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A member of Team UHDB is raising funds to help their fellow healthcare workers in India as the Covid-19 crisis continues.

A new life-saving form of radiotherapy treatment is now being offered for the very first time at UHDB to patients with lung cancer. UHDB is now able to offer Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy (SABR) treatment at Royal Derby Hospital and last week began treating our first patient with lung cancer using the advanced technique. SABR allows for tumours to be targeted with very high doses of radiation over fewer sessions, using state-of-the-art image guidance technology, with this high level of precision especially important when treating cancer of the lung, due to there being a moving target as the patient breathes in and out.

A year on from the law around organ donation changing in England, NHS Blood and Transplant and UHDB are urging people to talk to their families about organ donation to increase the number of people whose lives can be saved or transformed by an organ transplant.

International Clinical Trials Day is an annual event acknowledged around the world to commemorate what is thought to be ‘the first ever’ clinical trial which was conducted in 1747 by Naval Surgeon, James Lind aboard HMS Salisbury.

We would like our patients and their friends and family to get involved in a new project aimed at improving communication in our Royal Derby Hospital Emergency Department.

A 37-year-old patient has reiterated the danger Covid-19 presents after spending almost two months in hospital fighting for his life after contracting the virus.

All Trust Members will be able to cast their vote for who they'd like to represent them as one of our UHDB Governors from tomorrow. 

Dan Walton-Ashmore is a Trainee Nursing Associate in our Accident and Emergency Department at Royal Derby Hospital. Dan is also the Chair of our UHDB LGBTQIA+ Network and has bravely shared his experience of homophobia whilst working.

Today (14 May) marks National ODP Day – a day on which we celebrate the work of all our wonderful Operating Department Practitioners!

Three members of the theatres team at Queen’s Hospital Burton have worked their way up from the role of Healthcare Assistant (HCA) to Assistant Theatre Practitioners (ATP) after passing their foundation degree.

Claire Beighton, Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist in Palliative Care, has shared her thoughts on what end of life care means to her in her role on the Nightingale Macmillan Unit at Royal Derby Hospital.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton is today celebrating International Day of the Nurse, recognising the exceptional care our Nurses provide to our patients.

Today marks the 201st birthday of honorary nursing pioneer, Florence Nightingale, whose legacy continues to live on now more than ever.

A former nightclub bouncer has made the incredible journey from working on the doors to helping save people’s lives in Theatres as a key member of our robotic surgery team at Royal Derby Hospital. Pam Higginbottom first joined UHDB as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) six years ago and has spent the last two years training to become an Assistant Theatre Practitioner (ATP) in Urology – following more than two decades in the hospitality industry.

Staff on Ward 2 UHDB’s End of Life care ward have been reflecting on how they have made their ward a ‘good place to die’ for Dying Matters Week 2021.

A UHDB consultant has become the first female non-medical President of the British Association for Cytopathology (BAC).

Dying Matters Week 2021 focuses on the importance of being in ‘a good place to die’ with members of Team UHDB reflecting on what this means to them and how they have ensured this for patients at the end of life.

UHDB colleagues have come together to help create a lasting tribute to our incredible Intensive Care Unit team at Royal Derby Hospital. A beautifully crafted blue plaque bearing the name of the ICU and images symbolising the Covid-19 pandemic has now been installed into the perimeter fence at the walking entrance to RDH. Rainbows, forget-me-not flowers and swallows are just some of the designs engraved into the artwork, which has been created thanks to funds raised by UHDB porter Avtar Samrai and members of the ICU team.

Dr Rajeev Singh, Consultant Gastro-intestinal / Interventional Radiologist based at Royal Derby Hospital, is aiming to raise £30,000 to buy oxygen compressors which will help patients who are recovering from the virus, or whose condition is worsening to avoid them needing hospital treatment. 

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton is today celebrating International Day of the Midwife, recognising the invaluable care our midwives provide to women and their babies.

Once you’ve met them you rarely forget them. Midwives play such an important part in the lives of our women and their families

Teams in Urology, Oncology and Continence Outpatients Teams at Royal Derby Hospital have combined to form the new Urology Outpatients Services which will create a more comprehensive service offering for patients.

Monday, 3 May marks the start of Sun Awareness Week, organised by the British Association of Dermatologists, and UHDB have launched the #SunAwarenessWeek campaign to help raise awareness around sun protection and skin cancer.  

The Dementia Service at The University Hospital of Derby and Burton Trust (UHDB) has recently expanded and is being relaunched to incorporate the role of  dementia specialist Admiral Nurse, Charlotte Kawalek.

This is in collaboration with national charity Dementia UK, with £50,000 funding for the post provided by the charity’s partners at Central England Co-operative over a two-year period.

During the pandemic the world celebrated medical staff and the UK championed the NHS, but as we all hailed the Doctors, Nurses and Surgeons, there were unsung heroes working just as tirelessly behind the scenes. 

When you think of everyone who works in a hospital, would you ever think of the Linen team? 

We have an incredible Linen team here at UHDB and their jobs changed dramatically when coronavirus hit, but their efforts went under the radar, until now. 

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.