A member of #TeamUHDB has teamed up with nursing colleagues from across the UK to form a new association for Italian nurses and midwives. Simone Rizzi, Matron for Cardiology and Rheumatology, is one of the six founding members of the Italian Nurses and Midwives Association UK (INaMA-UK), which launches next week.
As part of UHDB’s core value of openness, we are working hard to make our hospitals more inclusive for LGBTQIA+ patients and colleagues.
Following on from the enormous popularity of the NHS Rainbow Badges in 2019, UHDB and the Pride Staff Network have been working closely with NHS Rainbow Badges Scheme and are excited to announce that we have been selected to take part in phase two of the Rainbow Badge project.
Today, 24 May, is Pansexual Visibility Day.
This day was created as a way of recognising and celebrating those who identify as Pansexual. Pansexuality is often a lesser-known sexual orientation but is by no means uncommon.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton have appointed Garry Marsh as Interim Executive Chief Nurse. Garry will join the Trust on Monday 23 May 2022 from The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham, where he has been Executive Chief Nurse.
A gentleman who is being cared for at Royal Derby Hospital has been treated to a special visit and performance of ‘You raise me up’ by his former choir members.
The special visit was organised by Sharon Dunworth, Dementia Key Worker on Ward 311, after a request from Alan Glossop, a patient who is being treated on the ward.
People in Derbyshire and Staffordshire continue to be encouraged to have important conversations about their wishes regarding organ donation, two years on from the introduction of an opt-out system in England.
The first in-person Anaesthetics Study Day since before the pandemic was held for SAS Doctors based at RDH & QHB on 6 May 2022.
Tenacious fundraiser and ISS team member, Avtar Samrai, has donated £5,500 to Kings Lodge Neuro Rehab at Florence Nightingale Hospital.
Today, Tuesday 17 May is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) 2022, and the theme this year is Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Rights.
Today is Facilities Management (FM) day and here at UHDB we are lucky to have so many incredible facilities staff who work tirelessly to ensure that our patients, colleagues and visitors have the best experience they can while using our hospitals.
To mark FM day (Friday, 13 May) we want to recognise and shine a light on all the amazing work our facilities teams do across our five sites.
Today is Facilities Management day and here at UHDB we are lucky to have so many incredible facilities staff who work tirelessly to ensure that our patients, colleagues and visitors have the best experience they can while using our hospitals.
To mark FM day (Friday, 13 May) we want to recognise and shine a light on all the amazing work our facilities teams do across our five sites
Meet Aldarico – our International Nurse Facilitator. He originally started his Nurse Training in the Philippines and moved over to the UK in July 2019 to continue his nursing role working at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.
“I came over to the UK with a group of other Filipino Nurses, some of us lived together at the start so we could really try to embrace British culture. My new role as International Nurse Facilitator is about fostering a positive learning experience for international nurses coming to work with us at #TeamUHDB – my support isn’t just for our Filipino Nurses, it is for any nurse that has joined us from overseas.”
Royal Derby Hospital this week welcomed five refugees who have been working as nurses in Lebanon to give them training and experience to become qualified nurses at UHDB as part of a national scheme spearheaded by NHSE/I.
Ghada El Ayoud, Ibrahim Al-Ali, Ibrahim Tantory, Salah Hussein and Hamzeh Shridi, who are all from Palestine, were all working as nurses in Lebanon, where they were also living in refugee camps with their families – often in poor conditions.
Part of the Driving Mobility network, Derby DrivAbility will be hosting a free mobility event for healthcare professionals and the public on 14 June. We will be offering the opportunity for visitors to explore specialist equipment for driving, wheelchair loading and passenger safety.
As we bid farewell to our Chief Nurse Cathy, Interim CEO Dr Magnus Harrison shares some lessons that he's learnt working alongside her.
After 13 years of dedicated service to the people of Derbyshire and Staffordshire, Cathy Winfield MBE has hung up her UHDB tunic for the final time as she leaves for a new adventure.
Cathy will start a new role as Chief Nursing Officer for the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board. She has been an inspirational nursing leader and has played a key role in making UHDB a great place to work, learn and receive care.
A midwife who has worked tirelessly to support new mums and ‘put women first’ during the pandemic has been awarded a prestigious accolade.
Katherine Mabey, who works as a midwife for UHDB was nominated by her colleague Patti Paine for a Silver award and has been given the award today by the Chief Midwifery Officer, Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent.
On Thursday 5 May we’re marking International Day of the Midwife and thanking our midwives and maternity support workers for their hard work, compassion and dedication. It's undoubtedly been a year like no other, as the challenge of providing outstanding care to women and their families has been made all the more difficult by the complexities of the COVID-19 pandemic.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton have operated a compassionate visiting policy for some time and in line with national guidance, we are delighted to announce that have been able to ease some visiting restrictions.
The fantastic work of Team UHDB to support Deaf patients, visitors and staff is being celebrated during Deaf Awareness Week, which runs from 2 – 8 May.
Thousands of staff from UHDB will be celebrating Eid this weekend as the Islamic month of fasting and spiritual reflection is set to end.
We are delighted to announce the rour winners and runners up for Patient Experience Champion of the Year 2022.
Our winner is Amie Beaton, Registered Nurse in the Combined Day Unit, RDH.
The Go For It fund was set up by the Patient Experience Team to support any ideas from our colleagues that could be expanded on to improve patient experience in our hospitals.
