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When Emma Hall woke up in the middle of the night on 6 August 2020 at 35 weeks pregnant, she had no idea that in a couple of hours time she would meet her new-born son.

New-mum, Emma, bought her little boy into the world via c-section at Royal Derby Hospital. She said: “We had no idea when we woke at home at 03:30am at 35 weeks pregnant we would be meeting our little boy in just over 3 hours. The team in Maternity Theatres were truly incredible. They made us feel like we were the only c-section ever to take place.

A Derbyshire-wide NHS initiative is reaching out to new and expectant parents to help improve maternity and neonatal services, and even to play a leading role to enact change.

A UHDB surgeon has been named as the President of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), becoming the first female President of the Association in its 41 year history. BAAPS is an Association of Plastic Surgeons dedicated to Safety, Education, Ethics and Innovation in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery.

A staff vaccination hub opened earlier this week at Queen’s Hospital Burton, providing vital vaccines to Team UHDB.

The new hub, ran by staff from all across the Trust, is part of a nationwide vaccine roll out to protect our communities from Covid-19.

A young woman who underwent emergency surgery at Royal Derby Hospital has thanked the surgeon who saved her life.

Jess Wilson from Derby, nominated Consultant Laparoscopic & Upper GI Surgeon, Mr Syed Iftikhar, after he performed emergency surgery on her in August 2020. Jess was in hospital with a bile leak which lead to Pneumonia and Sepsis – this required surgery immediately. Mr Iftikhar, who has worked at the Trust for over 25 years, was on a day off, but as soon as he heard Jess needed the surgery, he drove straight to the Royal Derby Hospital to assist.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has given out its 10,000th coronavirus vaccine dose just more than a month after opening our ‘Vaccination Hub’ at Royal Derby Hospital.

The milestone came on Friday 15 January at 9.10am. The Trust has been handing out the vaccine to the most vulnerable local people in Derbyshire and Staffordshire as well as to frontline health and social workers since Tuesday, 8 December 2020.

Congratulations to Paul Brooks, Director of Patient Experience, Estates and Facilities at UHDB, who has been awarded our January “Chief Executive Award”.

Paul, who has worked at the Trust for over 30 years, was chosen by Gavin Boyle, our Chief Executive, to celebrate Paul’s achievements over the last few months. Not only has Paul showed great dedication and commitment to supporting UHDB colleagues throughout the on-going pandemic, but he has most recently been awarded an MBE for his services to Healthcare Leadership.

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Queen’s Hospital Burton is undergoing £5 million of improvement works which will see the size of the unit expanded and extra isolation rooms installed.

A Healthcare Assistant from London Road Community Hospital has been praised for her outstanding patient care with our “Excellent Employee Award”.

Lesley Shaw, who works in the Parkinson’s Team, was nominated by a colleagues for her friendliness and gentle manner and always putting the patients first. Her colleague Fiona Lindop, Specialist Physiotherapist said: “Lesley is an amazing team member who is always putting the patient first. She greets each patient who arrives in our department with friendliness and gentleness that puts them at their ease, especially in these challenging times. She demonstrates her care for everyone, including helping individuals who have had strokes, and can only use one hand, to gel their hands as they arrive in the department. She ensures that each person is treated with great dignity and respect, no matter how busy or stressful the working environment is.

Our UHDB Bereavement Teams have been awarded our Team UHDB Award for the heartfelt and compassionate work they carry out when helping families through the agony of losing of a loved one, especially throughout the Coronavirus pandemic.

Over the last 10 months, due to the pandemic, our Bereavement Service has had to adjust their service to meet the demands of the pandemic, but has still managed to maintain an exceptional service supporting families despite the increase in workload.

2020 was hugely challenging, but the Covid-19 pandemic is still very real, with cases rising across the country.

To ensure clarity on how our patients and staff can keep safe across our sites, we have launched our Covid-19 Safety Charter.

Over 3,000 patients who have been cared for by Team UHDB have now been discharged from University Hospitals of Derby and Burton to continue recoveries from Covid-19.

Christine Cullen, 67, from Normanton, was the Trust’s 3000^th patient to be discharged from hospital after being admitted to the Royal Derby Hospital on Christmas Day.

It is extremely important that families continue to make use of Paediatric services across our hospitals should your child urgently need our help this winter.  

UHDB has appointed two NExt Directors to join our Trust Board, as part of an innovative NHS initiative.

The Trust agreed to participate in NHS England/Improvement’s NExt Director scheme, a developmental programme to offer aspiring Non-Executive Directors the experience required to undertake a Non-Executive Director role.

Lead Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Nurse Karen Clarke has been presented with an award from the Derbyshire branch of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for her continued hard work during Covid-19.

Today marks 10 years to the day since a life-saving coronary care service first started providing 24/7 emergency treatment here at UHDB for patients with serious heart complications. We are so proud to be able to say that our Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) service has helped to save the lives of more than 3,000 patients over the last decade.

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) is asking people from Derbyshire and Staffordshire who’ve had coronavirus to register as blood plasma donors.

Paul Brooks, Director of Patient Experience, Estates and Facilities at UHDB, has been awarded an MBE for his services to Healthcare Leadership.

The Derby Gynaecology Oncology Centre, which is based at Royal Derby Hospital, has been recognised by the European Society of Gynaecological Oncologists (ESGO) for providing exceptional care and delivering better outcomes as a result of more comprehensive surgery for ovarian cancer. This makes the Trust one of only 47 such centres in Europe to be recognised by ESGO.

UHDB’s Dermatology team has been commended for working with GPs across Derbyshire to help patients with potential skin conditions to be assessed by a specialist sooner. The Consultant Connect service allows our Dermatology consultants to offer clinical advice to GPs remotely on whether there is a need for their patient to be seen by a specialist in our hospitals.

Ajinder Gidda, Sister on Ward 306 at Royal Derby Hospital, this week shares advice on how you can help to ensure elderly relatives and friends are well this winter. Simple things such as a phone or video call to check they’re okay or doing their food shopping for them where it’s safe to do so can make a real difference.

Helen Forrest, Lead Nurse for Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC) at UHDB, has been recognised for her outstanding work during Covid-19 by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

A member of Team UHDB has been recognised by the Derbyshire Branch of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for their commitment and hard work on the BAME agenda and Freedom to Speak Up campaign during Covid-19.

Today Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service (DFRS) in partnership with University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) is unveiling the latest fire engine to be wrapped in support of a community cause. The pink and purple wrapped engine has been designed to raise awareness of organ donation.

Staff at the Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) at Samuel Johnson Community Hospital in Lichfield have reassured the community they can be treated for a wide range of minor injuries and illnesses this winter.

A Royal Derby Hospital porter has thanked his fellow UHDB colleagues for doing their bit to support the homeless this Christmas.

Our staff will be doing all they can to make sure patients can be safely discharged home before Christmas.

A Royal Derby Hospital Sister has been awarded a special award by the Derbyshire Branch of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for her outstanding contributions during Covid-19. Lisa Wilkinson, Sister in Surgical Outpatients, has been recognised as part of the RCN’s celebrations for International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and is one of 20 award winners in the county.

The Eye Outpatients team at Royal Derby Hospital have been awarded with an award from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for their work supporting patients during the pandemic.