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Hannah is a Sister on Ward 409 at the Royal Derby Hospital. She qualified as a Nurse in March 2018.

The nation will fall silent for two minutes from 11am today to commemorate VE Day and to remember all those heroes who sadly lost their lives during the Second World War.

A 75-year-old patient who spent six weeks in hospital fighting Coronavirus has today been discharged from Royal Derby Hospital.

A Royal Derby Hospital patient who spent four weeks in intensive care recovering from COVID-19 has thanked the “wonderful” UHDB staff who helped save her life.

Ann West was first admitted to hospital on 23 March after contracting coronavirus, with colleagues on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Ward 402 working around the clock over the next six weeks to help her overcome the illness.

The Hand Outpatients area at Royal Derby Hospital will be operating at a reduced capacity today (Tuesday 5 May) after equipment was stolen and damage caused during a break-in.

Midwives who have been working through the Coronavirus pandemic at UHDB have chosen some of their favourite memories of recent weeks in an uplifting video to celebrate International Day of the Midwife 2020. Colleagues from the Derby Birth Centre at Royal Derby Hospital have shared some heartwarming stories of helping to bring babies into the world - with one colleague even sharing her own birthing experience! 

NHS England’s Midwifery Ambassadors have come together virtually to celebrate International Day of the Midwife 2020, #IDM20, as a choir through the medium of music and technology to spread a little hope, sunshine, smiles and happiness during COVID-19 - and a member of #TeamUHDB has featured in the wonderful video!

UHDB has introduced a brand new service to help patients stay in contact with their families from their hospital ward while current visiting restrictions are in place because of COVID-19.

The Trust can now arrange for patients to receive a ‘virtual visit’ via video call from their loved ones, or have a written message passed on, to improve their wellbeing and make them feel less isolated.

The community in Tamworth has banded together to ensure that the Community Midwifery Service in the area can continue to support new and expectant mums and their babies closer to home.

UHDB is one of only a handful of Trusts in the UK now offering a brand new procedure designed to improve the quality of life of prostate cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. 

The minimally invasive procedure, known as SpaceOAR Hydrogel, involves a layer of protective gel being inserted between the prostate and the rectum, so as to ensure that the highest dose of radiation is limited to the prostate only.

A relative has praised staff at Royal Derby Hospital for the care provided to her brother, who sadly passed away after contracting Coronavirus.

April Sly, praised Ward 404 for their compassion and thoughtfulness via a Facebook video she uploaded to her page last week.

Nigel, April’s brother, who lived in Cornwall prior to the lockdown, moved to the Midland’s to live with April so she could help support him.

 

A group of almost 1,000 volunteers across Derbyshire and Staffordshire are firing up their sewing machines to provide members of #TeamUHDB with surgical scrubs. The group, called ‘Derby For The Love of Scrubs’, is headed up by Verity Ruane from Allestree, Derby, and has already provided the Trust with 400 sets of scrubs in all sizes, colours and patterns.  

A tattoo artist has created a beautiful, bespoke work of art as a tribute to Mr Amged El-Hawrani at Queen’s Hospital Burton. Mr El-Hawrani, who was Associate Clinical Director and Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant here at the Trust, sadly died on 28 March after contracting COVID-19. His colleagues in his department at Queen’s Hospital Burton wanted to pay tribute to him, and after seeing the work of artist Adam Foster on social media, they requested a bespoke piece in his memory.

The Respiratory Team at Royal Derby Hospital have now discharged nine COVID-19 patients from the wards after been treating with an innovative form of non-invasive ventilation. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) treatment helps to improve the oxygen levels in patients with respiratory failure without the need to invasively ventilate them such as in Intensive Care.

UHDB has introduced a brand new service to help patients stay in contact with their families from their hospital ward while current visiting restrictions are in place because of COVID-19.

We are very sorry to announce that Eileen Landers, a member of our cleaning team here at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, sadly passed away yesterday (26 April 2020) at Queen’s Hospital Burton from Covid-19.

UHDB is supporting a campaign led by Derbyshire County Council to bring people together by shining a light on the fantastic community spirit that has grown in defiance of COVID-19.

As Derbyshire follows the government’s advice to stay at home, protect our NHS and save lives during the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, a cancer support centre is reaching out to self-isolating cancer patients with the offer of telephone and email support.

A critically acclaimed play based on the role of a member of #TeamUHDB is set to be screened for free this week.

If you have recently visited any of our five hospital sites and received exceptional care, or have witnessed our staff going above and beyond, did you know that you can nominate them for one of our Monthly Making a Difference Awards?

On Bank Holiday Monday, the team at Royal Derby Hospital's Education Centre spent the day inducting a new group of staff to the Trust.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust is reviewing the past treatment provided by one of its consultants in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. An initial 58 cases have been independently reviewed, primarily regarding gynaecology outpatient and surgical treatment. For eight of these cases we have identified lapses in care which have resulted in unnecessary harm.

A total of 380 UHDB patients with confirmed COVID-19 have now been safely discharged from our hospitals following successful treatment.

The Trust has changed the way that it discharges patients from hospital during the pandemic to speed up the process of helping patients to leave our hospitals safely.

The ImpACT+ service for respiratory patients has made a number of changes to its operation at London Road Community Hospital in Derby in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Audiology drop-in repair clinics at Queen’s Hospital Burton have been cancelled until further notice.

A patient proposed to his girlfriend from his hospital bed this morning after realising life is too short to find the perfect moment.

Lee Goodall, 41, from Sleeford, virtually got down on one knee via FaceTime to the love of his life this morning to ask that one important question.

A former bariatric patient who couldn’t walk 10 steps four years ago is now working as a porter at Royal Derby Hospital – walking up to 35,000 steps during each shift! In 2016, 39-year-old Paul Stevenson’s weight had reached 51 stone after living on a diet of junk food which started after the death his mum.