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Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for the Royal Derby Hospital and the London Road Community Hospital incorporating the Derby Medical School which is run in partnership with the University of Nottingham. Rated Good by the Care Quality Commission in 2015 following their inspection where they noted some outstanding practice and innovation, we deliver quality patient care a

nd in recent years have achieved high standards which have put us amongst the cleanest and safest hospitals in the country.

Eid Mubarak to our Muslim patients, colleagues and communities celebrating this joyous occasion.We wish you all a happy ...
27/05/2026

Eid Mubarak to our Muslim patients, colleagues and communities celebrating this joyous occasion.

We wish you all a happy Eid Al Adha with your community and loved ones.

๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐”๐‡๐ƒ๐ โœจ โ€œBehind the scenes, Biomedical Science helps turn results into answers.โ€ ๐Ÿงช ๐Ÿฉธ Meet ๐…๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š, Biomedic...
26/05/2026

๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐”๐‡๐ƒ๐ โœจ

โ€œBehind the scenes, Biomedical Science helps turn results into answers.โ€ ๐Ÿงช

๐Ÿฉธ Meet ๐…๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š, Biomedical Scientist in our Blood Bank at Queen's Hospital Burton. Federica works behind the scenes to process and test blood samples, helping to ensure patients receive the right diagnosis, and the right treatment or medication, as quickly as possible.

๐Ÿ”ฌ Federica says: โ€œWhat I enjoy most about my role is combining science with patient care. Even though patients may not see us, itโ€™s rewarding knowing the work we do in the laboratory can make a real difference to people.โ€

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ If you'd like to know more about Biomedical Scientists, you can learn about the role of healthcare science in the NHS, here: https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/healthcare-science

It is important to us that we recognise and celebrate our colleagues. If someone went the extra mile while caring for yo...
26/05/2026

It is important to us that we recognise and celebrate our colleagues. If someone went the extra mile while caring for you, a relative or friend, we want to hear about it. Here's how you can share your experience with us โฌ‡๏ธ

๐ŸŒŸIf you wish to nominate a team or staff member as your Patient Hero, please visit: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/making-a-difference-awards-2026 where you can tell us why they deserve to be recognised. ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ’ฌIf you wish to share feedback about your experience you can speak to our dedicated Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS), by emailing [email protected] or calling 01332 785156.

We're sending a big ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ to UHDB colleagues who are working across our hospitals this Bank Holiday. ๐Ÿ’ซWe are able to...
25/05/2026

We're sending a big ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ to UHDB colleagues who are working across our hospitals this Bank Holiday. ๐Ÿ’ซ

We are able to deliver care ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒ of the year thanks to your incredible dedication to our communities. ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿค

"๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐š ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž."Thera...
22/05/2026

"๐–๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐š ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž."

Therapy Assistant Practitioner Ellie Cooper-James was visiting the home of an elderly patient as part of a follow-up frailty service when she spotted that the patient, who had been discharged from the emergency department days earlier, was unwell and needed to go back into hospital.

Ellie contacted 111 to seek help and monitored the patient - until an ambulance arrived. However, when the patient refused to go back into hospital, Ellie used the rapport she had built with her to compassionately explain the situation and encourage the woman to get the support she needed in the hospital, where she is now receiving ongoing care.

Mark Hill, Deputy Chief Nurse, presented Ellie with a Making a Difference Award, for her efforts, telling her:

"You used your expertise to identify that this lady needed to be seen in hospital. Keeping calm, you put the patient's safety needs at the forefront and with compassion, listened to her and supported her to get the help she needs. Thank you for going above and beyond to deliver exceptional care." โญ๏ธ

Some very '๐†๐จ๐จ๐' news for our patients and colleagues todayโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“ˆ โœ…Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections have rated out...
21/05/2026

Some very '๐†๐จ๐จ๐' news for our patients and colleagues todayโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ“ˆ โœ…

Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspections have rated outpatient and diagnostic imaging services at our Derby and Burton hospitals as 'Good'. ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ’™ Among the achievements found in the inspections, the CQC highlighted compassionate, respectful care, and strong teamwork across our services. Our patients also told the CQC that they felt well informed, and involved in decisions about their treatment.

๐Ÿ‘ ๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ to all of our dedicated colleagues and teams - who make this possible every day, and share our ambition to build on this progress and continue to make a difference to everyone we care for.

Find out more ๐Ÿ‘‡
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/latest-news/good-news-for-derby-and-burton-hospitals-as-services-rated-by-cqc-20925

M&S Food at Royal Derby Hospital has officially ๐™ง๐™š-๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™! ๐ŸŽ‰ After some refurbishment work to help improve the service o...
19/05/2026

M&S Food at Royal Derby Hospital has officially ๐™ง๐™š-๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™! ๐ŸŽ‰

After some refurbishment work to help improve the service on offer for patients, visitors, and colleagues looking to grab food and other refreshments at the hospital - the new-look store, situated by the main entrance, was opened today by none other than ๐๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐  himself! ๐Ÿท

Thank you for your patience while the refurbishment took place ๐Ÿ’™

18/05/2026

"Her actions are a powerful example of the impact of kindness, patience, and clinical skill combined.โ€ ๐Ÿ’™

๐Ÿ† We're proud to see Kelly Field, Staff Nurse at Royal Derby Hospital, recognised with a Cavell Star Award for her compassionate approach to nursing.

โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉน After "stepping up when it mattered most" when supporting a vulnerable patient with complex needs, her colleague Haley nominated her for the award to show the real difference that patience, and truly listening to our patients, can make.

๐Ÿ”— Read more about Kelly's story: https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/latest-news/nurse-who-stepped-up-when-it-mattered-most-for-vulnerable-patient-is-recognised-with-prestigious-award-20899

๐ŸŒž ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง.โ™ป๏ธ Weโ€™re expanding solar energy across our hospitals to g...
15/05/2026

๐ŸŒž ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐จ๐ง.

โ™ป๏ธ Weโ€™re expanding solar energy across our hospitals to generate clean power and cut carbon emissions, with panels now installed at four UHDB sites - covering over 5,200mยฒ, the same size as ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ!

โšก๏ธ Once fully operational, the panels will produce over ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ค๐–๐ก ๐š ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ - the equivalent of powering up to 300 homes.

๐Ÿ’™ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ ๐จ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž, and projects at Queenโ€™s Hospital Burton and Florence Nightingale Community Hospital - supported by Great British Energy funding - are helping us to do exactly that.

Read more ๐Ÿ‘‰https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/latest-news/hospitals-across-derby-and-burton-boost-solar-power-to-support-a-greener-nhs-20897

Introducing: ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐”๐‡๐ƒ๐ โœจOur new Get To Know UHDB series is shining a light on the hard-working colleagues from ac...
15/05/2026

Introducing: ๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐“๐จ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐”๐‡๐ƒ๐ โœจ

Our new Get To Know UHDB series is shining a light on the hard-working colleagues from across our Trust, who help keep our hospitals running, and support the care and experience of patients ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ.

First up, meet ๐€๐ฅ๐ž๐ฑ, Head of Portering - who says that "No day is ever the same, and that's what makes it so rewarding." ๐Ÿ’™

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ "We see patients at the start and end of their hospital journey - from admission through to discharge - and there's a real sense of pride to know that we've all played a part in making their experience as positive as possible".

Porters play a critical role in keeping our hospitals running safely and smoothly every day - from transporting patients between departments, to delivering essential supplies across our sites.

Alex's team is provided by ISS UK, one of UHDB's partner organisations supporting a range of non-clinical services across the organisation.

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