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South Asian Heritage month celebrates the culture and history of South Asians across Britain, and runs between 18 July to 17 August.

The awareness month was created in Ontario, Canada to commemorate South Asian roots from countries such as India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives.

Dr Jayshree Avasthy, Specialist Clinical Psychologist, explained what South Asian Heritage month means and its importance to her.

Derby North MP Amanda Solloway has commended the “inspirational” Paul Brooks for his invention, the ‘Derby Door’, and services to the NHS which saw him receive an MBE. 

A UHDB Paediatric Consultant has urged parents to “Think Covid” by ensuring their children have a PCR test before they come into hospital for treatment for a fever or other relevant symptoms.

Can you help Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity secure a piece of history which will help to tell the story of UHDB to future generations? Our Ram Trail entry, “Nurse Florence” represents a time during which our staff provided brightness and hope for our local communities as the world stood still and Covid-19 caused loss and hurt.

Following a 12-week art trail in Derby city centre throughout the summer, Derby & Burton Hospitals Charity, alongside Air Arts, intends to join the grand finale as Derby Museums auction off all 30 Derby Ram Trail sculptures with all proceeds from the auction to be donated to Derby Museums' Endowment.

Last week, the Friends of the Baby Unit (FOBU) celebrated their 45^th birthday as a charity, raising awareness of baby’s receiving care.

Due to current pressures affecting all areas within maternity services, we’ve made the difficult decision to suspend our home birthing service across Derbyshire and Staffordshire, until 30 August 2021.

UHDB’s role as a leader in the advancement of Dermatology has been highlighted on a global scale after an unprecedented number of Trust-led projects were presented at a prestigious conference. More than 1,900 delegates from all over the world tuned in to this year’s British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) annual conference, which featured 11 talks on papers submitted by dermatology colleagues at UHDB.

Back in May, Derby County Football Club (DCFC) announced that their Brian Clough Award would be given to the NHS workers here at UHDB; for their dedication and outstanding efforts during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The amazing Audio Visual (AV) Team have been presented with July’s Team UHDB Monthly Making a Difference Award for supporting colleagues to take their educational work onto a digital platform during the pandemic.

We are asking international nurses working in the NHS to share their experiences of arriving from overseas and of integration into life in England and the NHS by taking our Internationally Educated Nurse Experience Survey.  

Together We’re Better, the local health and care partnership, is seeking to improve midwifery services in these areas by offering more personalised care around the needs of pregnant people and their families.

A nurse on Royal Derby Hospital’s Ward 305 has received July’s Patient Hero Award for becoming “elder sister” to a teenage patient who spent more than 50 days in hospital.

Derbyshire's health system has made a plea to local people to think more carefully than ever before about their service choices, as pressure mounts.

Together We’re Better, the local health and care partnership, is seeking to improve midwifery services in these areas by offering more personalised care around the needs of pregnant people and their families.

Queen’s Hospital Burton’s Fracture Clinic team have been lauded for the “creativity and ingenuity” they’ve shown to enable them to continue to be there for our communities throughout the pandemic.

The team have really risen to the challenge of Covid-19 and taken the initiative by completely changing they work – to support both our patients and colleagues by lessening the pressures on other services at UHDB.

The Gynaecology Assessment Unit at Royal Derby Hospital have been recognised for the support they offered to a patient suffering with acute morning sickness by being presented with June’s Patient Hero Monthly Making a Difference Award.

A pregnant woman from Burton has spoken of her decision to take the Covid-19 vaccine to protect herself and her unborn child.

A Radiographer has been named as the new Vice President for the Society of Radiographers (SOR), and will go on to become UHDB’s second President of the organisation.

A patient who has struggled with hearing loss for a number of years has singled out a Royal Derby Hospital audiologist for praise after he helped improve their quality of life. Piyush Patel has been named as UHDB’s latest Excellent Employee Award winner in recognition for the “fantastic” contribution he has made to improving this patient’s hearing.

Colleagues on Ward 2 at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital are taking part in a mammoth bike ride to raise funds for a mural in their garden.

We celebrated some of our #TeamUHDB heroes of the pandemic last night as part of our first ever virtual annual awards.

The lengths that UHDB teams have gone to during the pandemic to limit the spread of Covid-19 and to provide outstanding care to patients with other respiratory conditions has been recognised on a national scale. UHDB has been shortlisted for two awards at the Nursing Times Awards –  for two separate projects that have helped reduce the spread of Covid-19 in our hospitals and allowed some patients with pneumonia to go home sooner than before. 

Colleagues who have worked in UHDB’s Vaccine Hubs throughout the pandemic have seen the priceless impact they have made to our communities recognised with an incredibly well-deserved award.

Over the last few months, literally hundreds of re-deployed staff from all corners of the Trust have come together to create and then operate the Vaccination Hubs at Royal Derby Hospital and Queen’s Hospital Burton.

Newly qualified staff are being given the opportunity to have dedicated one-to-one supernumerary support in their clinical environment in addition to working alongside experienced UHDB colleagues to further their learning and development as part of a new six/twelve month pilot scheme.

Despite the easing of lockdown measures in the community on Monday 19 July, current restrictions will remain in place across all of our hospital sites as we continue to care for vulnerable members of our community.

Our new Florence Nightingale Community Hospital Outpatient Department, Clinic A, was officially opened on 9th July 2021 as it welcomes its first patients

Staff at the community hospital on London Road, marked the hospital name change to ‘Florence Nightingale Community Hospital’, on 5^th July 2021, with the unveiling of a new statue taking pride of place at the front of the hospital, and portrait, to be placed inside the entrance.

Joe Sim, Energy Monitor, at Royal Derby Hospital, has been chosen as the National Winner for the NHS Parliamentary Awards 2021 in the category of Lifetime Achievement.

Sadly, due to the ongoing pandemic, Joe was unable to make the official awards ceremony being held in London on Wednesday, 7 July, so instead, received a special surprise call from Sir Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of the NHS, who virtually congratulated Joe on his achievement.

A Royal Derby Hospital nurse has expressed her pride in her UHDB family after they joined her in sharing their personal stories of working through the first wave of Covid-19 for a book about the pandemic.

‘The Last Hug’ is a powerful collection of 30 UHDB colleagues’ differing experiences of the first few months of Covid-19 – with some staff having to be redeployed to new areas, some having to shield at home and all of them having to handle huge changes.