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Today we say a fond farewell to our Director of Nursing and Quality, Michelle Greatorex
@HACWDoN
who is retiring after 37 years in the NHS. Michelle will be greatly missed by all at the Trust, but we wish her a wonderful retirement.
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Thank you to our exceptional nurses for the outstanding care they provide to our patients and service users across Herefordshire and Worcestershire, in inpatient settings, wards and in our communities
#NHSHeroes
#IND2020
#InternationalNursesDay
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A big congratulations to our Chief Executive, Sarah Dugan who was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from
@worcester_uni
earlier this week, in recognition of her outstanding service to the local NHS
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Neighbourhood Teams in Worcestershire are reducing the number of patients admitted to hospital by up to 15 patients per day by treating them in their homes
@sw_ccg
@WF_CCG
@RB_CCG
@WorcsAcuteNHS
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Congratulations to our Chief Executive,
@SarahDuganWHCT
, who has been named as one of the top 50 NHS leaders in the Country in the
@HSJnews
top 50 list.
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In the unprecedented and uncertain times, please show your support for our teams who are working tirelessly around the clock to ensure our patients get the care they need. Our staff are following the national guidance set out in relation to COVID-19
#BeKind
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Our final award of the evening goes to Sarah Dugan, our Chief Executive who retires early next year. Sarah has dedicated over 40 years to the NHS, 12 of which have been at the Trust.
On behalf of your colleagues past and present, thank you Sarah 💙
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A rock legend has described Worcestershire’s community nurses as ‘unsung heroes’ after donating new equipment to one of the local NHS teams this week. Read the full story here ➡️
@WHCT_GladesNT
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Thank you to all of the staff and volunteers going above and beyond to keep services running in the snow. Here's 90 year old Alex, a porter at Evesham Community Hospital helping to clear paths for patient access. Thank you.
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For the first time in Worcestershire, Children's Mental Health Services has been rated
#Outstanding
! Thank you to all staff within the service who have worked incredibly hard to transform the care & support we offer to children, young people & families.
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Today we're saying goodbye to Sarah Dugan, our Chief Executive who retires today. Sarah has dedicated over 40 years to the NHS, 12 of which have been at the Trust 💙
On behalf of everyone at the Trust, thank you for your service. We wish you all the happiness in your retirement
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Thank you to our staff for their determination & commitment during the disruptive weather this week. You have demonstrated real teamwork, pulling together to ensure our most vulnerable patients were seen and services were able to operate with minimal disruption
@SarahDuganWHCT
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Wishing all of the nurses across Herefordshire and Worcestershire a happy
#InternationalNursesDay
.
Thank you for your bravery and courage this past year, and for the outstanding care you deliver to our patients and service users each and every day.
#ThankYouHWNurses
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Thank you to all of our healthcare heroes across Herefordshire and Worcestershire who are working throughout the bank holiday weekend to keep us all safe and well. We cannot thank you enough for your hardwork and dedication in these challenging times
#TogetherWeCanWHCT
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For the successful implementation of an integrated multidisciplinary team and responsiveness to the NHS Long Term Plan, the Glades Neighbourhood Team are awarded this years Responsive Award
#TogetherWeCanWHCT
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We are delighted to announce Mark Yates will be joining the Trust as our new Chairman. Mark will take up his position on April 1st 2021, succeeding Chris Burdon whose term of office ends on March 31st
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Thank you to our staff who, despite the challenges of snow and flooding have worked together to minimise disruption and continued to provide outstanding care to patients in our hospitals and local communities 👏 💙
#TogetherWeCan
#NHSheroes
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Join us at 11am as we hold a minutes silence to honour and respect the NHS staff and key workers who have sadly lost their lives to coronavirus
#NHSHeros
#NeverForgotten
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@KatyBruce108
@NHSuk
@bmj_latest
@NICEComms
In light of the concerns you have raised we have unpublished the job advert and are reviewing it, along with service information on our website.
If anyone would like to discuss care they have received, please contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service:
A warm welcome to our colleagues in Herefordshire mental health and learning disability services who join the Trust today. Operating in unprecedented times, we know that together we can provide outstanding care to our patients and service users
#TogetherWeCanWHCT
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Kay Fisher, Lead Practitioner and registered Operating Department Practitioner (RODP) at the Trust has received the prestigious ‘Barry Reynolds Award’ in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the delivery of electroconvulsive therapy.
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We're proud to commence staff COVID-19 vaccinations today. The first staff member to be vaccinated was Ellen Greene, Advanced Nurse Practitioner from Pershore Community Hospital.
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A huge thank you and congratulations to all staff within our Children's and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Team, who have been rated outstanding overall in the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection for the Trust! 🎉
#TogetherWeCan
@WHCT_TWC
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Congratulations to the
#BESTIE
team for winning the Innovation award this evening. Most importantly a big thank you to the young people who have given their time to support our clinicians and the IT professionals to develop this app 🏆
Providing care to patients during the night, in ice, snow, storms and heatwaves, the Out of Hours Nursing Team support patients, families and healthcare professionals throughout the night, 365 days a year. Congratulations on winning the Supportive Award
#TogetherWeCanWHCT
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Thank you
@WMerciaPolice
for your support following some isolated incidents over the last week. Through these uncertain and unprecedented times, please show your support for teams who are working tirelessly around the clock to ensure our patients get the care they need.
#BeKind
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Following planned inspections earlier this year, the trust and its services have been rated Good overall, with elements of our community hospitals and mental health recovery units assessed as Outstanding, the highest possible outcome.
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Please join us in shouting out our teams who are working exceptionally hard in the heat this week to provide outstanding care to patients in our hospitals, units, and local communities. Thank you for all that you do🌟
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Congratulations to the Inpatient Occupational Therapy Team, Worcestershire Stroke Rehabilitation Centre for winning Outstanding Practice Learning Environment Award
@WHCTStrokeRehab
@WHCT_OT
🏆
@worcester_uni
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Its been a tough day and the weather will bring more challenges into the evening and overnight so spare a thought for our out of hours and overnight teams caring for patients in the community. Here are some pics of our Redditch DNs not letting the 12inches of snow stop them!
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Tonight's award for partnership working goes to the Urgent Community Response (UCR) Team for their unwavering commitment to working collaboratively with partners to prevent unnecessary hospital admittance and reduce demand on local emergency services.
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A leader, supportive, encouraging, courageous, passionate, motivated, caring and compassionate - Just some of the words used to describe Jo James, our Leader of the Year. Jo is not only an exceptional leader, but she continues to push boundaries to improve services for patients.
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Following an overall ‘Good’ rating from The Care Quality Commission, our Children's Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Worcestershire was rated Outstanding, the highest rating possible! Click for more
#TogetherWeCanWHCT
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The sun is out – but you shouldn’t be. Remember you should only leave your home for essentials such as food or medicine, or to exercise. Do not be tempted to socialise with family/friends from outside of your household
#StayHomeSavesLives
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Our thoughts are with those affected by the disappearance of
@Worcester_Uni
student Thomas Jones. Understandably this has caused distress for the wider community & if you think you need some additional support our Healthy Minds team & W'being Hub may be able to help 01905 766124
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All of the staff at The Princess of Wales Community Hospital would like to say a big thank you to
@BromsSchool
for kindly helping to clear the carparks of snow.
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We’re updating the signage around our community hospitals and inpatient units. Please do not visit sites if you have a high temperature 🤒 OR a new, continuous cough 💨
If you have a planned appointment and have any of the above symptoms please phone ahead for advice.
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Hi I'm Jo Jones and I manage the community teams across Worcestershire. Really excited to be able to tell you about all the great community nurses , physiotherapists, occupational therapists working with GPs and social workers to join up care.
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I am extremely proud and privileged to lead this fantastic organisation which has so many fabulous staff committed to supporting local people to live well. Today I hope to give you an insight into my day. As we cover the whole county I am quite mobile but today I am in Worcester.
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A big🌟THANK YOU 🌟 to all of our administrative staff working across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. You are an invaluable asset to all of our teams and services.
Happy
#AdministrativeProfessionalsDay
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Had permission to tweet this! Here are our amazing, dedicated
#DistrictNurses
in the
#Malvern
area. Usually in the next room to me at work. They are very much appreciated by all the surgery team & patients! I for one, love them 😘 Roll on Saturday for Christmas drinks! 🥂🍹🍷🍻🥃
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For their work launching lower limb strength and conditioning classes in the community, our MSK Physiotherapy Team
@MovetoImprove_
scoop this year's Research and Innovation Award.
80% of patients accessing the service have shown significant improvement 👏🏼👏🏼
@worcester_uni
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Happy
#NursesDay
to all of our nurses, working in a broad array of roles in services across Worcestershire. You’re fundamental to delivering outstanding patient care & show dedication and commitment in all that you do. Thank you 🌟
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We are incredibly proud of Janet Garfield, Nurse at the Primrose Unit in Bromsgrove who ‘braved the shave’ to raise money for her colleague Jinsy, whom she worked alongside prior to her diagnosis of Stage 3 Advanced Bowel cancer last year.
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A special moment for our team at PCH. After more than 3 long weeks with significant fatigue our 97 year old pt is finally tucking into fish & chips, supported & encouraged by our lovely physio Louise
@looparama
@WorcsHealthCare
& had a Skype call from her daughter in Australia
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We’re really proud of siblings Isabella (12) & Harry (9) who have cycled over 100 miles for the Trust. From Rushwick to Malvern & round Worcester. Well done Isabella & Harry 🚴🏻♀️🚴🏻♂️ 🌈
#NHSHeros
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Overwhelmed by the attendance at today’s opening of the Multi-faith Room at the Princess of Wales in Bromsgrove. A special mention to the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire and the representatives of different faiths who were in attendance.
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A BBC documentary investigates how young people cope with CFS/ME. It comes as current treatments for the condition are being reviewed, after years of controversy.
#MEAWarenessWeek
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Good luck to our brilliant Dr Ben Rogers - up for the
@HSJ_Awards
Clinical Leader of the Year Award tonight. Ben brought together young people, clinicians & IT to create the ground-breaking
@BESTIE_Worcs
an interactive online resource to support young peoples' mental wellbeing
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We recently met with Sarah Hudson, Team Lead for Community Stroke Services. Sarah is encouraging all staff to test their patients for potential Atrial Fibrillation (AF), which is the most common rhythm disturbance which can cause large embolic strokes
@sw_ccg
#StrokeAwareness
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This winter we encouraging anyone with a minor injury to attend a Minor Injury Unit (MIU) rather than visiting accident and emergency, which should only be used in urgent and life threatening situations
@WHCT_POWCHMIU
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Today is the day, Staff Awards evening is here! We're so excited to come together and celebrate the fantastic work of our staff over the last 12 months. Follow our hashtag
#WHCTStaffAwards2018
throughout the day to keep up to date with proceedings 🎈
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A huge congratulations to Nurse of the Year Winner Andrew Cotterill, Learning Disability Nurse. Andrew said “What I enjoy most about my current role is how varied it can be. The old saying “no two days are the same” is certainly true in this field.”
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Our Community Equipment Service had a record breaking month in Dec, making 828 emergency deliveries of equipment to people in Worcestershire to support them to be discharged from hospital or avoid hospital admission.
This is 200 more emergency deliveries compared to Dec 2019 👏
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Thanks to all our staff working today and especially those who will be out providing care/treatment in the community and in patients’ homes. Please take care and stay safe
#proudofourstaff
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It can be hard to know what to do when someone you know is struggling.
Encouraging them to
#talk
and seek
#support
might be the most important gift you give this year. Check out our Healthy Minds service for info on local services.
#Nowweretalking
#Mentalhealth
#Worcestershire
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On Monday we caught up with Matron Phil Shakeshaft and his team at the Princess of Wales Community Hospital in Bromsgrove. The hospital was recently rated outstanding in the Well-Led category by the Care Quality Commission
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This
#InternationalWomensDay
, we’d like to say thank you to the incredible women within HWHCT and across the whole of the NHS. We are extremely proud of our inspirational staff; you've overcome many challenges this year and have shown compassion and courage throughout.
#IWD2021
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Her specialist knowledge meant Paul and his family were able to access the support they needed quickly and with ease.
We regularly hear about the lasting impact she’s had on the lives of her patients, and that’s why this year's 'Patient Choice' award goes to Saffron Davies 🏆👏🏼
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Congratulations Carole Clive, our Nurse Consultant for Infection Prevention and Control on receiving a
@CavellTrust
Star Award! Carole's expertise has been invaluable to our staff and patients throughout the pandemic. Thank you 🌟
👏 today to Carole Clive who has won a Cavell Star Award for all the hard work she does to support the Trust in IPC! 😊 Thank you to
@HACWDoN
Michelle Greatorex for her nomination and presenting the award to Carole, well done it is much deserved! 🎉⭐️🌟
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Our Director of Nursing & Quality, Michelle Greatorex has just had the flu jab from Flu Fighter and Deputy SDU Lead for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Louise Seeney. The flu vaccine helps protect your loved ones, patients, and yourself from flu 💉
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We’re delighted to announce that our mental health recovery units have been rated Outstanding by the independent healthcare regulator, the CQC, in a report published today. The CQC has also highlighted the Outstanding leadership within our community hospitals
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Community Staff Nurse, Chloe Field has produced a series of 'door step' portraits of fellow key workers to celebrate and remember their contributions during the pandemic. The series features supermarket staff, ambulance crew, council workers and her fellow NHS colleagues 📸
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Our first award of the evening goes to Chris Cooper, Nurse Apprentice for Herefordshire and Worcestershire CAMHS Learning Disabilities Team.
Chris is described by her colleagues as a 'standout student' and a very deserving winner of 'Apprentice of the Year' award.
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Deputy Director's of Nursing Trish Cerrone & Liz Staples are joining members of the
@sw_ccg
@RB_CCG
for the
#CEOSleepoutWorcester
on Thursday 26th April, to raise awareness and funds for homeless people in Worcester. For more info, or to donate visit
Have you spotted any of our staff wearing their NHS rainbow badge yet? We've received over 1,000 pledges from our staff outlining their commitment to supporting colleagues, volunteers, patients, service users and the public who identify LGBT+
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The coronavirus (COVID19) outbreak is going to have an impact on everyone’s daily lives. It's normal to experience increased levels of stress, anxiety, low mood or depression. But don’t worry it’s common and you’re not alone.
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This
#WorldMentalHealthDay
we're delighted to open the region’s first mental health sensory room. Sensory rooms are specially designed environments which provide a calming, immersive and interactive space, away from everyday distractions
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Their accomplishments over the last year have the hallmarks of effective teamwork and center around working collaboratively to improve outcomes for their patients. A BIG congratulations to our Team of the Year, the Evening and Night Community Nursing Team 🏆🏆
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In these challenging times its normal to experience increased levels of stress, anxiety or low mood. But don’t worry it’s common and you’re not alone. Our website has lots of useful resources to support you to manage worries and anxiety around coronavirus