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Ward 3 at Queen’s Hospital Burton is feeling the love after decorating the ward in hearts and cupids!

A UHDB colleague has received a special award for making it her mission to teach, support and guide one of our Project Search interns.

The Practice Learning and Support Unit (PLSU) are delighted to have been shortlisted for the ‘Student Placement of the Year: Hospital’ category for the prestigious Student Nursing Times Award 2020.

We were delighted to see more than 400 teenage students attend our latest Health and Social Care Careers Evening.

Healthcare professionals that have had a career break are being encouraged to follow a perfect route back into work by returning to practice here at UHDB. You can find out more about Physiotherapist Sophie Dales’ at 6.30pm this evening on BBC East Midlands Today.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton have appointed two new Non-Executive Directors to join the Trust Board. Professor Victoria Chapman and Christine Fearns started their terms of office on 1 February 2020, replacing Prof Avril Drummond and Sir Stephen Moss, whose terms of office had been completed.

Consultants at Burton are now providing better care for patients with a fractured hip, according to national scoring data which shows patients receive better care and recover quicker at Queen’s Hospital Burton than in most other hospitals (better than the national average).

UHDB has been granted more than £600,000 to fund innovative schemes to care for and treat patients during the busy winter period.

Staff from the Royal Derby Hospital and Barbers from all over Derby attended the “Pop up barbershop” event hosted by Derby County Community Trust.

A Domestic Worker who believed she could give more to the NHS has started her journey towards becoming a fully qualified Healthcare Assistant.

Today we have re-opened Theatre 5 in General Theatres at RDH after it has undergone a complete upgrade.  They’re working on Gynae Theatre 2 for later this month and General Theatre 6 for March. 

In April, we have two new state-of-the-art orthopaedic theatres opening at QHB.

All three RDH theatres are being upgraded by KARL STORZ as part of the managed service. All three theatres have the latest OR1 technology, including 4K screens, new lights and a complete revamp of the theatre.

A new endoscopy treatment room has opened at Queen’s Hospital Burton to further improve the level of care available to those in need of a procedure. The hospital’s Endoscopy Unit now has three treatment rooms on site – allowing the Trust to see more patients than before and better manage any increase in future demand.

A UHDB patient today made a special TV appearance to thank the Trust’s Pulvertaft Hand Centre staff for the role they played in saving his career.

Wendy Ingram has today brought the curtain down on her career in the NHS after 42 years of service.

The Macmillan Information Centre at Royal Derby Hospital has been awarded the Macmillan Quality Environment Mark (MQEM) after receiving the highest possible rating of 'Excellent'.

A patient wedding took place at Royal Derby Hospital on Friday, 24 January, to help a couple fulfil a lifetime wish.

A cobbler who lost his thumb has been able to return to the job he loves after surgeons at UHDB sewed one of his big toes onto his hand in its place. 

David Lee was trimming the heel of a shoe in his shop when he suddenly became tangled in the machine and, to his horror, watched his severed thumb drop onto the floor.

After freeing himself from the machine, David’s first thought wasn’t about the pain – or lack of it – in his hand, but instead about how he would be able to earn a living after the accident.

Radiotherapy patients experiencing any late side effects following treatment can now benefit from a vital new UHDB service.

Leading Derby-based firm Pattonair has come to the rescue of hospital patients by stepping in to replace three stolen TVs.

Ben Hall, 28, will take part in over 10 different runs throughout 2020, including a 190 mile ultra marathon and a UK Ultimate Ironman Triathlon, to thank the Nightingale Macmillan Unit , where his Nan, Alma, was cared for in the final days of her life.

Staff at Royal Derby Hospital have made sure a stay on their ward didn’t put a dampener on birthday celebrations for a popular patient as he turned 100.

Ward 2 at London Road Community Hospital has now opened as a non-specialist palliative care ward. Staff on wards can refer their patients to Ward 2 using the white dove icon on the whiteboard and completing the associated referral form.

With 2020 representing the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, BBC Radio Derby visited Royal Derby Hospital’s Maternity department early this morning to ask our midwives why they love doing what they do.

Are you a Nurse or a Midwife in our hospitals here at #TeamUHDB? If so, you should join in with our 60 second video challenge in aid of the Year of the Nurse and Midwife 2020.

New research will look at how novel methods of kidney MRI scanning can help improve diagnosis and treatment for people living with kidney disease, thanks to a £1.9 million grant from the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme – a Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) partnership.