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An extremely grateful cancer patient has thanked the Combined Day Unit at Royal Derby Hospital for their unwavering support throughout the pandemic.

Avtar Samrai, a porter at Royal Derby Hospital, has worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to help others - walking and running every day to raise funds for Derby and Burton Hospital Charity. Avtar has had to overcome a completely different challenge since the turn of the year though, after contracting Covid-19. This is his story, in his own words:

A Royal Derby Hospital Nurse working on our Medical Assessment Unit has been praised by colleagues for the work she does to support the Filipino Overseas Nurses when starting at the Trust.

Minnie Inacay, Sister, was nominated by one of her colleagues to receive the UHDB Excellent Employee Award, after supporting them when they first arrived in the UK from the Philippines.

The nomination read: “When I arrived here in UK and joined MAU, I was so nervous as I didn't know anyone on the ward. When I met Minnie, she made me feel so welcome and looked after all of the Filipino overseas nurses. She always goes above and beyond even outside work hours.

UHDB has received nearly £100,000 in National Lottery funding to help preserve some of the Trust’s most treasured and historical artefacts for future generations to enjoy.

The ivory hammer used by Queen Victoria to open the former Derbyshire Royal Infirmary (DRI) in 1891 is just one of the many important items from our Trust’s past that will benefit from the funding boost.

A mum of two has praised the “faultless” staff at Royal Derby Hospital and urged women to attend their appointments for smear tests after receiving the news that her treatment for cervical cancer had been successful.

The Healing Garden at the Royal Derby Hospital is a place for people to come and plant a bub in memory of a loved one who has sadly died at our hospital.

Have you got the urge to do even more for our Trust in this toughest of years for the NHS? If so, you should consider putting yourself forward to become a UHDB Staff Governor.

It remains vitally important that we all continue to work together to do all we can to limit the spread of Covid-19 in our hospitals and in our communities.

The Trust is currently reviewing how we book patients’ appointments and may change the way we do this.

We want to hear from you if you have visited our Emergency Department after contacting NHS 111 in the first instance.

One hundred patients, cared for by the Head & Neck Theatre Team at Royal Derby Hospital, have benefited from reduced pain and a quicker recovery, thanks to an innovative robot funded by the Trust and Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity.

Today’s 100^th operation, a trans-oral procedure for a patient with tongue based cancer, was led by Mr David Laugharne, Consultant Maxillofacial Head and Neck Surgeon and Mr Sean Mortimore Consultant ENT, Head and Neck Surgeon.

A new digital surgical pre-op assessment is helping staff at Royal Derby Hospital streamline their service and provide an improved experience for patients. All patients who are to be admitted for elective surgery will undertake a pre-op assessment to ensure it is safe for them to undergo their planned procedure.

A Porter at Queen’s Hospital Burton is running five kilometres every day in April to raise money and awareness for the National Autistic Society.

Tina Beresford, Theatre Support Worker

A beautiful mural has been unveiled in the Dove Suite in Fetal Medicine at Royal Derby Hospital.

The Vaccine Hub at Queen’s Hospital Burton has opened its door again as staff and patients begin receiving their second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Tributes to Captain Sir Tom Moore have been installed at both Royal Derby Hospital and Queen’s Hospital Burton.

Melody MacGregor

Covid-19, one year on: Claire Egan

Since the first lockdown began just over a year ago, we've helped welcome 8,496 babies into the world!

Parents from across Derbyshire and Staffordshire have come forward to share their experiences and stories.

A Royal Derby Hospital nurse has been labelled “a credit to the Intensive Care Unit” for the support she’s shown to a patient and his family since being redeployed back “home” to the department during the pandemic. 

Registered Nurse Suzie Parsons was nominated by one of her colleagues to receive a UHBD Making a Difference Award, as a small thank you for helping make their husband’s near 100-day stay in hospital “a little easier”.

Today Emma, Stephanie Kettle, Assistant Practitioner, on Ward 208, Step Down Unit, has penned a poem of her account of the last 12 months.

Today, Macmillan Information Centre Assistant Judith Waddell, shares one thing she wants to take forward, one thing she wants to leave behind and one thing she’s looking forward to one year on from the beginning of the pandemic.

A mobile MRI scanning unit has been set up at Queen’s Hospital Burton to ensure our patients continue to receive the best care possible – while new state-of-the-art scanners are installed across UHDB.

Two brand new MRI scanners will replace the existing ones at Queen’s Hospital Burton and London Road Community Hospital over the coming months, as part of an exciting, staggered £2.5m upgrade within the Trust’s Imaging department. 

Trevor Hickling, Estates Project Support Officer, has written a poem reflecting on our NHS heroes, who have worked tirelessly through the pandemic:

Today, Juliane Bryant, receptionist on Ward 204 at RDH, has shared a poem she's written about her experiences of working through the pandemic. 

Dementia Keyworker, Tina Scarrett, has gifted three wonderful pieces of her own artwork for display in the Ward 410 Day Room as a way of thanking staff there for being such a great support to her whilst she worked on the ward.

To mark the one year anniversary of the pandemic, members of Team UHDB are sharing their thoughts and reflections of their personal and work lives during Covid-19. Staff Nurse Mary Andaquig shares one thing she wants to take forward, one thing she wants to leave behind and one thing she’s looking forward to one year on from the beginning of the pandemic.

Derbyshire began the biggest vaccination programme in the history of the NHS, and today – Wednesday 17 March – the NHS in Derbyshire is marking the milestone with a video bringing together some of the highlights from the journey so far.

The first Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered at Royal Derby Hospital and Chesterfield Royal Hospital on December 8, just six days after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had been formally approved by the MHRA.