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Hospital staff on ward 310 organised a wedding in only three days after the groom was told he has terminal cancer.

Two new heart sculptures were officially unveiled this week to remember our colleagues who sadly died from Covid-19 during the pandemic.

During two intimate memorial services, one at Queen’s Hospital Burton and Royal Derby Hospital, family, close friends and colleagues came together to reflect on the last two years and remember those who paid the ultimate price.

Health Care Support Workers (HCSWs) are hugely important to ensuring our patients at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton receive exceptional care.

Elaine Whiting is a Registered Nursing Associate and is currently training as a Student Nurse working in Long Eaton.

The dedicated team on Royal Derby Hospital’s Ward 216 has been recognised for their unwavering support to their colleagues throughout the pandemic as they were presented with a monthly Making a Difference Award.

We are pleased to announce that our UHDB Wellbeing Team were announced as the winner for Best Wellbeing and Staff Experience Engagement Initiative at the Nursing Times Workforce and Summit Awards.

Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England and Improvement, has met colleagues across UHDB to hear first-hand about the work of our nurses.

Executive Chief Nurse, Cathy Winfield welcomed Ruth to Royal Derby Hospital where she met some of the highly skilled nurses and nursing staff who work at UHDB.

A UHDB colleague with “the patience of a saint” has been praised for helping an “important but largely unrecognisable” system that all our staff rely on to keep running smoothly. Jeanette Harper has made an invaluable difference as the Trust’s ESR Project Support Officer for nearly 14 years – helping many of our colleagues to get out of “an ESR hole” along the way. The Electronic Staff Record, or ESR, is an extremely useful tool for all NHS staff – helping them to view their payslips online, access pension benefits and view other important details – but as with all electronic systems, can often be hard to navigate for some!

Team UHDB is getting right behind a life-saving police campaign to help eradicate knife crime from our communities.

Every evening this week, different anti-knife crime images and messages will be projected onto the side of Royal Derby Hospital’s main entrance, so that they are seen by as many people as possible.  

Matthew Fowler is one of the first consultant ACPs (Advanced clinical practitioners) for oncology and haematology at UHDB with over 24 years of experience. He shares his experience within the NHS as an ACP.

Teams at Queen’s Hospital Burton and Royal Derby Hospital have this week been presented with awards for their unflagging dedication and care to cancer patients.

UHDB radiographers are now using a state-of-the-art technique to treat cancer patients more effectively, without leaving them with permanent reminders of what they’ve been through for everyone to see.

Surface Guided Radiotherapy (SGRT) targets tumours even more accurately than techniques used before but crucially doesn’t rely on marks being left on the skin to do this – meaning patients are not left with these “tattoos” following their treatment.

Teams across University Hospitals of Derby and Burton marked the service and sacrifice of the Armed Forces Community this morning at our annual Remembrance Day Service.

Over 300 colleagues attended Remembrance Day services across Queen’s Hospital Burton and Royal Derby Hospital, led by the Armed Forces Network, Chaplaincy Team and Executive Team, at 11am where a selection of poignant readings, prayers and poems were shared and all colleagues observed a two-minute silence together. 

OMFS specialty doctor, Dr Jothi Srinivasan, Dr Jothi Srinivasan, has been awarded with the 2020 Associate Fellows Award by the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial at their annual scientific meeting in October 2021.

A Derbyshire patient who badly gashed his hand whilst using a pair of secateurs has spoken in glowing terms about the swift care that he received at his local Urgent Treatment Centre.

After nearly slicing the end of his finger off tending to his garden, Richard Lindop had to be driven straight to the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) in Ripley, where he was seen much sooner than he would’ve been at A&E.

This November, NHS England and NHS Improvement has launched the next phase of the latest ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign which focuses on NHS 111 online.

On 4 November Sikhs and Hindus around the world will not only be celebrating Diwali, but also Bandi Chhor Divas, which celebrates the acts of compassion and selflessness from Guru Hargobind – a Guru is a religious teacher of Sikh faith – who remained imprisoned to protest for the rights of wrongly imprisoned Hindu princes.

Pharmacist, Gurbir Johal, explains the importance of celebrating Bandi Chhor Divas in his own words below:

Today staff and patients from across our Trust will be celebrating Diwali – one of the main annual events celebrated by Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities to mark new beginnings and light over evil.

A student who was having trouble accessing the medical care she needed out of hours has shared her relief at discovering NHS 111 Online for the first time.

A member of #TeamUHDB has created a stunning new mural has for colleagues and patients alike to enjoy at Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital.

A UHDB Consultant has appealed to anyone who is showing symptoms of a stroke to not hesitate – but to “seek medical attention immediately” instead.

The fantastic work of the urology team at Queen’s Hospital Burton will be showcased to cancer clinicians from across the UK at a national conference taking place next week.

A Royal Derby Hospital nurse has spoken about sharing her lived experiences of working in the NHS as a black woman to UHDB’s Chief Executive – as part of her role as his mentor in a new Trust initiative.

Members of UHDB’s Board have been matched with colleagues from underrepresented groups – including the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and LGBTQIA+ community – since the start of the year as part of our Reciprocal Mentoring programme.

UHDB CEO Gavin Boyle will become an Honorary Doctor of the University of Derby at a graduation ceremony in November.  

The mother of premature twins has reunited with the “amazing” NHS staff to give them a heartfelt thank you for their care they provided to her precious babies whilst in hospital.

Alison and Jon Elliott, from Alestree, welcomed their twins, Hamish and Hattie, into the world 10 weeks earlier than expected, on 16 May 2020, after Alison had been quite ill in pregnancy with gallstones and pancreatitis.

Due to their prematurity, the twins spent the first part of their lives in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Derby Hospital.

A senior orthodontic registrar has been presented with two awards at the British Orthodontic Conference for the MOrth Cases prize and Research Protocol award.

Today is the 25th anniversary of Wear Red Day, the national anti-racism awareness day. In the NHS you don’t get to choose who cares for you depending on the colour of their skin, the colour of their passport or their accent. Racial abuse will not be tolerated.

A new rainbow canopy has been erected outside the entrance to the Emergency Department at Queen’s Hospital Burton. The canopy, which was installed over the course of the last few weeks, will provide shelter for those arriving into the department and to ambulance staff as they assist patients into the unit.

The incredible art installations at Royal Derby Hospital took centre stage as His Royal Highness Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, visited the hospital yesterday (Wednesday 20 October).

His Royal Highness Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, visited Royal Derby Hospital this afternoon (Wednesday 20 October) to thank our colleagues for their phenomenal efforts through the pandemic. UHDB staff have showcased an incredible commitment to supporting our patients and each other throughout the pandemic, with colleagues being redeployed to different acute areas like ICU and A&E.

Staff and patients at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton have extended their congratulations to its oldest volunteer who has turned 95.

Tom Walker, age 95 from Burton, has been volunteering at the Queen’s Hospital Burton for over 20 years, first starting out as a volunteer in 2000.

The retired painter and decorator, initially started out as befriender at Geoffrey Hodges, supporting Ward 41, 42 and 43. Tom then moved across to the main site and helped support on Ward 11 which was the care of the elderly ward at the time, again as a befriender.