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On 1 September, 1996, the very first paediatric patients moved to the new Derbyshire Children’s Hospital from the old site on North Street.

The brand new site, based on the now Royal Derby Hospital site, was the only entirely new children’s hospital to be built in the UK in the twentieth century

Shortly after the opening at the start of September 1996, Her Majesty the Queen visited staff and patients to officially open the hospital and showed a keen interest in the brand new facility for children and their families across Derbyshire.

Some of the staff who were involved in the move form North Street have reflected on their memories from 25 years ago.

Concessionary rates have been introduced for specific groups of patients and visitors at Queens Hospital and Community Hospitals Samuel Johnson Lichfield and Sir Robert Peel Tamworth.

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UHDB’s Annual Members Meeting will once again be held in a virtual format when it takes place later this month – and it is certainly not one to be missed by our Members after the year we’ve had.

Clinicians at UHDB have set up the first service in the region to help to treat patients suffering with the rare condition amyloidosis.

A new digitised process for prescribing and dispensing medications at UHDB is benefiting patients and staff-alike by making it easier than ever for people to receive the right medicines for them.

UHDB is the first Trust in the country to have introduced a ‘closed loop medication supply’ process that better enables clinicians to electronically prescribe patients with the drugs that they need via our Pharmacy department.

Members of UHDB’s Youth Forum have been discussing their thoughts and wishes regarding organ donation, as well as expressing a desire for more attention to be given to the subject as part of their education.

A Sister has been presented with a Monthly Making a Difference Award after the support she gave to her colleagues, patients and their families and other members of the emergency services during a “difficult night shift”

Together We’re Better, the local health and care partnership, is seeking to improve access to urgent and emergency care services by offering the right care in the right place and the right time.

A Nurse who has seen first-hand the life changing impact organ donation can have on the lives of patients has urged people to speak about the subject more to make our wishes known.

Jackie Warren, a registered nurse who has dedicated more than half a century to nursing, is retiring from Queen’s Hospital Burton.

Over the last 51 years Jackie has seen and embraced several changes to the way nursing care is co-ordinated and delivered.

The first cohort of Health Care Assistant (HCAs) students have enrolled onto a new MSc Nursing Degree Apprenticeship at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton.

Clinicians and colleagues at UHDB are calling on our communities to talk to their families about organ donation and leave them certain about their wishes this Organ Donation Week (20 – 26 September).

We’ve been speaking to one of the #UHDBheroes in Pharmacy about why she loves being part of this team, after an exciting new opportunity to join the department opened up this week.

The newest available treatments for people suffering with severe migraines are now being offered at UHDB and are helping to “change the lives” of these patients for the better. Nearly 100 patients with chronic or high frequency episodic migraines have been offered or received a new treatment at the Trust over the last year that has made a huge difference to the vast majority – who had all previously struggled to find a treatment that worked for them.   

The exceptional innovations made to advance clinical trials at UHDB during the pandemic have been recognised nationally – in the same breath as “industry giants” AstraZeneca. UHDB’s Derby Clinical Trials Support Unit (DCTSU) were named runners up for an award at the Association for Clinical Data Management Awards, after coming up with an inventive way of ​ reporting trial data that is simpler and more accurate than what was used before.

NHS and care services across Derbyshire are once again asking for the public’s help to make sure they can focus care on the sickest patients.

The Group Rehabilitation Team at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital has been presented with their trophy after being crowned Community Hospital Team of the Year at our Annual Making a Difference Awards.

The team has been recognised for their outstanding work in supporting patients suffering with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee with evidence-based rehabilitation programmes. This is something the team has offered for many years, but the team collaborated with the Health Innovation Network (HIN) in 2017 to offer a comprehensive ESCAPE-pain programme (Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritic Pain during Exercise).

The course, which is endorsed by NHS England and Public Health England, consists of 12 sessions over a six week period, with each session incorporating both educational and exercise elements. This has allowed patients to build up a network of support with their peers all while being guided by experienced practitioners.

The Diabetes Team at the Royal Derby Hospital have been presented with a Team UHDB Monthly Making a Difference Award after a patient praised the “world class” care they received.

Queen’s Hospital Burton now has a brand new transport buggy available to help ferry our patients to different corners of the hospital. The buggy started giving lifts to our very first patients this week, in a bid to help those who are less mobile get to their appointments on time and in comfort.

The Gold Command Incident Control Centre team have been presented with a certificate and trophy for the Behind the Scenes award at this year’s Annual Making a Difference Awards.

An incredibly supportive team and plentiful development opportunities are among some of the reasons members of Royal Derby Hospital’s Pharmacy Team believe it is such a great place to work.

UHDB’s Pathology team have been presented with the Exceptional Care Together, Annual Making a Difference Award for responding efficiently to the challenges of the pandemic.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has sadly lost a treasured colleague. Tina Leek, a Healthcare Assistant on Ward 303, sadly died last week following a tragic accident.

Gavin Boyle, Chief Executive said: “Tina joined the team in 2014 and was known by all as a bubbly, kind, hardworking colleague and a real character that was never stressed. Many of the team looked up to Tina within the department and for the team she will be irreplaceable.

We are delighted to share the news that two of UHDB’s outstanding leaders, Helen Forrest, Infection Control Lead Nurse, and Gill Ogden, Director of Nursing, have today been awarded the CNO Silver Award.

LGBTQIA+ Network Chair awarded with Openness Award for his dedication over the last year

A Burton midwife has been receiving international praise for her collection of poems that she wrote after being diagnosed with Young-onset Parkinson’s and while working on the frontline during Covid-19.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton’s Executive Chief Nurse has been appointed to a prestigious role at NHS England. Cathy Winfield MBE will spend one day a week on secondment as one of three new Executive Nurse Fellows.