Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an Outstanding rated trust one of the largest specialist heart and chest hospitals in the country.
After 53 days in hospital with
#COVID19
we were all thrilled to give one of our incredible patients a rousing goodbye send off this afternoon as he was discharged home - met by his partner and colleagues from
@MerseyPolice
. Very best wishes from everyone
@LHCHFT
@janetomkinson07
Each year, Mr Asante-Siaw and his amazing colleagues perform more than 1,200 thoracic procedures, including emergency surgery... He was also chosen as our Employee of the Month in Jan for being a much-loved and caring surgeon, who always puts patients first.
#Hospital
@Label1TV
Everyone at LHCH would like to send their very best wishes to respiratory consultant, Dr Sarah Sibley, who is helping to medically lead the new NHS Nightingale Hospital in Manchester. Good luck Sarah.
#StaySafe
We're so pleased that one of our new LED sky ceilings has been installed in intensive care, thanks to
@lhchcharity
. Hopefully this small change will help to make a big difference to the experience of our patients and families while they receive care and treatment at LHCH.
Dr David Mayhew is a Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia at LHCH and describes the role as ‘holding great merit and value’.
Would you consider pursuing a career in anaesthesia? Find out more
@RCoANews
#Hospital
Sandra is an experienced Ward Manager. She's worked at LHCH for 21yrs & understands how hard it is for waiting loved ones. She goes through this experience with them every day, showing care & compassion.
#Hospital
#yearofthenurse
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A real cause for celebration
@LHCHFT
as our amazing first itu corona patient leaves for home. An honour to treat and care for him and every patient
#StayHomeSaveLives
Isn’t it incredible that you can be awake, chatting to your consultant and the clinical team whilst having a valve in your heart replaced?
#TAVI
#Hospital
@Label1tv
Everyone involved in Joe’s care pass on their deepest sympathies to his loved ones.
We'd like to say how grateful we are to Sheila, and we’re also so pleased Ellie's recovering well. We wish her lots of love and happiness for a healthy future.
#Hospital
@Label1tv
What a lovely moment for this gentleman today, finally leaving
@LHCHFT
after being treated for coronavirus. Also wonderful for our staff as well who have worked so hard these past few weeks. Thank you.
#StayHomeSaveLives
Mr Julius Asante-Siaw is a consultant thoracic surgeon and the clinical lead for thoracic surgery
@LHCHFT
with a special clinical interest in thoracic trauma.
#Hospital
@label1tv
In case a surgical procedure is required, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Mr Ram Dhannapuneni from
@AlderHey
is on hand. He's one of 3 surgeons to operate on paediatric & adult congenital patients across the NW. He recently received a
@BHF
award
#Hospital
Did you see tonight’s episode of
#Hospital
?
We’re so proud of the professionalism, compassion, commitment and teamwork shown by our staff in very complex cases and in emotional circumstances.
If you missed tonight's episode, you'll find it on
@BBCiPlayer
@Label1tv
We are pleased to have recruited our first ever Paramedic to
@LHCHFT
. Craig will be joining our Knowsley CVD ♥️ service, to work as a Heart Failure Practitioner. He will support a heart failure pilot which is a collaboration with
@lhchft
@sthknhs
. Welcome Craig.👏
@EmmaRickards
Today we say farewell & wish a happy retirement to our Consultant Cardiac Surgeon & Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer for Surgery, Mr Mark Pullan.
Mark has been a much-loved worked colleague at LHCH for many years & has made an enormous impact on our patient care. 👏
Thank you so much to Joan and Tom for allowing us to share their emotional story tonight. Wonderful to see Joan looking well after her
#TAVI
procedure
@LHCHFT
.
#Hospital
@Label1tv
We’re thrilled that Prof Greg Lip has been presented with a prestigious Distinguished Scientist Award during the
@ACCinTouch
Annual Scientific Session with World Congress of Cardiology for his contribution to cardiovascular medicine.
Congratulations! 👏
#ACC23
#WCCardio
Dr Joe Mills, Consultant Cardiologist at LHCH, has an important message for anyone concerned about contacting the NHS with worrying symptoms of
#cardiovascular
disease... don't delay, we're here to help.
LHCH is delighted to announce Mr Manoj Kuduvalli as our new Medical Director.👏
Manoj joined LHCH 20+ yrs ago as specialist registrar in cardiothoracic surgery, was appointed Consultant Cardiac Surgeon in 2007, and Associate Medical Director in 2017.
So pleased to be able to clap this gentleman all the way to his family this afternoon after being safely cared for
@LHCHFT
Best wishes from everyone at Liverpool Heart and Chest.
#covid
#coronavirus
LHCH is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Liz Bishop as our new shared Chief Executive. Liz will take up the post from 1st February 2024.
Read full details:
We’d like to say how proud we are of Mr Asante-Siaw and his team who featured in tonight’s episode of
#Hospital
– doing
@LHCHFT
proud as always by demonstrating such outstanding patient care. The LHCH team will also feature in another moving episode next week.
@Label1TV
Dr Suneil Aggarwal is a Consultant Cardiologist with special interest in coronary, structural and adult congenital heart disease intervention. Suneil decided he wanted to be a heart doctor when he was just 12 years old. Read more here
#Hospital
We're delighted that Prof Greg Lip, LHCH Consultant Cardiologist, Director of
@LiverpoolCCS
& Prof of Cardiovascular Medicine
@LivUni
has been ranked in the top 💯medical scientists in the world⬇️
Congratulations! Fantastic recognition for your work.
Thank you so much to all our nurses, doctors, surgeons, healthcare scientists, allied health professionals, hygiene services, porters, caterers, community, admin teams, non-clinical staff and all others who are working so hard today on
#EasterSunday
to care for patients at LHCH.
We were so pleased for this lovely patient as he was discharged yesterday... But before he left he wanted to say a big thank you to those who’d cared for him so well at LHCH - many of whom were there to cheer him home.
We are pleased to confirm Latics striker Charlie Wyke left hospital on Thursday morning after undergoing a medical procedure this week.
Charlie has asked us to release the below statement to tell his story.
#wafc
🔵⚪️
#BELIEVE
We're delighted that Kate Abernethy has been appointed as our first cardiology nurse consultant 💙
Congratulations Kate and good luck in your new role. 👏👏👏
#TeamLHCH
#LHCH
#NurseConsultant
#Cardiology
Such incredible care, compassion, dedication and world class expertise from our friends
@AlderHey
on tonight’s
#hospital
. Proud to be your neighbours.
Did you see last night's episode of
#Hospital
on BBC2?
We’re so proud of the professionalism, compassion, commitment and teamwork shown by our staff in very complex cases and in emotional circumstances.
If you missed it you'll find it on
@BBCiPlayer
@Label1tv
Congratulations to the fantastic Cardio-Oncology team
@LHCHFT
@CCCNHS
who have been shortlisted for
@HSJ_Awards
for their work to improve patient safety and clinical experience for those undergoing radiotherapy with a Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device.
#HSJValue
@theharveys
We are delighted that
@katewarriner
is joining the Board and Executive team
@LHCHFT
as Chief Digital & Information Officer as part of a shared partnership position with
@AlderHey
. We look forward to welcoming Kate and her considerable expertise into our digital team.
How appropriate to begin
#NationalHeartMonth
by formally welcoming Dr Liz Bishop as our new Chief Executive on her first day at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. 👏
Welcome to
#TeamLHCH
Huge thanks to
@GreggsOfficial
for such a generous donation of sausage rolls, pastries and fresh bread rolls this morning for our community respiratory and cardiovascular disease staff. They’re so, so grateful 👏
We're delighted to announce Daniel Craig, star of stage and screen, as a new ambassador for LHCH Charity. With his strong connections to Merseyside and Cheshire, Daniel understood
@lhchcharity
's outstanding work and expressed interest in learning more.
We're delighted that one of our consultant cardiologists, Jay Wright, has been awarded an honorary professorship from
@LivUni
for his excellence in research. Congratulations!
We're delighted to announce the appointment of our first respiratory nurse consultant
@EmmaRickards
. Emma is an inspirational nurse leader and we wish her every success in this exciting new role
@NursingTimes
@BJNursing
@NurseStandard
Today marks the last working day of Mr Richard Page, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon. A nationally respected surgeon who's given so much to his patients, their families, colleagues, and the NHS over 40 yrs. Thank you for your exceptional service & best wishes on your retirement
Thank you to LHCH’s amazing teams who’ve featured in this series of
#Hospital
, providing us all with a glimpse of the outstanding care given to patients on a daily basis. Where would we all be without such dedicated and caring
#NHS
colleagues?
#clapforNHS
#NHSheroes
#thankyouNHS
LHCH is delighted to have implanted the world’s smallest leadless pacemaker.
Consultant Cardiologists Dr Ashrafi & Dr Rao, with the support of their clinical teams & colleagues from
@Medtronic
successfully performed their first Micra AV2 implant recently. 👏
!!WINNER!!
Congratulations to Liverpool nurse Joanne Shaw who has won the RCN Nursing Awards Commitment to Carers category.
Joanne created a network that provides a safe space for
@LHCHFT
staff to take time out from caring responsibilities.
#RCNawards
>
And incredibly it wasn’t just one
#covid
patient well enough to be applauded out and discharged home after many days
@LHCHFT
there was a second lovely patient with his own special t-shirt. So pleased to see him safely reunited with loved ones. Best wishes from everyone at LHCH.
Delighted we’ve been able to vaccinate well over 1500 people in the past week, another 350+ today, including colleagues from
@AlderHey
@NWAmbulance
@LivHospitals
... and the team will be ready to start again in the morning!
Every time we’ve been able to wave goodbye to one of our patients after
#COVID19
it’s been very moving... and yesterday was no exception as we were privileged to see another family reunited. The very best wishes from everyone at LHCH.
Great news to hear that Dr Dhiraj Gupta, Consultant Cardiologist
@LHCHFT
, has been recognised by
@LivUni
and been made an Honorary Professor in recognition of his extensive research work - congratulations
@DhirajGuptaBHRS
We are thrilled
@LHCHFT
has received an award from the High Sheriff Award of Merseyside. This was presented in recognition of the "wonderful work that Team LHCH has done for the community over the last twelve months" during the Covid 19 Pandemic. Congratulations Team LHCH.
It's been a huge team effort, but we're all delighted to have started our
#covidvaccination
program today
@LHCHFT
, with fully booked clinics... and Jamie, who's worked in critical care throughout the pandemic, was first in line to receive his vaccine earlier today.
Everyone at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is saddened to hear that Her Majesty The Queen has passed away at the age of 96. Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with her family at this time.
Today we wished a fond farewell to Dr Raphael Perry as he takes his much-deserved retirement. Following a long & successful career as a consultant, leader in cardiology, Medical Director & Deputy Chief Executive at LHCH.👏
Thank you & the very best in your retirement. 💙
A very Happy Christmas from all our staff on Oak Ward to Ralph who had thoracic surgery 6 days ago and can’t wait to get home. Very best wishes from us all at LHCH 💙🎄🤶
Congratulations to September's 'Best of the Best' Employee of the Month - Maurice Bessman, Staff Nurse. Maurice has been recognised for going above and beyond for his patients and in supporting his colleagues. Well done Maurice!
Happy international nurses' day to all our amazing nursing teams
@LHCHFT
and across the
#NHS
. Thank you for the outstanding care you provide to patients and families every day.
#NursesDay
#Nurses2020
Huge privilege to join forces with colleagues from the Vaccine Quick Reaction Force
@LHCHFT
this week to support the ongoing
#vaccine
roll out across the NW. Great to learn from their vast expertise, and have their support alongside our teams.
The
@idigitalnhs
Tech Bar was officially opened this morning by Jane Tomkinson, CEO & Val Davies, Chair.
The Tech Bar enables people to turn up without a booking & have any digital related problem looked at.
#Welldone
to all of the team involved in providing this key service.👏
Big day
@lhchft
welcoming and craning in a brand new MR scanner on site. Great teamwork from all involved and looking forward to it making a real difference for our patients and our clinical teams.
We're delighted to welcome Walid to our team at LHCH and wish you every success for a a long, happy and rewarding nursing career.
#NHS
#NursesWeek2021
#NursesWeek
60 years ago yesterday, the ICU at what is now LHCH was opened by the Rt Hon Lord Cohen of Birkenhead & President of the
@gmcuk
The unit was developed to provide quicker & more effective treatment for patients.💙
Here’s to the next 60 years of outstanding patient care!👏
We're delighted LHCH Consultant Cardiologist
@robcoops82
visited & opened
@MPShahhospital
Sports Cardiology Clinic in Nairobi last week, in partnership with
@LJMU
@ljmusportsci
This exciting new collaboration will see Dr Cooper provide expertise, training & clinical support👏
Today we celebrated the opening of our Critical Care Garden, generously funded by our brilliant
@lhchcharity
The garden provides a peaceful area for patients to enjoy, whilst also providing a tranquil space for family members to sit and reflect... as well as for staff 💙
Knowsley Community Respiratory service Go LIVE with EMIS Electronic prescribing. 👏
This will deliver efficient, safe & cost effective care to our patients. Enhancing integrated care for the community & Virtual ward setting. Preventing delays in treatment & avoiding duplication.
We are delighted that Mark Field, Consultant Aortic and Cardiac Surgeon, has been confirmed as an Honorary Clinical Professor by the
@LivUni
Congratulations and well deserved Mark! 👏👏👏
Our Employee of the Month is back 🎈🎉 and we're delighted that Joe Donohue is our Sept 2020 winner. He was chosen for his work in the community throughout
#covid19
where he's faced lots of challenges, but always provided compassionate care for patients at the end of their life.
We're delighted to welcome
@WheatcroftKaran
as our Director of Risk & Improvement. Karan spent more than 20 years
@MIAANHS
leading governance/assurance and we're now pleased to have her expertise here at LHCH.
We hope you have a great first day!
Great to hear that 3 of our consultants Dr Clare Appleby, Dr James Greenwood & Mr Dimitrios Pousios have also been recognised by
@LivUni
& made Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturers in recognition of their contribution to undergraduate & post graduate teaching - congratulations!
How many people in the past 12 months have a story to tell about our amazing cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, cardiac rehab teams, CVD teams, nurses, physios, AHPs, other clinical teams who have cared for their heart? It’s
#WorldHeartDay2019
. Thank you to all our heart heroes.
LHCH is a twice outstanding rated specialist heart and chest centre in
#Liverpool
. Tonight’s episode of
#Hospital
on
@BBCTwo
at 9pm features some of the rarest and most complex heart procedures that our cardiologists treat - and all filmed in one day.
#Hospital
@Label1tv
Great news to hear that Mr Mark Field, Consultant Aortic and Cardiac Surgeon
@LHCHFT
, has been recognised by
@LivUni
and been made an Honorary Associate Professor in recognition of his contribution to surgical research - congratulations Mark.
Congratulations to Naomi Ireland, Crit Care Nurse, our latest Best of the Best winner, who was nominated for being an excellent nurse, always having patient safety & care as her priority, for prompt clinical intervention, listening & communicating clearly.
Well done Naomi 🥳💙
Congratulations to Mr Michael Shackcloth, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon who has been awarded the national 2024 Golden Lungs Trainer Award Winner by
@SCTSUK
in Great Britain and Ireland.
Well done to Mr Shackcloth on this outstanding achievement.👏
#TeamLHCH
Happy Birthday NHS! A big thank you to our patients, businesses and local communities for your unfaltering support during the Covid 19 pandemic. Our staff have been overwhelmed by your support and generous donations to
@lhchcharity
.
#NHSBirthday
#ThankYouTogether
Brilliant to see
@LHCHFT
listed as one of the best specialised hospitals in the world and a great achievement for the
#NHS
in the north west to have 4 hospitals on the list.
Congratulations to Josh Preston from our Research Team who has today been awarded the 'Best of the Best' Employee of the Month for July 2021. Josh was nominated for his work on the Targeted Lung study, which looks at cancer treatments, which has enabled it to progress so well.👏
Huge congratulations to Linda, one of our 'marvellous' team of ACHD specialist nurses, on winning a
@pumpinghearts
'You're Simply Marvellous' Award. Linda was nominated for the prestigious award by a patient who said, 'She is truly an angel xx'
Huge thanks to
@totumsport
for generously donating hypertonic drink sachets for our staff. Plenty of minerals to keep the energy levels up through the coming days.
#thankyou