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Want to get to know some of our #TeamUHDB colleagues a little better? We’ve spoken with RDH’s Frail Elderly Assessment Team (FEAT) for the next instalment of our Meet the Team series.

Mums-to-be in communities around Burton and Derbyshire can now have their baby in a new birthing pool room, which has opened at Queen’s Hospital Burton.

The cutting-edge facility features a fully accessible ergonomic pool, welcoming décor and dimmable LED lighting to help give parents the most relaxing experience possible.

Clinicians at Royal Derby Hospital came together to host a week-long clinic that was able to treat and assess around 400 colorectal patients in a bid to help cut down on patient waiting lists.

Two UHDB colleagues are among the Derbyshire Shared Care Pathology team that have received a Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) Achievement Award 2022.

The awards celebrate excellence in pathology service provision and are given to teams who have achieved above and beyond in areas such as quality improvement, setting up new services, innovation in service delivery, reaching new patient groups, or educating and training staff and students.

For most of the year Abbie Marston works as a registered nurse but since September she has been centred at Royal Derby Hospital’s vaccination hub, offering covid boosters and flu vaccinations to keep UHDB colleagues safe. 

Abbie is just one of UHDB’s super vaccinators, lending her time to the seasonal vaccinations programme which aims to protect our staff with the covid booster and flu vaccinations.

Have you experienced, or declined, an induction of labour in Derbyshire in the last three years? If so, the Derbyshire Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (DMNVP) we wants to hear from you!

A UHDB colleague who went above and beyond in her care of a patient, has been praised by an ex-nurse, who witnessed her compassion, and deemed her worthy of the prestigious Cavell Star award.

Mary White, a former Clinical Nurse Specialist, was a patient on Ward 308 at Royal Derby Hospital in December last year when she first met Senior Sister Mandie Linnington.

UHDB’s Wellbeing Team is celebrating after being shortlisted for two Nursing Times Workforce Awards for their incredible work supporting colleagues across Derbyshire and Staffordshire. The team is in the running to be crowned ‘Workforce Team of the Year’, as well as being shortlisted for their work on the ‘Do Whatever Moves You’ project in the ‘Best Use of Workplace Technology Award’.

Over the coming weekend (22 - 23 October 2022), we will be reconfiguring our assessment units at Royal Derby Hospital to improve the pathway for acute medical patients. 

A huge congratulations to the Estates and Facilities and Patient Experience Team, who were the runners up for the Team of the Year Category at the IHEEM Healthcare Estates 2022.

An innovative new form of radiotherapy that can save the lives of patients with cancer is being rolled out at UHDB, with the Trust being one of only a few centres that can offer this treatment.

Stereotactic Radiotherapy is a ground-breaking treatment which targets bony and nodal oligomets to give cancer patients a better quality of life.

A UHDB consultant who wanted to be able to offer access to a lifechanging device for her patients with type 1 diabetes, has contributed to an innovative research study which has been hugely successful.

Emma Wilmot, Consultant Diabetologist, has been heavily involved in designing and delivering a multi-centre randomised controlled trial called Flash UK.

This Friday 21 October 2022, UHDB will be taking part in Show Racism the Red Card's Wear Red Day. We are urging Trust colleagues across all of our sites to wear red to work on this day, showing our collective support in the ongoing fight against racism in all its forms. 

On Friday 14 October, UHDB held it’s first in-person awards ceremony in three years at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, with 260 members of #TeamUHDB joining in an evening of celebrating exceptional care together.

The glamorous awards ceremony, hosted by local radio DJ Mark O’Sullivan, saw nominees for 10 awards come together to celebrate in what was a night to remember.

One of UHDB’s most prominent fundraisers, Avtar Samrai (Corporate Responsibilities Lead, ISS) organised a visit to Guru Arjan Dev Ji Gurdwara, alongside the EMBRACE Staff Network, Chief Operating Officer Sharon Martin, and Chair of the Trust, Kathy McLean.

The £2.9 million theatre, which is located next to the General Theatres suite, houses state-of-the-art equipment which allows clinicians to carry out more sophisticated, complex vascular and cardiology procedures, such as the insertion of pacemakers.

A former patient returned to thank the ward team who cared for him following an operation to remove a suspected cancer. Mr Vic Deaves brought cakes, flowers, chocolates and bottles of fizz to present to the team on Royal Derby Hospital’s Ward 308 and the surgical team who carried out his procedure as a token of his gratitude for the “wonderful” care he received.

A team who helped support five refugee nurses as they moved from their home in Lebanon to work for UHDB, have been shortlisted for the Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff Award in this year’s Nursing Times awards.

Colleagues from University Hospitals of Derby and Burton’s (UHDB) are taking part in a ground-breaking national research study into post-operative shoulder rehabilitation following the award of a £1.7million grant by the NIHR.

A Senior Theatre Practitioner who started a career in nursing back in 1980 says she has ‘no regrets’ after spending her working life at UHDB and would “never have wanted to work anywhere else.”

Di Watson is well known at Royal Derby Hospital for her roles throughout the years in gynae theatres. She started as a staff nurse, progressed to Sister and then managed the gynaecology, obstetric and paediatric theatre suites for over 25 years, before stepping down and finishing her career as a Senior Theatre Practitioner.

Kirsty Bishop, a Complimentary Therapist at the Nightingale Macmillan Unit at Royal Derby Hospital, has been awarded with one of our monthly Making a Difference Awards for her brilliant work in the Unit.

UHDB will be hosting a Health Talk to help you find out more about hidden Disabilities and the work taking place within the Trust to support colleagues, patients and visitors who live with a hidden Disability.

A member of the leadership team at Sir Robert Peel and Samuel Johnson Community Hospitals has been presented with our latest monthly CEO award – the first awarded by our new Chief Executive, Stephen Posey.

From 1 October, Black History Month 2022 begins. This year's theme is "Time for Change: Action Not Words".

Throughout October, we will be sharing stories, information, and events from across the Trust and the NHS that will demonstrate and reflect our actions and attitude in ensuring racial equality. We will be supported in marking this year's celebrations by the Trust's EMBRACE Staff Network.

A UHDB colleague who gave birth to her first child at the Trust has thanked the team of medics who she said delivered a ‘VIP experience’ when her dream labour plan “got turned upside down.”

Ali Naylor and her husband Will have shared their birthing story to highlight the ‘invaluable support’ midwives offered when things didn’t go to plan. They hope to raise awareness, provide reassurance and express their thanks to the team who delivered baby Rupert safely.

Two UHDB vehicles have been daubed in designs promoting organ donation to encourage more people to have the important conversations with their loved ones and have been unveiled for Organ Donation Week.

NHS services across Derbyshire and Staffordshire are very busy - but Urgent Treatment Centres and Minor Injuries Units can help you with a wide range of illnesses and injuries.

A consultant who wanted to help free up theatre space and deliver a better service to patients has come up with a new ‘walk in, walk out’ service which he is offering in an outpatient setting.

Sanjay Singh, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, is now delivering radiofrequency ablations procedures to patients with varicose veins – using local anaesthetic, in a bid to reduce waiting times for patients and free up theatres for patients with emergencies.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) and Derbyshire County Cricket Club have come together to create a special training top for the players to wear at their upcoming fixtures to raise awareness of Organ Donation.

Dr Caroline Bates, Consultant Anaesthetist at Royal Derby Hospital, has been awarded an Excellent Employee award as part of the monthly Making a Difference Awards. Dr Kathy McLean, Chair of UHDB, was there to surprise Caroline with the award, as she took a quick break between her very busy duties in theatres.