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A tattoo artist from South Derbyshire is once again raising funds for UHDB after raising more than £5,000 in the first national lockdown earlier this year.

Dominique Devine, Pharmacy Technician at Queen’s Hospital Burton, shares advice on how this year more than ever, your local pharmacist can help and your family. They can offer advice on a wide range of minor health concerns, such as an upset stomach, and other illnesses, as well as answering questions you may have about medications.

A respiratory service that has provided vital support to patients throughout Covid-19 has been shortlisted for a national HSJ Award – just a couple of months after winning another national award.

UHDB has received national acclaim for creating a culture of openness that is seeing more of our colleagues feel comfortable enough to raise concerns they have at work. The Trust’s Freedom to Speak Up Guardian offers an outlet for staff to speak up – in confidence – which, at a time where our hospitals have come under unprecedented pressure recently, has never been more important.

Sue Hind, Osteoporosis Lead Nurse Specialist, retires today after working in the NHS for 41 years. 

Her colleagues have put together a short write up to highlight some of her fantastic achievements thoughout her career: 

We are sorry to announce that Frances Ebong, a staff nurse on Ward 7 at Queen’s Hospital Burton, has sadly passed away following illness. Frances joined the Trust in August 2018. Colleagues on Ward 7 will remember Frances as a well-respected nurse and that nothing was ever too much trouble.

A pioneering research study which aims to make operating theatres safer places during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond is underway at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB). UHDB is working in partnership with Rolls-Royce and Lancaster University to understand the spread of droplets in the air, generated when conducting Aerosol Generating Procedures (AGPs).

It is with deep sadness we announce that University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has lost a dedicated and committed colleague this week to Covid-19. Dr Krishnan Subramanian, a Consultant Anaesthetist here at Royal Derby Hospital, sadly passed away yesterday (Thursday 12 November 2020) at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester. 

The Trust would like to correct recent inaccurate reporting in the Derby Telegraph

In the Derby Telegraph on Tuesday 10 November it was reported that there has been an ‘Increase in bullying and harassment among Royal Derby Hospital staff’ and that ‘The problem is getting worse due to the pandemic’.

This was based on discussions at our Public Board meeting and is not correct. We have worked hard to encourage all staff to talk about their concerns this year, which is more important than ever due to the pandemic. What was discussed was the increase in staff choosing to talk about concerns, not an increase in bullying itself.

Our hospitals in Derby and Burton now have more inpatients who have tested positive for Covid-19 within 28 days than we had in April/May 2020.

A Renal Consultant and his colleagues have published the first piece of research in the UK and only the second in Europe about how Covid-19 patients who also develop Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) are adversely affected by the virus.

This Youth Work Week, we’re making sure to celebrate our national award-winning Youth Service Team.  The team, who consist of Qualified Youth Workers, Eleanor Gambini and Louise Melbourne, Playworker, Louise Trower and Volunteer, Mark Durkan, are a fantastic group of colleagues who have a number of different backgrounds, skills and training, many of which have had to be adapted throughout the pandemic to help support our younger patients.

The Youth Service Team play a key role aiding young people with long-term health conditions to feel empowered and to overcome some of the additional challenges that this can bring to their lives. 

The rising levels of Covid-19 in our communities has meant that we have seen an increase in the number of Covid-19 infected patients we’re caring for in our hospitals.

We’d like to wish a very happy retirement to the fantastic Fiona Keay, who retired from the Trust this week after working 30 years in the NHS.

A member of the Urology team at QHB has raised more than £1,300 for charity by completing a gruelling swimathon.

The Receipts and Distribution Team at Royal Derby Hospital have been awarded the Team UHDB Monthly Making a Difference Award for October. The team have been recognised for their consistent hard work in ensuring PPE has been readily available and delivered to everyone at RDH, as well as making sure routine deliveries arrive on time.

The team at Derby Private Health at Royal Derby Hospital has been recognised for the care and compassion they gave to patients throughout the initial peak of the pandemic with a Team UHDB Award.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has again been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission. We have retained ‘Good’ overall having been fully inspected last in 2019, following the merger in 2018.

A consultant at UHDB has been named as President of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), becoming only the second woman to hold the role in the organisation’s 100 year history.

From 2 November, patients at Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital will have to pre-book their appointment before attending their blood test.

Every day, hundreds of skilled, hard-working cleaning staff are working 24/7 across our five hospital sites. Our Domestic and Cleaning Teams work day, night and weekends to keep our hospitals and work areas clean, safe and hygienic, often outside of normal working hours.

It is important we recognise the hard work cleaners and domestic staff do and let them know they are valued and appreciated, especially after going above and beyond for our staff and patients throughout the Covid-19 Pandemic. We asked members of Team UHDB to give a shout out to their fantastic domestic/cleaning staff on their ward/department, here’s what they had to say:

We are sorry to share the news that James Longmire, a member of our Estates Team at Queen’s Hospital Burton, has sadly passed away following an illness. James joined the Trust originally as a painter in 2010.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton is to reintroduce visiting restrictions. The Trust has seen a significant increase in admissions for patients who are Covid-19 positive and expects the number to rise further. From today the Trust is asking visitors not to attend the hospitals, unless:

• Accompanying a child
• Visiting a patient undergoing end of life care
• Accompanying a pregnant partner
• Accompanying a vulnerable patients, specifically those with learning disabilities, dementia, mental health or complex needs, as well as those who are unable to make decisions for themselves.

Mrs Katharina “Ineke” Anwar retires today after almost 20 years as a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in Burton.

Ineke graduated 1986 in Utrecht, Holland and initially came to the UK the following year intending to stay just six months. Whilst working in general surgery she met her husband to be, and the following year she enjoyed her placement as a GP trainee in obstetrics and gynaecology so much that she changed plans and career path, settling as an O&G trainee in the West Midlands.

A number of UHDB specialties are set to be relocated from Royal Derby Hospital to London Road Community Hospital from Monday 19 October.

UHDB’s arts charity has received a helping hand in the form of a Government grant that will allow these colleagues to carry out their invaluable work during the winter months ahead.

UHDB’s Respiratory Infection team has been crowned the Respiratory Team of the Year at the 2020 British Medical Journal (BMJ) Awards.

The team has been recognised for their outstanding work in improving the quality of care for patients admitted to hospital with pneumonia, as well as both reducing the length of time patients remain in hospital with the condition and improving support during their recovery.

Allied Health Professionals (AHP’s) are often the unsung heroes of the NHS; they are the people who work with the medical and nursing teams to diagnose, treat and promote the rehabilitation of patients in a variety of settings.