Do you or your loved one have sickle cell disorder and receive care at Royal Derby Hospital or Queen's Hospital Burton?
We want to hear from patients and their carers/families at our new patient group meeting to learn more about your experiences, hear your feedback and work together so we can make focused service improvements that matter and make a difference to our communities impacted by sickle cell.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) is continuing to make a telling contribution to research looking at newborn babies' genomes to help improve the testing, diagnosis and treatment of genetic conditions - with more than 1,600 parents and babies now involved in the Generation Study across Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton.
The Nightingale Macmillan Unit (NMU) at Royal Derby Hospital is seeking dedicated volunteers to support their impactful, compassionate care of patients.
The NMU provides specialist, compassionate care for people approaching the end of their lives, most often as a result of cancer. The team’s focus is on dignity, comfort and quality of life — supporting patients and their loved ones through one of the most important times in their lives.
The Diabetes Centre at Queen's Hospital Burton will be moving to a temporary location on Thursday 23 October.
The new multi-storey car park at Royal Derby Hospital is now open, helping to create an additional 500 on-site parking spaces and more disabled parking to improve the experience for patients and visitors who park at our hospital — and the park and ride service will be closing on Friday 7 November.
A state-of-the-art Special Care Baby Unit is now open at Queen's Hospital Burton, supporting families to access enhanced neonatal care for premature babies or babies who require care immediately after birth.
Today (Tuesday 14 October) is Allied Health Professional (AHP) Day, highlighting the key role AHPs play in the NHS and delivering exceptional care to our patients and communities.
This week is T Levels Week - an opportunity to recognise the part University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) are playing in shaping the clinical workforce of the future, and the impact T Level students are having here as they gain "hands-on experience in patient care".
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month >, a global campaign to raise awareness about breast cancer and promote early detection.
People across our community are being invited this October to learn skills that could save a life, when resuscitation training experts from University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) will be raising awareness about what to do to help someone in cardiac arrest and teaching basic CPR skills at a series of events to mark the annual Restart a Heart initiative.
There will be changes to the car parks available at Royal Derby Hospital during the weekend of October 10 to October 13, while a large crane is on site to help provide essential maintenance to the hospital.
This Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) Awareness month, we are raising awareness about the condition, and clinical nurse specialist, Agnes 'Aggie' Williams, explains more about sickle cell disorder, symptoms of a crisis and reducing the risk of triggers.
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.
Patients and visitors using the Macmillan Information Centre at Royal Derby Hospital have commended the "welcoming and friendly" environment, and the department "exceeding the level to retain" a quality standard called the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark (MQEM) after an independent review in July 2025.
The family of a young amputee whose lives were 'turned upside down' when he contracted sepsis are helping others recognise the signs and symptoms of the life-threatening condition, which affects 245,000 people in the UK each year.
A Derbyshire woman who has regained her independence and the ability to care for her husband following life-changing corneal transplant surgery is urging others to consider becoming eye donors – as University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) becomes one of just 10 new NHS trusts in England to offer a complete eye donation and transplant service.
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.
Congratulations to the Parkinson's Rapid Advisory and Intervention Therapy Service (PRAIS) for winning the Deteriorating Patients and Rapid Response Initiative of the Year category at the 2025 HSJ Patient Safety Awards, in recognition of their incredible work to deliver high quality and safe care to vulnerable patients across our Trust and communities.
The Baton of Hope tour > is coming to Derbyshire and Florence Nightingale Community Hospital (FNCH) on Saturday 13 September.
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.
Three colleagues from University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) have been shortlisted alongside the Trust at the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Apprenticeship Awards 2025.
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.
''All I ever wanted was to be a nurse and care for and look after people… Now I feel I have to be on my guard all the time at work, I feel I need to have eyes and ears everywhere because the presence and threat of violence is with all staff, at every single shift.'' - Megan, Senior Sister, Emergency Department (ED).
Patients undergoing reconstructive surgery at the Royal Derby Hospital are benefitting from pioneering 3D printing technology that is improving surgical outcomes, enhancing patient experiences and saving NHS resources - by creating model replicas of their skulls or jaw.
The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) Maxillofacial surgical team, based within the Head and Neck department at RDH, is harnessing the power of 3D printing to drive advancements in patient care.
Senior Sister, Julie Joyce, has been presented with a Making a Difference Award for her contribution, dedication, and passion in being the driver behind transforming Clinic A into a thriving multi-speciality department at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital (FNCH).
As part of a project that repurposed an unused clinical space into a vital general outpatient clinic, Julie was influential, showing an Always Improving mindset to take inspiration from a similar service at Queen's Hospital Burton and ensure Clinic A at FNCH could come to have such a positive impact on the care being received by patients, including expectant parents.
We are pleased that three teams across University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) have been hailed as national examples of healthcare excellence. Their work has been shortlisted for the prestigious Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards 2025, who have recognised their innovative work to drive improvements in quality, safety and access to patient care.
