We are really pleased to announce that our first patient who has been on a ventilator as a result of having COVID19 has today been discharged home.
#COVID19
#OurNHSPeople
Clare McNaught, Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon at HDFT, is the first women to be elected Vice President of
@RCSEd
since it was founded 517 years ago. We wish Clare all the best in this ground breaking new role🎉
#teamHDFT
We are really pleased to announce that our first patient who has been on a ventilator as a result of having COVID19 has today been discharged home.
#COVID19
#OurNHSPeople
We’re delighted with our freshly painted rainbow Pride crossings (the first three of five) at Harrogate District Hospital.
They send a message that the hospital – and the Trust as a whole – is an open, inclusive and non-judgemental place for LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and staff.
For the first day since 28 August 2020, we have zero inpatients with Covid-19 in Harrogate District Hospital!
Thank you to our hospital-based colleagues for their immense efforts throughout the past year and a bit. An incredible effort.
#BlackLivesMatter
- we've shared this powerful message from our Chief Executive
@steve_r76
with our colleagues today. Here at
@HarrogateNHSFT
, Black Lives Matter.
Please click this link to watch:
💛👶 Gold! 💛🤱
A massive, very well-deserved congratulations to the Special Care Baby Unit at Harrogate District Hospital - the very first neonatal unit in the country to be awarded the UNICEF Baby Friendly Gold Award!
We'd like to say a huge💙Thank You💙 to everyone who has made the £1m refurbishment of our Intensive Care Unit possible. It's such a fantastic space for patients & staff. Thank you to Ross Stewart, a former ICU patient, who officially cut the ribbon.
A HUGE thank you to
@sainsburys
on Wetherby Road, Harrogate, for its extremely generous donation of water, cereal bars, Twiglets & more. It’s for our staff on wards at Harrogate Hospital who are working tirelessly to care for patients at this busy time. Gratefully received!
We’re delighted to say that our latest
@CareQualityComm
report is now published! We’ve maintained our ‘Good’ with all core services now rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ & Community Services now ‘Outstanding’. Lots to be proud of Watch our film for more:
We love our new rainbow tunnel linking the main Harrogate District Hospital building to our Briary Wing! The idea for having a rainbow in the tunnel came about when members of the public were painting & drawing lovely rainbows to put in windows at home to show support for the NHS
Thank you to
#teamHDFT
colleagues and people across the country for joining the
#minutesilence
for all healt & social care workers who have sadly lost their lives in the coronavirus pandemic. This includes our much-loved colleague Josie.
Our new 'Letters to loved ones' service is now running, allowing families to stay connected with their loved ones whilst they are in hospital.
#StayHomeSaveLives
Please retweet!
We’ve got a fair bit of snow in Harrogate today! Huge thanks to Matthew and James & the rest of the team who are busy battling the elements to keep the hospital site safe. Well done & thanks to all colleagues for your efforts to get in today. & to patients for making it in too!
We're delighted to say that today we've started the Covid-19 vaccination programme at the Trust. Thank you to everyone involved who's made this happen, it's been a big team effort.
A huge thank you from the
@HarrogateNHSFT
Incident Control Centre (pictured here plus
@ErimusPR
@BoydLynne
& others) to all
#TeamHDFT
colleagues for efforts today in hospital & in the community & in planning for
#yorkshire2019
. Really is so appreciated. Day 1 racing done!
We've received delivery of the last of more than 2000 scrubs sewn by
@HgateScrubbers
volunteers. A huge thank you for all your great work and support- a fantastic community effort.
We were delighted to welcome Sophie onto Byland Ward at Harrogate District Hospital today. Her cello playing was a lovely afternoon treat for patients & staff. Sophie volunteers with us as a mealtime volunteer while at sixth form, and did something a bit different today!
We’re saying farewell today to our longest-serving member of staff, who’s retiring after a half-a-century of service with us. Monica Sharpe, a Nurse in our Emergency Department, is celebrating a fantastic 50 years of service this year and retires today (1/2)
🌈 Join the NHS Virtual Pride Parade today at 4pm to celebrate and support LGBTQ+ colleagues, ft. our very own Chief Executive Steve Russell!
Watch here:
#OurNHSpeople
#PrideInTheNHS
#NHSVirtualPride
Emergency Department Consultant, Dr Samit Mitra, has today retired after 35 years of service in the NHS. “He has been a tremendous colleague, hugely supportive and has always stood up for what he knows is right for his patients.” says Clinical Director, Dr Matt Shepherd.
WATCH: Children on the Woodlands Ward (like George! 🎅) at
@HarrogateNHSFT
can now drive to their operations, rather than being pushed in a wheelchair 🏎️
It's in a bid to reduce anxiety brought on by surgery.
Find out more 👉
We are delighted to say that Dr Jaqueline Andrews
@Andrewsjackie1
will be joining
#teamHDFT
as Executive Medical Director. She joins us from
@LeedsHospitals
, where she is currently an Associate Medical Director and Director of Research and Innovation. Welcome Jackie!
We’re saying farewell today to our Chief Executive
@DrRosTolcher
, who's retiring after five years as CEO here & a sterling 40 year NHS career. Colleagues gathered to wish her well in her retirement. (Ros pictured here (centre) with Exec Team colleagues.)
A huge thank you to all
#TeamHDFT
colleagues (and everyone else) who have been involved in getting the new
@NightingaleYH
up & running. Officially opened this afternoon. It provides 500 more beds for patients with coronavirus from across Yorkshire & Humber, as required.
We're pleased to report that Dr Naresh, who had his bike stolen after a long shift in the emergency room, has now picked up his new
#ebike
from Daniel at our Harrogate store. We hope you have many happy miles Naresh. Thank You to the
#NHS
Today is
#InternationalNursesDay
. Thank you to all our incredible nurses, who provide high quality care to our patients in a range of specialties across our hospital and community sites. You’re all stars!
#IND2019
We're delighted to be welcoming Steve Russell as our new Chief Executive, starting later this year (exact date TBA). Steve brings a wealth of experience to the role. He takes over as CEO from Dr Ros Tolcher, who is retiring at the end of March.
From 4 June, the NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber will offer clinical CT scans to some patients from across the region.
@LeedsHospitals
& ourselves
@HarrogateNHSFT
are the first to use the facility, providing appointments 7 days a week.
This week it's
#AdvPracWeek20
, and we're celebrating our brilliant Advanced Clinical Practitioners!
We've 12 ACPs as part of
#teamHDFT
and they work across a variety of departments: Acute Medicine, Emergency Dept, Care of the Elderly and Respiratory. A vital part of our teams!
Today we’ve welcomed
@BBCLookNorth
@jamiecoulsontv
to Harrogate District Hospital. We are explaining how we are carefully bringing services back. We focused on Day Surgery and Outpatients, speaking with
#teamHDFT
colleagues and patients. 📺 6.30pm today,
@BBCOne
.
Update: we now have 17 inpatients at Harrogate District Hospital with Covid-19. This is down from 42 on Thursday last week. As a community, we are doing well to slow the spread but please remain alert.
Inspirational Colleague Award:
Dr Rebecca Leigh, Consultant in Elderly Care
“At a time of uncertainty Dr Leigh brought strength & stability to our team. She provided support & reassurance to the team & colleagues recall how she made them feel safe during this time."
Each week, we've updated on
#COVID19
recovered patients who've been discharged. This week, we can say that we haven't had any new Covid-19 positive inpatients for 8 consecutive days now. The no of current inpatients with confirmed Covid-19 is at its lowest since Wed 25 March.
Matron, Jenny Mockford, has worked at
#teamHDFT
for 42 years. She says the local community response to
#COVID19
has been overwhelming and really lifted everyone’s spirits through what has been an emotional and challenging time for all.
#ThankYouTogether
#NHS72
#thankyouNHS
A huge well done and thank you to our amazing team who’ve worked incredibly hard with so much enthusiasm and professionalism to run our frontline healthcare and social worker staff Covid-19 vaccination clinic.
A big 'Happy Retirement' to Roy Stephenson who's worked his last shift with us in Harrogate District Hospital post room today (19 years with us there & as a porter). He's now enjoying his well-deserved retirement!
A huge congratulations to all of our HDFT & HIF Colleague Recognition Awards 2021 winners!
With hundreds of entries, the judges had a really hard time choosing the winners. Well done to everyone nominated, & thank you to everyone who made a nomination!
Here are the winners...
Clinical Team of the Year:
Intensive Care Unit
“The team responded quickly to the imminent changes required, rebuilt new intensive care units around the hospital, trained staff and helped patients get back to their relatives. The very model of an extraordinary team.”
We're delighted to be welcoming back KD Fruiterers to the front of Harrogate District Hospital from Tues 18 Aug!
They will be with us again every Tues, Weds & Thurs, 8am-4pm.
A new, safe set up will be in place which includes protective barriers and contactless payments.
A huge thanks to
@MrNickKnowles
@OscarRomeo1268
and
@Halfords_uk
for their effort and support in sorting out a new electric bike for one of our Emergency Department doctors. Such genuine kindness, thank you.
Thank you
@MrNickKnowles
for all your support. You have helped so many people over the years. This is what community is all about - coming together in a time of need. Thank you again. When this is all over, come and see us
@HarrogateNHSFT
Emergency Department.
#notasapatient
!
We've been sent this great pic of David, who has been in our Intensive Care Unit with Covid-19, and as you can see, is now doing really well.
It's now a part of his regular routine to talk a walk - along with a lovely coffee!
In these challenging times, it’s those small acts of kindness and events like
#ClapForOurCarers
that show how valued our health service is, and how grateful we are to those who work in it. 👏
#ThankYouNHS
#TeamHDFT
This afternoon on the
#NHSBirthday
, staff at
#teamHDFT
joined in the nationwide clap to say thank you to everyone – without whom the NHS wouldn’t have been able to respond to coronavirus.
#ThankYouTogether
Bright yellow socks are being introduced in HDFT to help highlight patients in need of supervision, or assistance with mobility. Evidence for the use of these, has shown a significant reduction in inpatient falls.
#patientsafety
#thinkfalls
Please pick up a copy of
@HgateAdvertiser
today. Our Chief Exec
@steve_r76
has written about the challenges over Christmas and New Year and praises
#teamHDFT
colleagues who worked hard (and continue to do so!) in hospitals and in community services.
Thank you to an anonymous source who has donated £9,920 to enable our Eye Clinic Outpatients team to buy a Reichert Ocular Response Analyser G3. The kit will help us improve care for patients with Glaucoma, which is the second leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world.
We're very sad to hear Sir Robert Ogden has passed away. We're eternally grateful for his generosity - it helped us to establish the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre at our hospital. Thank you Sir Robert for your support. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
Good afternoon - we thought it would be useful to give an update about what has been happening at Harrogate District Hospital during the Coronavirus pandemic, and what the next steps are.
A huge thank you to one of our Clerical Officers from Endoscopy, Aneta Plewińska-Jóźwik, who has sung and recorded an amazing cover of Mariah Carey’s 'Hero'.
She said: "I am dedicating this song to HDFT, the NHS and all key workers.”
Watch here:
⭐️⭐️ Our Special Care Baby Unit: GOLD! ⭐️⭐️
This
#InternationalNursesDay
we’re delighted to say that our wonderful Special Care Baby Unit at Harrogate District Hospital has been revalidated as Gold in the
@UNICEF
Baby Friendly Initiative!
Well done to everyone involved. 💛💛
Chairman’s Award:
Gateshead & Sunderland Family Nurse Team
“This is a team that reaches out to young parents who have often been let down by services and frequently have a mistrust of professionals and can be some of the most vulnerable in our society."
We are one
#teamHDFT
made up of people from 58 different nations. We're proud to be welcoming the world to Harrogate & wider Yorkshire for nine days of cycling and entertainment during
@Yorkshire2019
. We're prepared and ready!
#Welcome
#Yorkshire2019
#Yorkshire
All the best to Sarah Wilkinson, who's retired after a fantastic 36 years of service! It looks like Sarah will be missed greatly by colleagues. Good luck in your retirement, from everyone at
@HarrogateNHSFT
!
Artist
@Rachellist9
joined staff at
#teamHDFT
this afternoon to unveil a limited edition print of her mural ‘We love the NHS’ donated by staff member Nickkie Stewart to Harrogate District Hospital. A big thank you!
Brilliant news that Harrogate District Hospital has been named one of the Top 40 Hospitals for 2019, according to
@InsightfromCHKS
. 20+ indicators of performance have been looked at; they cover safety, clinical effectiveness, efficiency, patient experience & quality of care.
This is Eve Geldart - she’s a nurse working at the ICU unit at Harrogate Hospital.
All of her neighbours wanted to surprise her at 6.30 this morning on her way to work & thank her.
Thank you for all your hard work Eve ❤️
A much valued member of
#teamHDFT
has retired after 35 years working in Radiology. Pat Hudson joined the department in 1983 and went on to become Deputy Radiology Manager and lead Radiation Protection Supervisor. We wish Pat a very happy retirement!
Good morning! We are now verified with a Blue Tick here on Twitter... so you know it's definitely us! ☑️ Lots of NHS trusts have been
@twitter
verified this week to help with knowing who best to listen to about
#Coronavirus
advice.
It's great to see Andrew Forsyth, Interim Company Secretary, decked out in his very smart
@Yorkshire2019
volunteers' jacket. He'll be marshalling on the route for most of the Championships!
#yorkshire2019
#volunteering
#yorkshireteam
Are you volunteering? Please let us know!
Today is
#ReservesDay
, and pictured here is Dan Szeplaki, Audio Typist/Admin Support for our General Surgery team. Dan’s just one of our military reserves across the Trust, and is marking the day by wearing his uniform to raise awareness of his dual role as an RAF Reserve.
💚💚We're delighted (behind the masks!) to have been awarded the significant sum of £14million to reduce the carbon footprint of Harrogate District Hospital by 1,100 tonnes per year. Including a new energy source, and fixing leaking roofs! 💚💚
This week is Learning Disability Week 2018. Here’s our information stall in the Main Entrance of Harrogate District Hospital. Pictured are staff, including our Chief Nurse Jill Foster, wearing their ‘Treat me well’ campaign t-shirts.
@mencap_charity
#LDWeek18
Today we were delighted to welcome
@lufc
and
@england
legend
@nmartyn25
to Woodlands Children's Ward to deliver a delicious cake and say hello to staff and patients. Thank you, Nigel, and Merry Christmas!
All the best to our Resuscitation Lead Paula De Souza, who’s traveling to Vietnam for a week as part of a group of volunteers with
@NewbornsVietnam
, teaching newborn life support and training others to teach so that education can be continued.
Today marks a year since the first UK lockdown. We’ve supported the
#DayOfReflection
with a minute's silence at 12 to remember those we have sadly lost & the events of the past year. Thanks to Harrogate District & Ripon Community hospitals colleagues for coming together.
It’s the
#NHSBirthday
. Over the past week staff at
#teamHDFT
have been sharing their stories of responding to
#COVID
-19. Join us at 5pm today for the nationwide clap to say
#ThankYouTogether
to everyone who has helped the NHS during these challenging times.
We’re delighted that our clinical skills trainers and ward-based clinical teachers have been awarded a Teaching Recognition Certificate by
@LeedsMedHealth
for making a positive impact to students’ experience while they are on placement. Congratulations!
Something to be proud of from our Intensive Care Unit team: Dr Sarah Marsh, Intensive Care Consultant, has recently had a textbook published. The first ever exam practice book for the Intensive Care Fellowship Exam. Likely to be used by a huge number of trainees sitting the exam.
It’s fantastic to see our Medical Admissions Unit (MAU) has received its brand new patient lockers to improve patients’ experience on the ward, provided via
@HarrogateHCC
. Money’s been raised through ongoing fundraising efforts by ward staff and via the Trust Us Theatre Company.
Thank you Wensleydale Ward at Harrogate District Hospital for this beautiful and poignant artwork. Each star represents a person they have lost with Covid-19 since June 2020.
Massive congratulations to our Maternity Unit for their Gold
@Unicef
@babyfriendly
Award, & our Special Care Baby Unit for their full
@Unicef
@babyfriendly
accreditation. This combo of the two awards is the first of its kind in the whole of the UK!
Today we’re welcoming a dementia bus to Harrogate District Hospital – allowing colleagues to experience what dementia feels like for those who've been diagnosed & the patients they care for. The virtual experience uses specialist equipment & has been organised by
@WYHExcellence
.
It's National Occupational Therapy Week! OT allows people of all ages to build on their strengths & abilities, recover, adapt, rehab & participate in what's important to them & their way of living. As part of the week we've been asking questions...
#OccupationMatters
#ChooseOT
A huge thank you to all of
#teamHDFT
& our partner orgs for efforts to continue to provide high quality patient care in hospitals & the community during
@Yorkshire2019
. Great teamwork & dedication.
#Yorkshire2019
(We've 3 Danes🇩🇰 as part of our team so no doubt they'll be happy!)
Please be respectful and kind at Harrogate District Hospital. Quick Coronavirus update here. Please click the image for full text. Please RT. Useful advice & info:
We’ve had some really disappointing feedback from our volunteers on our mask station at the entrance to Harrogate District Hospital.
A very small minority of people coming to hospital have been unpleasant and rude to our volunteers when asked to wear a mask provided by us.
Volunteer of the Year:
Nick Smith
“Nick's volunteering role is on the mask station at the main entrance of Harrogate District Hospital. Nick’s commitment to his volunteer role on the mask station at HDH is amazing, his presence on the station provides a calming influence."
Congratulations to our Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy, Helen Morton, who after 37 years of service to the Trust, has retired. Here she is celebrating her retirement with colleagues – all the best Helen!
We say farewell to a long-serving member of the Trust’s Board of Directors today.
@PhillipPmar
, our Director of Workforce and Organisational Development, leaves the Trust after 12 years. Here he is pictured with Executive colleagues. All the best in your new role, Phillip!
We've taken the opportunity presented by having fewer inpatients at Harrogate District Hospital to replace beds with brand new low profile beds. Well done to teams across HDFT & Harrogate Integrated Facilities for making this happen, some of them pictured here!
This week
@tammygotts2
, one of our amazing matrons, worked a shift in our Vaccination Clinic giving colleagues second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, on her birthday!
We want to wish her a happy birthday and thank her for her commitment to delivering colleagues' jabs.
We are really pleased to have recently donated 26 laptops to local schools and care homes. Thanks to the work of Stuart Wilson, IT Support Team Leader, and Clem Bloomfield, Windows 10 Project Lead, the laptops were thoroughly assessed, cleansed (purged of all data) and updated.
We've been named one of the nation’s Top Hospitals 2018 by
@InsightfromCHKS
, an award made after analysis of data from all hospital trusts. Over 20 performance indicators were analysed. Thank you all staff for the patient-focused part they've played in achieving this award!