Official Twitter page of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. π₯
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It is with deep sadness that we share the news that we've lost a colleague. Mr Manjeet Singh Riyat was a hugely respected Emergency Consultant at Royal Derby Hospital
We are proud to be national leaders of good practice and inclusivity.
We believe we're the first Trust in the UK to introduce disposable sterile headscarves for staff to use in our Operating Theatres thanks to former Royal Derby Hospital Medical Student, Farah Roslan.
It is with deep sadness we announce that UHDB has lost a dedicated and committed colleague this week to Covid-19. Dr Krishnan Subramanian, a Consultant Anaesthetist at Royal Derby Hospital, sadly passed away yesterday.
Meet Rex, one of our Nurses from Queenβs Hospital Burton.
We are blown away by his amazing talent. Rex took to the stage this evening just before the
#ClapForCarers
π
A big thank you to
@CadburyUK
for donating 13,000 Easter eggs for our hardworking staff.
Tim from our
@hospitalcharity
is overseeing the distribution today, with the help of a team of volunteers from across the Trust.
#NHS
#COVID19
#ThankYouNHS
We invite you to join us for a minuteβs silence today at 1pm with your colleagues in your area of work on all UHDB sites to remember Mr Amged El-Hawrani.
Thanks to
@WayneRooney
& the
@dcfcofficial
team for visiting our Children's Hospital.
Whilst visiting our Children's Hospital, Wayne and the team also paid a special visit to Terry, a lifelong season ticket holder on our Stroke Ward.
Read more here:
We are very sorry to announce that Eileen Landers, a member of our cleaning team, sadly passed away yesterday from Covid-19. Eileen's family say she had a heart of gold and was the most generous person. Eileen was known here for her absolute dedication.
Yesterday, our colleague Ansel was discharged from RDH after 61 days fighting
#COVID19
ππ₯
Hundreds of emotional friends and colleagues lined the corridors to celebrate this incredible moment with him and his family π
Watch the video in full:
Yesterday, staff at Queenβs Hospital Burton received a very special telephone call from Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who offered their thanks to all of the teams across the
#NHS
and
#TeamUHDB
responding to the coronavirus outbreak.
@KensingtonRoyal
Happy Friday
#TeamUHDB
π₯π
Thank you for everything you have achieved this week - you are all superheroes!
REACH FOR THE STARS πβοΈπΌ
#FridayFeeling
Congratulations to our Executive Chief Nurse
@CathyWinfield
on behalf of everyone at
#TeamUHDB
- Cathy has been named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, being awarded an MBE for services to Nursing
We are delighted to announce that UHDB Consultant Surgeon Jyoti Shah has been awarded an MBE for her services to Medicine in the Kingβs New Yearβs Honourβs
π
After spending 23 days in intensive care and almost five weeks in total in hospital, our colleague Cyrus was today discharged from Royal Derby Hospital after beating
#COVID19
Read his story:
Let's start this week with some positive news!
Happy Birthday to Mabel who is celebrating her 102nd birthday with us today!
Our team on the ward have made her birthday as special as can be with cake and a birthday crown!
Happy Birthday from
#TeamUHDB
Mabel!
#MondayMotivation
Isnβt Andy so kind and thoughtful towards our volunteers?! He did an exceptional job training our volunteers!
Find out more about Andy below β¬οΈβ¬οΈ
#TheBigHospitalExperiment
Itβs with deep sadness we announce we have lost a much loved colleague to Covid-19. Michelle Hart, Receptionist on Ward 408 at Royal Derby Hospital, sadly passed away on Friday. Our thoughts are with Michelleβs family and friends at this time.
At the start of the programme, Michael was unemployed - since completing the experiment, weβre so happy to hear that he has just started working as a Support Worker for people with Mental Health and Learning Difficulties!
Follow your dreams Michael!
#thebighospitalexperiment
In the UK,
#snow
is something weβre used to seeing every year, but for our Filipino Nurses, today was the FIRST bit of snow theyβd ever seen - they could not control their excitement!
@aldaricojr
and his colleague are both Staff Nurses at QHB!
#uksnow
We are delighted to announce that Paul Brooks, Director of Patient Experience, Estates and Facilities at UHDB, has been awarded an MBE for his services to Healthcare Leadership.
Cathy Winfield, our Executive Chief Nurse will be leaving the Trust to take on a new role as Chief Nursing Officer for the Integrated Care Board in South Yorkshire.
More here:
Check out our new set of wheels for Children at Queen's Hospital Burton. Our younger patients now have the option to drive themselves into theatres ahead of their operation to try and distract them from any fear or nerves they may have
#TeamUHDB
@UHDBChildrens
Our warmest congratulations to our legendary ED consultant Miss Susie Hewitt who is being honoured tonight by
@RCollEM
for her life-time contribution to Emergency Medicine with this yearβs prestigious Presidentβs Medal
@RCEMpresident
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Speciality Trainee Anna Lewis. Annaβs colleagues say she was a very polite, gentle and kind person who was always there to help others. Our heartfelt condolences go to Annaβs family at this time.
Congratulations to
@KrishnaKallian1
on securing her first permanent Chief Nurse position. Krishna has been instrumental at our hospitals, especially over the past year as Interim Chief Nurse and has helped to lead us through the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Krishna Kallianpur, a nurse with more than 30 years' experience, will be joining us as our Chief Nurse in the Autumn.
Krishna is well known and respected by colleagues across the Derbyshire health and social care system - read more via the link below...
Thank you for everyone that clapped for us and helped raise our spirits π
Thank you to our staff for everything you have achieved this week, weβre so proud of you and everything you are doing.
#ClapForCarers
We are very saddened to share the news that Norman Austria, a Healthcare Assistant at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has passed away after many weeks battling Covid-19.
Our thoughts are with his family.
We have been exploring ways to give all
#TeamUHDB
staff free parking over the coming months during the Covid-19 pandemic. We have now been given the backing from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to proceed. A big thank you to all
#TeamUHDB
for everything you do!
Despite
#PlanB
restrictions being stepped down across the UK on January 27, there will be NO change to restrictions across our hospitals.
We're still caring for incredibly poorly patients and we want to do everything we can to keep them safe.
UHDB has today been chosen to take part in the vaccination of patients and key workers against coronavirus. There are 50 hubs, of which UHDB is one, in the first wave.
Our Childrenβs Emergency Department Team at the Royal Derby Hospital πππππ
Massive shoutout to all of our staff going above and beyond to keep our patients safe!
#covid_19
#nhsstaff
#ThankYouNHS
@UHDBChildrensED
Weβre proud to announce that the Royal Derby Hospital has earned a position in the Newsweek Worldβs Best Hospitals 2020!
The Worldβs Best Hospitals ranking recognise the best medical institutions across 21 countries.
@Newsweek
We were saddened that one of our colleagues was the subject of racial abuse at work.
Our staff dedicate their lives to helping people, they deserve to be treated with respect.
Racism has no place within our hospitals or our communities.
#racism
#nhsstaff
#noplaceforracism
We created this video to say
#MerryChristmas
!πβοΈ
When you remove the tinsel & fairy lights, youβll see a team of dedicated professionals whoβre working hard to make xmas special for those who are spending the festive period in hospital
#ThankyouNHS
#NHSChristmas
#ChristmasEve
We were so proud to see 20 year-old Sam walk off one of our wards at the Royal Derby Hospital after nearly 7 months in hospital.
Sam said: βGoing home is the best Christmas present I could have asked for!β
Read more here:
DO YOU WORK FOR US? If you can't get home after your shift, or you are struggling to get in to work for you shift, call switchboard and speak to the Senior Nurse on call. We are doing everything we can to provide accommodation and a 4x4 response for colleagues who are stuck.
Staff across
@UHDBTrust
observed a
#minutesilence
this morning to honour keyworkers who have lost their lives.
At this time we also remembered our colleagues; Amged El-Hawrani, Manjeet Singh Riyat, David Boyer and Eileen Landers.
#IWMD2020
#NeverForgotten
From 1 February 2022, our current Executive Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive,
@magnusharrison
, will take up the role of Interim Chief Executive.
Read more β¬οΈ
Our restaurant on Level 5 at RDH will be open on Christmas Day serving festive dinners for those who unfortunately canβt make it home for Christmas
#DHFTFestiveHeroes
#MerryXmasNHS
We'd like to say a massive thank you to our friends
@DerbyUni
and other businesses in the community for their kind donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) to keep our
#UHDBheroes
safe to care for our patients. Find out more here:
Watch the heartwarming moment Emergency Department Receptionist, Hilary, is applauded out of the Department after her final shift at the Royal Derby Hospital and 47 years service in the NHS.
"In the NHS, you donβt get to choose who cares for you depending on the colour of their skin, the colour of their passport, or their accent." Our CEO
@gavinUHDB
has spoken out about the vile racist abuse directed at our
#UHDBheroes
in his latest blog:
We are very sorry to announce the sad passing of Colette Morley, a Modern Housekeeper at Royal Derby. Colette will be known for her starring role in the ITV documentary Superhospital, filmed at Royal Derby. Join us in a minute's silence today at 11am.
Happy Retirement Jackie! π
Colleagues at Queenβs Hospital Burton applauded Registered Nurse, Jackie, out of her final shift on Ward 5! ππ₯
Jackie has dedicated over half a century of her career to nursing.
β‘οΈ Read more here:
Thank you
#CaptainSirTomMoore
π As an honorary member of the NHS workforce, we will commission a flower and a leaf in his name for our memorial garden and memorial tree at Royal Derby Hospital and Queenβs Hospital Burton.
#TeamUHDB
#ClapForCaptainTom
We're delighted to announce that Fiona Lindop, Specialist Physiotherapist in our Parkinson's team, has been awarded an MBE for services to physiotherapy in the 2024 New Year Honours.
Congratulations, Fiona, and thank you for all that you do.
β‘οΈ
Weβre pleased to announce that weβve been rated βGoodβ overall with areas of βOutstandingβ practice by the CQC following an inspection earlier this year.
Thank you to all of our staff for continuing to work together to provide excellent care to our patients.
@CQCProf
We are delighted to share that two
#TeamUHDB
colleagues have been recognised in the
#JubileeHonours
. Dr Andrew Goddard, gastroenterologist consultant has been knighted and governor Maura Teager has been awarded an MBE:
We are πππ₯π’π π‘πππ to announce that Dr James Crampton has been appointed as Executive Medical Director.
Dr Crampton has worked at our hospitals for 13 years, establishing himself as a respected, compassionate & trusted leader.
π’ Full story here:
At the end of every rainbow is a pot of gold! ππππ
This afternoon, the end of the rainbow was found shining in to the main reception of the Royal Derby Hospital π
πΈ Kathy Watts
Congratulations to Miss Gill Tierney, one of our Consultant Surgeons, who has been named as only the second ever female president of
@asgbi
! π
Find out more:
Congratulations to UHDB's Executive Chief Nurse
@CathyWinfield
who has been appointed to a prestigious role at NHS England.
Cathy will spend one day a week on secondment as one of three new Executive Nurse Fellows.
Read more:
#NHS
#TeamUHDB
A registered nurse in Derby is leading the way for trainee nursing associates after becoming the first in the country to progress from nursing associate to registered nurse.
Congratulations Ronald from Ward 304 at Royal Derby Hospital.
@IamAlwaysRhon
@SimonGibson20
We are so proud to announce that
@UHDBTrust
has administered over 1β£0β£,0β£0β£0β£ coronavirus vaccine doses, just more than a month after opening our βVaccination Hubβ at Royal Derby Hospital. π
Read more here:
#COVID19
#CovidVaccine
#coronavirus
#CoronaVac
Staff on Ward 216 have created a βWhen this is over...β board.
On the board they have shared their wishes and hopes for what theyβll be able to do when
#cov
Δ±d19 is over!
What are your plans? Share them with us below ππΌ
Emergency Department Nurse, Aldarico Velasco, has been recognised for showing the importance of speaking up and showing the world there is no place for
#racism
after experiencing horrific racial abuse himself whilst doing the job he loves.
Read more here:
THREAD: We're delighted to begin vaccinating patients against
#Coronavirus
today.
87 year-old, Donald Shipley, was one of the first UHDB patients to have received the fully-tested and approved
#COVID19Vaccine
here at the Royal Derby Hospital.
Weβre delighted to announce that our merger with
@BurtonHospitals
has been given the final go ahead. We become University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust on 1 July bringing together our five hospitals in Derby, Burton, Lichfield and Tamworth.
We have temporarily changed our visiting arrangements to help respond to Coronavirus and protect our staff, visitors and patients. We know that itβs important for our patients to see family and friends. Full details here:
βYou wouldnβt stand in ASDA would you and walk up to someone and say βhey up Iβm Andy, are you alright?β - But when you stick this uniform in, you just do!β
#TheBigHospitalExperiment
βI didnβt get into medicine for my days off, I got into medicine to make people betterβ ππ₯
A Derby patient has thanked Consultant Laparoscopic & Upper GI Surgeon, Mr Syed Iftikhar, after he performed emergency surgery on her on what was meant to be his day off from work.
πππΎWe'd like to say a huge thank you to our friends
@burtonalbionfc
who have kindly made a suite at the Pirelli Stadium available for our midwives to offer vital antenatal and post-natal care within the community for our women. Find out more here: ππΎπ
Happy birthday to ya!π We'd like to wish Carol Hicks, Senior Sister on Ward 6 at Queen's Hospital Burton, celebrated her 60th birthday on the ward today with the people she described as her "second family". π
We hope you've had a lovely day Carol! π
#TeamUHDB
ππΎOn behalf of our whole
@UHDBTrust
family, we'd like to say a huge thank you to the
@BritishArmy
colleagues who have been supporting our staff at Royal Derby Hospital over the last few weeks. Find out more at:
βTis the season of accidents and illness...β
Our Burton A&E Team came up with their own rendition of βMerry Christmas Everyoneβ - will
#XFactor
be calling them anytime soon? π΅πβοΈ
Merry Christmas from Team A&E at Queenβs Hospital Burton.
#NHS
#NHSChristmas
#NHScomms
We would like to take this opportunity to thank colleagues at
@Leic_hospital
for the care they have given to Krishnan and his family, it is appreciated by everyone at UHDB
Frances Ebong, a staff nurse on Ward 7 at Queenβs Hospital Burton, has sadly passed away following illness. Frances, who was 38-years-old, was married with three young children. Our thoughts are with her family at this time and we will be doing everything we can to support them.
Letβs give a massive shoutout to all of our
@UHDBTrust
staff who have battled the floods and difficult road conditions in Derbyshire and Staffordshire to get to and from work!
Thanks all, you really are true UHDB Heroes π₯πππΌ
Please stay safe & only travel if safe to do so!
We opened our doors to 14 young people, trained them and supported them as they helped to care for patients. We hoped to inspire them to consider a career in the health sector and are beyond proud to see this ππ½
#TheBigHospitalExperiment
"Thanks to all doctors, nurses, HCAs, porters, cleaners, technicians and administrators. You're brave, brilliant
& bold. We will not forget your courage and sacrifice. Stay safe & well, we love you x"
How lovely is this message that we received - well done all!
#FridayFeeling
We are so excited to announce that the "Thank U NHS" Spitfire will fly over the Royal Derby Hospital this weekend. βοΈπ₯π
Read more here:
Please retweet to spread the word!βοΈ
#nhsspitfire
#thankyounhs
Thank you
@NHS
! π
And thank you to Karl Smith and our Grounds Maintenance officers, Mike, Charlie and Curtis for making this happen outside the Royal Derby hospital. You guys are AWESOME! π
#HereForDerby
It is with great sadness that we inform you that Adele Hunter, a much loved colleague who worked in our Cancer Improvement Team, has passed away peacefully.
Adele will be remembered as a loyal, caring and loving person who would do anything for anyone.