We provide hospital care at the Lister, Hertford County and New QEII hospitals, as well as the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. Here to chat Mon to Fri, 9am - 5pm.
The 11-year-old daughter of one of our surgeons, Geraint Lloyd, is in desperate need of a blood stem cell transplant - and they need a complete stranger to help save Arya's life.
Please retweet this and, if you think you might be a match, register here ➡️
We are so proud of our children's senior sister
@lizziebessell
who has been awarded an MBE for services to nursing and mental health services in the
#QueensBirthdayHonours
🎖️.
Huge congratulations, Lizzie! ⭐
"Keep doing that fantastic work guys" - thanks to singer
@KimWilde
for her lovely message to our NHS staff and a shout out to our hard-working
@ENHHCharity
team too 🎶
It's not long now until
#ClapForOurCarers
at 8pm – thank you for your support!
🎉 We were delighted to welcome HRH The Princess Royal to Lister Hospital this morning.
HRH spent time meeting our Butterfly volunteers, presenting them with the
@QueensAwardVS
to commemorate all their amazing work.
ℹ Find out more here:
Today we said goodbye to our chief executive Nick Carver, after 19 years at the Trust, and 42 years in the NHS💙
Thank you for your service Nick🙌 - you will be much missed.
Huge congratulations to Lindsay and Martin McMullan who got married on ward 11 at Lister Hospital this week. Not a dry eye in the house! 🤵💍👰
We'd also like to say a big
#ThankYouThursday
to our staff for making this possible 👏💙
🗣️“I just want to thank everyone for their kindness, care and hard work in helping me recover and get home”
💙
🥊 Watch boxing promoter
@frankwarren_tv
's thank you message to staff after spending 8 days at Lister Hospital with COVID-19 🏥
#ThankYouThursday
#HereForEachOther
🎉 Delighted to share that we are the second Trust in the UK to receive Pathway to Excellence designation!
Showing our commitment to staff, that we value and listen to feedback and provide excellent patient care 🙌
Find out more:
@CNOEngland
#teamCNO
💙 Porters are at the heart of every hospital - providing high-quality care to our patients couldn't happen without their support.
Put simply, they are a driving force - as Edgar and fellow porters from the Lister are demonstrating here! 🚗😆👏
#HereForEachOther
#PorterPower
In June 2000 64 young nurses left their homes in the Philippines to pursue their dreams of working abroad - with 32 based at Lister and 32 at QEII 🇵🇭🛬🇬🇧
TWENTY years on 27 remain at the trust - an incredible feat of long service... and one which deserves cake!
#ThankYou
🦋 Our brilliant Butterfly volunteers who provide compassionate care to dying patients at Lister Hospital have received royal recognition 👏
👑 Today they have been honoured with the
@QueenAwardVS
- the highest accolade they can receive!
#QAVS2020
#VolunteersWeek
#SoDeserved
🏨 A hospital corridor... brought to life! We present to you our new Life Gallery at Lister Hospital 🖼
It is true work of art, located just off the main entrance, where members of our local community can display their talents - so please spread the word 🎨
In short, enjoy 💙
🎬 “My mother was a nurse so I know how hard you work and how much you give of yourselves… you mean the world to all of us and are doing an incredible job.”
This message from "Stevenage boy"
@GilesTerera
is making us rather emotional 😭🥰
#ClapForKeyWorkers
#HereForEachOther
Have you noticed something different about our Lister Hospital tower this week? 👀
We've lit up the building in pink and blue to mark
#BabyLossAwarenessWeek
🏥📆
The lights are part of a week-long campaign to remember all the babies who lit up our lives for such a short time 💙
🎉 Congratulations to our infection prevention and control team who were recently recognised with a Silver
@BJNursing
award! 🏆
The award recognises the vital contribution the team makes to keeping our staff and patients safe. 👏
Thank you for everything you do 💙
📣We’re delighted to announce that Theresa Murphy will be joining
@enherts
as chief nurse later this summer📣
Theresa has a wealth of experience in leading nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals at an executive level - we’re really excited for her to be joining us🙌
🏆 Our final award of the evening is The Pride of ENHT 2019 award. And the winner is… Lizzie Bessell. Thoroughly deserved – well done Lizzie!
#ENHTDifference
⭐️
We are really proud to be playing our part in the battle against COVID-19 – and today marks a real turning point 🙌
📣 81-year-old John was the first person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine at Lister Hospital... and described it as a "piece of cake!" 💉🍰
Yesterday was a landmark moment for us and two years in the making – our new state-of-the-art da Vinci Xi robot was used for the first time 🤖👏
The result? Today a high-risk patient with prostate cancer is back home, less than 24 hours after surgery 🏥➡️🏡💪
#TomorrowToday
“Abdy was part of our family and that is how we will remember him” 💙
Today we celebrated, remembered and shared memories of our colleague Dr Abdy Sedghi, who passed away at the end of May from COVID-19.
🎉This morning we celebrated as two of our amazing nurses received a Cavell Star Award from the
@CavellTrust
.
Carrie and Tina were nominated by their colleagues for continually going above and beyond for our patients and their families. ⭐
Congratulations! 👏
It is with huge
#PRIDE
that we raised the Pride flag today as a show of support for the LGBTQ+ community in Pride Month 🏳️🌈
Bereavement Officer Kevyn Hopkins - a member of our LGBTQ+ network - did the honours... he's a natural 👏
Looking forward to
@VirtualNHSPride
tomorrow 😁
At 9am we raised a flag to mark the start of Armed Forces Week 🇬🇧
Members of staff who are part of the armed forces family have been invited to wear their ‘other’ uniform this week as a small token of our appreciation 🎖️
Thank you for your service to us, and to the country 👏
Create and protect 🙌
@HaileyburyDT
have joined the fight against
#coronavirus
using their 3D printers to manufacture protective visors for NHS workers 🏥
A batch of 60 more are on their way to the Lister Hospital in Stevenage 👏
🥳 This morning we opened our newly refurbished and expanded pharmacy aseptic unit at Lister hospital, making patient-specific chemotherapy treatments for our patients at Lister Hospital 🏥 and Mount Vernon Cancer Centre 🏥
And the Inspiring Manager Award winner is… Mae Cometa! 🎉
Marvellous Mae has been tenacious in keeping patients safe and educating colleagues on how to manage Covid and other infectious diseases, while always being there to support her team 💪💙
#TimeToShine
Last night colleagues paid tribute to Dr Abdorreza Sedghi - known as Abdy - at Lister Hospital.
He sadly passed away on 27 May after contracting coronavirus.
Abdy made a big impact with his charisma and personality, and was devoted to his patients. We will miss him very much.
🙌🏼 We’d like to thank our community for the kind donations of refreshments for our staff, in our new wellbeing zone at the Lister, and at our other sites. 🙌🏼
You can offer donations via our charity
@ENHHCharity
#HereForPatients
#HereForEachOther
Congratulations to our Urological Surgeon, Professor Nikhil Vasdev, who has been named as a section editor for Gray's Surgical Anatomy 📚
Professor Vasdev will be editing the urology and pelvis section in the next edition, which will be available in 2024 ✍️
What an incredible evening celebrating the achievements, effort and commitment of our
#NHSHeroes
! 👏
Thank you to
@ENHHCharity
and our wonderful sponsors for helping to make tonight happen! 🙌
And to those who weren't here to celebrate, thank you for all you do 💙
#TimeToShine
A huge thank you to all of our staff working across the trust today. 🙌
The Mayor of Stevenage Cllr Simon Speller visited to say thank you, along with the Salvation Army providing music. 🎼🎺
A huge congratulations to Sheena Lim from our Research Team, who today received a Cavell Star Award from the
@CavellTrust
⭐
Sheena was nominated by her colleagues for going above and beyond for her patients. Thank you for all that you continue to do 💙
📣 We're delighted to announce that Lucy Davies
@LucyDaviesCOO
will be joining us as chief operating officer in April.📣
Lucy has a wealth of experience in operational and improvement roles at a senior level, and we're really excited for her to be joining the team. 👏👏
🎥 One of our new pop-up isolation rooms was used at Lister for the first time yesterday – up in minutes! ⏩
🛏️ These 'Redirooms' help keep our patients safe 💙
A huge thank you to our supporters whose generous donations to
@ENHHCharity
have made this possible 👏
⭐We are proud and humbled to have received
@StevenageBC
@StevenageMayor
Judge's Special Award at
#prideofstevenageawards
2020 - this award is for all of our staff - and huge thanks to our local community for your amazing support throughout ⭐
Wow! Two of our midwives have received national recognition for going above and beyond in their roles 👏
Congratulations to Pam Langford and Sacha Koutrouza - so well deserved 🎉
We were honoured to have
@TeamCMidO
and
@Jessreadmidwife
for a socially-distanced/virtual event ↔️
Happy 100th birthday to Welwyn Garden City! 🎂
Our QEII hospital has been part of the community since it first opened – and we have provided care to patients there ever since.
We want to take say thank you to the community for their continued support during this time.
Here are some of our final year student nurses and pharmacists who have volunteered to join the clinical teams responding to COVID-19. Today
@RachaelCorser
welcomed them back for their induction, and we have two words to say to every one of them - THANK YOU!
#HereForEachOther
We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new chair Anita Day, who will join the Trust on 1 February 2024.
Anita has a wealth of experience in the NHS and beyond – you can find out more about her on our website below.
💙 Everyone at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust would like to say thank you to the overwhelming support and kindness that we have seen by the local community.
Your kind words and generosity mean so much to our staff at this time 💙
Just heard that our Butterfly volunteers have been announced winners of the care and compassion award at today's NHS70 Parliamentary Awards - a fantastic achievement! And renal telemedicine team also shortlisted (Future NHS category)
Congratulations to Justina Hassett, who has been named our Midwife of the Year today 💐🏆👏
📣 In her nomination, colleague Rose said: "Justina is a really kind and unassuming midwife who always goes over and above to support her women, and her colleagues too" 💙
#IDM2021
It’s
#DementiaActionWeek
, and we want to give a shout out to our fantastic admiral nurse
@ruthbradford15
👏
Ruth works across all our dementia services at the Trust and ensures that we maintain a dementia friendly environment 👩⚕️
Thank you Ruth for all that you do 💙
🎉 This morning we celebrated as Mandy, one of our ward managers, was awarded a
#CavellStarAward
for going above and beyond for her patients. 🙌
Thank you Mandy and a huge congratulations from everyone
@enherts
💙⭐
"Once a nurse, always a nurse" - Amanda has come out of retirement to help her former colleagues in caring for patients during the coronavirus pandemic 👩⚕️
One word springs to mind - HERO 💙
Read her story:
Midwives at Lister Hospital are being given hand creme and chocolate treats - a small token of appreciation to mark International Day of the Midwife 🎁
Thanks to
@ENHHCharity
for organising this - and to our amazing community for the donations 👏
#IDM2020
#ThankYouMidwives
📹 "I don't know what we'd do without you" - best-selling author
@KMFollett
thanks our NHS staff.
Thanks for your kind words, Ken! 📚
To show your support for our staff please retweet and text HERE4EACHOTHER to 70085 to donate £5 😇
#HereForEachOther
#ClapForOurCarers
Today is another big step forward – the arrival of our THIRD robot 🤖👏
The versatility of
@CMRSurgical
's
#Versius
will help our surgeons carry out more robotic operations, ensuring patients:
🤕❌ Have less pain
🕐✅ Recover quicker
💪 Experience better outcomes
#TomorrowToday
Clap and cheer for your
#NHS
heroes 👏They are there for us when we need them, be there for them when they need you most. Share your message of support and donate To donate £5 text HERE4EACHOTHER to 70085 HereForEachOther
#HereForPatients
#TheyWillBeReady
A shout out to our ambulance colleagues, and community outreach teams, out and about in the chilly weather today. 🥶
Our CEO
@AdamSewellJones
met
@EastEnglandAmb
CEO
@HeyTomAbell
who is out in their welfare wagon supporting their teams at Lister. 🚐
🎈 Delighted that our
#PathwaysToExcellence
programme has officially launched 🎈 The programme will help ensure that the care we deliver to our patients is of the highest standard👩⚕️ 👨⚕️
#oneprofessionalvoice
🎅Our chief executive Nick Carver greeted staff as they arrived for work at the Lister today with a small token of appreciation. Thank you to colleagues at all of our sites and units for all you do to keep our patients safe at all times of the year 🏥🎄
Hospitals can be confusing places, with lots of different equipment and clinical wording used by staff 🏥
That's why we are happy to share one of our
@ENHHCharity
-funded infographics, aimed at helping relatives and visitors learn about the equipment used to treat loved ones 💙
In 3 hours' time we welcome hundreds of our wonderful staff to our glittering venue for our first in-person awards ceremony since 2019 🏆
It will be an emotional evening and a night of celebration for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic 💙
#TimeToShine
We’re really proud to have achieved Gold Award from
@DefenceHQ
for our support for staff from the armed services community. The unique skills they bring to our trust really make a difference to our patients.
#OurNHSPeople
@EAEmployers
#GoldERS2019
🎉 This morning we said thank you to three members of staff for going above and beyond for our patients, patients' families, and their colleagues.
A big well done to Janette (who joined us virtually), Clarissa and Jericho on receiving your
#CavellStarAward
⭐🎉💙
Next up is Medical Director
@MikeChilvers1
, who has thanked Barley Ward staff for being
#FlippinGreat
“Thank you to Barley Ward. It’s been a difficult winter, but they continue to provide excellent stroke rehabilitation care”
#FlippinGreat
#PancakeDay
And the winner of the
@LINET_UK
Compassionate Care Award is… the critical care team! 🙌
This team have been at the front of the pandemic providing care to critically ill patients and their families – and all with compassion and kindness 💙
#TimeToShine
Earlier this week, our chief executive, Adam, met therapy pony Charlie on a recent visit to the Acute Medical Unit at Lister Hospital!
It was also the first time therapy ponies had visited patients on AMU – raising the spirits of both patients and staff! 💙
We are delighted to announce that Rumbi Chakahwata is our new lead for equality, diversity and inclusion 👏
Rumbi has worked in the NHS in both clinical and non-clinical roles, and is passionate about making our Trust a more inclusive environment 💙
Congratulations to Rumbi!
The wheels are in motion 👏
Today we welcomed the PET-CT scanning van onto our Lister Hospital site for a practice run before the service starts later this year.
We are excited to be working with Paul Strickland Scanner Centre and
@InHealthGroup
to develop cancer services 👊
Congratulations to Alison Gibson, who has been named operations manager of the month award! 🏆
💭 Alison is a "supportive and compassionate divisional director, who takes time to understand staff needs and always goes the extra mile - and is a real asset to the Trust!" 💙
🌟 We’re very pleased to hear that our former chief executive Nick Carver has been awarded an OBE in today’s Jubilee Honours!
🎖️ Congratulations Nick!
Read more here ⤵️
It's
@cycletoworkday
today! 🚲
We're hugely impressed by junior doctor Ximena who came in on two wheels on her very first day 👏
And our medical director
@MikeChilvers1
deserves some credit too for his lycra-clad commute from Letchworth! 🩳
#CycleToWorkDay
This week's
#ThankYouThursday
is dedicated to the fantastic Dagmar, who devoted her time outside of her role as a Central Venous Access Devices (CVAD) nurse, to transform some of the areas in Radiology at Lister Hospital into stunning murals 🎨💙
Did you see us on
@BBCLookEast
last night?
Clinical director for Lister Hospital's emergency department, Dr Junaid Qazi, spoke about how government funding of £6m will make a difference to patients this winter and beyond ❄️🌱☀️🍁
🎥 Watch (from 5m20s)⤵️…
Congratulations to Adele Leveton, our
@DedalusUKI
Quality Award winner! 🏆
Adele worked for the Trust for 33 years. Her tireless efforts ensured families receive care closer to, and often in the comfort of their own home, reducing time at hospital and in clinics.
Our first award on Wednesday will be the
@DedalusUKI
Quality Award 😃
Join us as we celebrate this year's fantastic nominees:
🩸 Josie Jarvis, Phlebotomy
👩⚕️ Adele Leveton, Childrens Oncology Community Nurse
🦠 The Sepsis Nurses
#TimeToShine
Our Special Contribution award goes to Rizaldy Tibio! 👏
Riz exemplifies true compassion and support, caring for a colleague when in hospital and even supporting with funeral arrangements in times of sorrow. His kindness shines through, making his team feel valued and included
The Special Contribution Award celebrates those who have gone above and beyond 🦸♂️🦸
The nominees for Wednesday's award are:
🌟 Karen Young
⭐ Jaymie Gradwell
✨ Rizaldy Tibio
#TimeToShine
📢We're pleased to share our brand new renal unit is officially open! The Chiltern Kidney Centre is bigger & offers a wider range of services for our patients. Thank you to everyone involved! 👏
Proud to take part in
#clapforcarers
this evening alongside colleagues from Herts Fire and Rescue and the amazing NHS at the QE2.
Thank you so much to everyone for joining in, and for those who clapped as we left the hospital, it was a lovely gesture and very much appreciated.
Today we have been remembering patients and colleagues who have lost their lives during the pandemic 🕯️
Our chief executive paid tribute to them, and to the incredible resilience of our staff. 💙
What we know now, more than ever, is we are stronger together.
#DayOfReflection
A huge congratulations to Naomi Williams, who recently signed a professional contract with Arsenal Women 👏
Before her news, Naomi was a much-loved volunteer at Lister Hospital, supporting our maternity services with administrative tasks; we wish her the very best of luck! 💙⚽
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our memorial service today 💙
A wreath was laid next to 511 blue NHS flags - one for every person who has sadly died with Covid-19 at the Trust 🌈
📽 You can watch the service back on our Facebook page ⤵️
💜🌟Seems like a good time to share this rap video from the amazing Purple All Stars - a group of people from Hertfordshire with learning disabilities who use creative arts to spread important health messages:
Please share!
#CantTouchThis
#WashYourHands
Thank you to
@LukeNorris9
, Dean Campbell and 'Boro Bear' from
@StevenageFC
, who provided some festive cheer to staff, patients and parents at our children's Bluebell Ward earlier this week🎄🎅
[Photo credit: Jim Steele]
Congratulations to Chris Boseley and the Carlisle Support Services security team – our
@Mitie
Unsung Heroes Award winners 🏆
The team have worked tirelessly to keep staff, patients and visitors safe, amid heightened emotional interactions due to Covid-19 🦺
#TimeToShine
Remember Ray - our last COVID-19 patient to leave our critical care unit? 🏥
Well, we are so pleased to say that he was discharged from Lister Hospital on Friday and is now back home
🎥 You can watch his remarkable story on BBC Look East (35 seconds in):
At 11am our staff will pause to remember those lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today we can also announce that we are working with
@ENHHCharity
to create a memorial space for all to remember and reflect, so those who have sadly died will never be forgotten.
#HereForEachOther
Huge congratulations to Dr Oscar Swift who's been awarded a research grant giving him dedicated time looking at the significance of liver health in people with established kidney disease 🔍👏
Read about Dr Swift's reaction on our website ➡���
Please can we have a round of apaws for these therapy dogs and their owners who pitched up outside our main entrance at Lister Hospital to bring us some Christmas cheer last week 🐕🦺😍🐩👏
We've all really missed you, and will have you back on our wards as soon as we can! 🤞💙
Today we gifted a photobook 📸📖 to Trust staff, telling our story over the last 20 months – in recognition of their continued work and dedication throughout the pandemic 💙
⭐The book was kindly funded by supporters, through
@ENHHCharity
👏
#HereForPatients
#HereForEachOther
Our very own Admiral Nurse Hannah Gardner
@Hannahdementia
@DementiaUK
is at the Lister Community Hub today to give help and advice on all things dementia. Pop down and have a chat and pick up a
#freebadge
We'd like to dedicate this
#ThankYouThursday
to the amazing Carina, our Lead Research Nurse.
🤯 Carina has just finished a four-hour hula hoop challenge, raising over £1,000 for
@ENHHCharity
in support of
#ClinicalTrialsDay
Massive congratulations, Carina! 👏 👏
So proud of our respiratory team who were shortlisted for the Respiratory Care Initiative of the Year at tonight's
#HSJValue
Awards for their amazing COVID Virtual Clinic 👏💙
You may not have won, but you are all winners in our eyes... and looking fantastic, too 🤩
Today's opening of the Robertson House NHS vaccination centre in Stevenage is fantastic news - well done to
@HCTNHS
and everyone involved 👏
Please remember people most at risk of COVID-19 will be invited to have their jab first. You must have a booked appointment to attend.