diary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) colleagues in our Dementia team will be hosting their Dementia Annual Event at Royal Derby Hospital this month, taking place on Monday 20 October 2025.

Held from 10am to 3pm in the Education Centre Lecture Theatre, Level 2, the event is open to everyone – including patients, carers, family members, staff and members of the public – who want to learn more about dementia and the wide range of support available. No registration is required and the event is free to attend.

Today, on World Pharmacists Day >, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) celebrate the invaluable contributions of our pharmacy teams. This year’s theme highlights the vital role pharmacists play in improving patient care, safety, and outcomes — and at UHDB, that impact is felt every single day.

On Friday 19 September, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) held its Annual Making a Difference Awards ceremony, funded by Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity, at Hilton St George's Park, celebrating 270 colleagues from across the Trust. 

Radiotherapy colleagues at UHDB will be hosting a special Radiotherapy careers open day on Saturday 6 September 2025 at Royal Derby Hospital (RDH) — open to members of the public and fellow NHS colleagues alike. 

This will be help in our RDH site's Radiotherapy department, located on Level 0, across two sessions — 9.30am to 11am, and 11.30am to 1pm.

We are delighted to announce that this year's Annual Members' Meeting will be taking place on Thursday 18 September and is open to all to attend. 

The meeting will take place in the Teaching Room 1 at the Medical Education Centre, Queen's Hospital Burton, with doors opening from 4.30pm. Attendees will be able to visit a host of stalls prior to the meeting to find out more about the work of Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity, the Patient Experience Team, the work of our Trust Governors and from a host of other areas from across the Trust. 

UHDB colleagues, families and supporters have come together to celebrate the achievements of ten young adults completing the 2024/25 Project SEARCH supported internship programme.

The graduation event, held in the Lecture Theatre at Royal Derby Hospital on Wednesday 16 July, marked the end of a transformative year for the interns - who completed 27 placements across the Trust thanks to key stakeholders who have helped to support the programme, such as our facilities provider ISS, and the University of Derby.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton's (UHDB) first cohort of Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) apprentices are celebrating after qualifying from their three-year course with flying colours and securing their dream jobs at the Trust. 

Clinical Nurse Specialist for Head and Neck, Natasha Lucas is the latest Trust colleague to have completed the Florence Nightingale Fellowship programme last year, and is now a Florence Nightingale Alumni > Nurse. 

The Florence Nightingale Fellowship is a leadership development programme awarded to nurses and midwives, designed to enhance their influence and impact on health and care outcomes through advance training, mentorship and professional support.  

This week (16 to 22 June) is the National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week. At the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) we are fortunate to have the dedicated respiratory service, ImpACT+. ImpACT+ deliver the Pulmonary Rehabilitation across Southern Derbyshire and Derby City.

The apprenticeship scheme led by the Learning and Development Team, was rated 'Good' across four key themes, following an inspection by Ofsted. The themes include quality of education, personal development, behaviours and attitudes, leadership and management.