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Junior doctors will be taking industrial action from 7am on Thursday 27 June to 7am on Tuesday 2 July. There will be disruption to the provision of our services as a result. Read more here:
Our longest serving member of staff, Kathy Gibbs retires today, after clocking up an astonishing 53 years' service for the trust. Read more here:
Thank you Kathy for your hard work and dedication to PAHT. We wish you all the best in your retirement.
Don't forget
@EmmaWillis
: Delivering Babies starts tonight at 10pm on
@wchannel
, featuring our fantastic maternity team. 🏥 Available on Sky 109, Virgin 125, BT and TalkTalk 311 📺👶
We welcomed Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner to our emergency department and Same Day Emergency Care Unit today. They met our
#PAHTPeople
and learned more about the increasing demand for emergency care services and plans for a new hospital. Read more here:
Today we’re out of special measures and our latest CQC report has been published. Major improvements all round in less than 18 months. “This report shows we’ve got what it takes to make this Trust outstanding,” says CEO Lance McCarthy
@CareQualityComm
@NHSImprovement
#WGWIT
We are pleased to share that Giuseppe Labriola, who is currently our director of midwifery, gynaecology and assistant chief nurse (pictured), has been appointed as our new deputy chief nurse. Read more here:
@Gsep_
The next 5-7 days will be some of the most enjoyable, but also some of the most heartbreaking of the year. Please don’t suffer in silence this christmas.
☎️Childline
08001111
☎️
@samaritans
116 123
☎️
@womensaid
08082000247
☎️
@MindCharity
03001233393
☎️
@age_uk
03001696565
It is with great sadness that we share the sad news of the death of PAHT midwife Lynsey Coventry, who had tested positive for COVID-19. Our thoughts are with her family at this very sad time.
We heard you loud and clear
#Harlow
!
#ThankYou
to our
#community
for all the heartfelt applause and cheers in honour of our incredible, dedicated and passionate
#PAHTPeople
and all of our partner organisations we work side by side with to keep you safe.
#StayHomeSaveLives
Today is the first day of
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
.
Here are some uselful numbers you can call to access help:
Samaritans - 116 123
CALM - 0800 58 58 58
YoungMinds - 0800 018 2138
ChildLine - 0800 1111
No Panic - 0800 138 8889
SANE - 0300 304 7000
Get Connected - 0808 808 4994
We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Dr Fay Gilder as our new medical director. Fay will join us from
@CUH_NHS
on 2 November. Read more here:
You've been asking about our incredible
#PAHTPeople
and hoping that they're able to find ways to let off steam during these unprecedentedly busy times. Our amazing team on Dolphin ward are
#KeepingSpiritsUp
by showing us their dance moves! What do you think
@Meghan_Trainor
We are both proud and hugely honoured to announce that The Patient Panel at PAHT have received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. The Queen’s Award is the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK.
#WellDone
#PAHTPeople
@QueensAwardVS
@Lancemccarthy
We're truly thankful for all the hard work, dedication & compassionate care our extraordinary people show in these hugely unprecedented times.
#ThankYou
from the bottom of our hearts. Your colleagues and community are eternally grateful
#PAHTPeople
@Lancemccarthy
@Ogechi_Emeadi
Thank you for all the messages of support today following the announcement of funding to rebuild a new hospital for
#Harlow
and surrounding areas
#exciting
times ahead
#PAHTPeople
Our fantastic maternity service has been re-accredited as baby friendly by
@UNICEF_uk
for excellent practice in the support of infant feeding and parent-infant relationships.
A special well done to all our nurses, midwives, care staff and AHPs re: today’s CQC report. Consistent message from patients about staff being ‘compassionate and kind’. Amazing teamworking across all professions and departments. I’m proud of you all. Nancy Fontaine, Chief Nurse
We welcomed
@rodstewart
for a special visit to the mobile MRI unit today. Sir Rod kindly funded a day’s worth of scans for patients who require a MRI scan which were carried out in a mobile unit at the hospital. Read more here:
Today we have said a fond farewell to Dr Curtis Emordi, ED consultant and associate medical director for urgent and ambulatory care who joined the trust in 2010. On behalf of
@NHSHarlow
thank you for your hard work, dedication and commitment. We wish you all the best
#PAHTPeople
Lance McCarthy, CEO on today’s CQC announcements: “I’m really proud of everyone working here. It’s a fantastic achievement. But we won’t stop until all our patients receive outstanding care all the time, and this CQC report proves we’ve got what it takes to make this happen.”
The security office raised funds to buy 100 advent calendars for the children on Dolphin ward over the festive period. A big thank you to our staff, patients and visitors for your generosity. 🎄🍫🙌
The Government has confirmed full funding for a new, state-of-the-art hospital for Harlow today as part of a major funding package for NHS hospitals in England. Read more here:
A fantastic afternoon to wish our wonderful Deputy Chief Nurse
@SharonCullen11
farewell as she retires after 40 years in the NHS.
On behalf of PAHT, thank you for everything you have done for our staff and our patients. We wish you the very best 🤗
A fond farewell to Janette Davidson, telecommunications manager who leaves the trust after 30 years today – on behalf of
@NHSHarlow
thank you for all of your hard work and dedication, we wish you all the best in the future
#PAHTPeople
Charnley ward is officially open! The ward looks great, providing a wonderful, modern, new 27-bed facility for our surgical patients.
A big thank you to those who joined us for the opening this morning, including our special guests
@halfon4harlowMP
@ChairofHC
🏥👨⚕️👩⚕️
Our maternity team has received the prestigious gold award as part of UNICEF’s Baby Friendly Initiative. The gold award is the highest level of accreditation, and we are one of only 16 acute hospitals across the UK to achieve the gold award.
@babyfriendly
We appreciate the Prime Minister giving us the opportunity today to meet our
#PAHTPeople
, and to share our plans for a new hospital for our patients and local people.
Today, The Princess Alexandra Hospital today marks its 55th anniversary, having served many generations of the community of west
#Essex
and east
#Herts
.
#ThankYou
to all our amazing
#PAHTPeople
past and present for your dedication and care.
@Lancemccarthy
A completely separate respiratory ED at the front of
@NHSHarlow
opens tomorrow. Permanent hand washing facilities as you walk in as well. Less than a week from start to finish. Huge shout out to all involved, particularly ED, medicine, estates teams and our contractors.
Fantastic news - we have been granted £4,000 by the Tesco bags of help scheme. The funds will help to improve our dementia garden
#makingadifference
for our patients living with dementia, their families and carers.
To our incredible army of dedicated
#PAHTPeople
working through the night to keep our patients safe during these difficult times,
#ThankYou
you truly are gems and our
#community
can see you shining bright.
#StayHomeSaveLives
In partnership with
@DementiaUK
, the specialist dementia nursing charity, we have introduced a new specialist Admiral Nurse service to support patients living with dementia. Find out more here:
Thank you to our
#PAHTPeople
for your hard work, commitment and focus to help achieve all of our successes and improvements over the last 12 months, we look forward to our plans for the year to come.
A big thank you to Maggie Hulcoop, Former Chair of
@HarlowCouncil
who donated £3875 to our very own children’s ward from her year in office.
#makingadifference
We're proud and delighted to announce that Mr Ashraf Patel, associate specialist in breast surgery has been awarded an MBE for services to funding and research for breast cancer. Congratulations! Find out more:
@ashrafpatel999
@Lancemccarthy
#PAHTPeople
Patients at PAHT are now able to receive messages of support from their loved ones in a new way following our partnership with
@AnneRobsonTrust
. The Message to a Loved One service is available via email and phone. You can read more here:
Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who was able to join us and the nation this morning in remembering and paying tribute to our NHS colleagues and key workers who very sadly lost their lives to coronavirus (COVID-19).
#ThankYou
#NeverForgotten
@Ogechi_Emeadi
@Lancemccarthy
Congratulations to Chris Allen, emergency planning and resilience manager who has been highly commended for his dedication as an equality and inclusion champion at PAHT. Well-deserved
#EventInATent
#PAHTPeople
Thank you to all who joined us this evening to celebrate the four amazing pieces of art commissioned at
@NHSHarlow
which were created by local
@HarlowCollege
students.
The moment
@theresa_may
congratulates
@NHSHarlow
for coming out of special measures following
@halfon4harlowMP
's question in the House of Commons re: new hospital. Thanks for your support PM. Together, we've got what it takes to make this Trust outstanding
#WGWIT
@CareQualityComm
A fantastic achievement; we are ranking as the second trust nationwide in the best practice tariff for delivering our chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) service. Congratulations to the respiratory team. 👏🏥🥇
Today we were joined by a number of special guests to officially launch our Lily room, a comforting space for bereaved parents, and our
@Petalscharity
counselling service for women and partners suffering from distress, trauma and grief related to baby loss.
#BLAW2018
💗💙
To beat COVD-19 it takes
#NHSHeroes
across the whole of the
#NHS
to ensure patients and visitors are kept safe, and receive the best possible care. Amazing
#PAHTPeople
like Cherie one of our biomedical scientists in microbiology is one such hero
#ThankYou
#StayHomeSaveLives
@SpursOfficial
brought festive joy to our children’s ward earlier this week. The football club arranged a surprise video call with
@HKane
and generously donated a selection of gifts for our patients and people. Read the full story here:
This is Eva, a biomedical scientist here at PAH - Eva has had two episodes of Sepsis, and is now committed to raising Sepsis awareness, and has designed an innovative hospital kit to save lives 🏥 Take a look at Eva's incredible story here: 📲🖱️
#ThankYou
to the incredible team at
@EastEnglandAmb
for the amazing work they do in these incredibly busy times and for way our organisations work so well together to help put the patient at the centre of everything we do.
@Lancemccarthy
Congratulations to our Outstanding Contribution to Learning Award winner, Rebecca Parrott, clinical outreach librarian who has made a real positive impact on the quality of learning and education for others at PAHT. Well done and thoroughly well deserved.
#PAHTPeople
Congratulations to Dr Shico Visuvanathan, consultant microbiologist and director of infection prevention and control, who has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list. Read more here:
As we approach the Christmas break, we would like to thank all the amazing NHS staff for their hard work on delivering the best patient care to ensure local people stay well. A particular thank you those of you who are working hard over the festive period
#ThankYouNHS
🎄🙌🎅
We have achieved our flu vaccination target. 👏
A huge thank you to all staff who have had their flu vaccination.
If you still haven't had your flu jab, book yours though SHaW today - this is vitally important to protect yourselves, patients, friends and family.
It is with great sadness that we share the sad news of the death of PAHT midwife Lynsey Coventry, who had tested positive for COVID-19. Our thoughts are with her family at this very sad time.
Although it's almost impossible to quantify the thanks needed to our amazing
#PAHTPeople
for all their hard work in this unprecedented year,
@Lancemccarthy
and our board are giving every member of staff at PAHT an extra day of paid holiday in 2021
@Ogechi_Emeadi
#ENiAT2020
We are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen.
We are incredibly grateful for her outstanding commitment and service to our country over the decades and we offer our deepest condolences to the Royal Family at this extremely difficult time.
Thank you to
@MurWalls
for painting a colourful, inspirational mural at our hospital to commemorate the COVID-19 pandemic. They kindly donated the artwork in thanks for the hard work and dedication of all of our amazing
#PAHTPeople
. Read more here:
So proud of our
#PAHTPeople
who are constantly striving to keep our patients and people safe and cared for in the most dedicated and compassionate way.
#ThankYou
The Respiritory Energency Department is ready, set up in a week it is testament to the hard work and determination of PAHT to keep patients and staff safe and cared for. “Though your legs may be tired you nurse with your heart” Team EDRock # PAHT
#CoronaWarriors
Congratulations to Jean Turner (Lister Ward) and Joanne Thompson (Facilities) who have both been nominated for this year’s Unsung Hero Awards. Well done Jean and Joanne 😊👏
#UHAwards19
Congratulations to our Unsung Hero award winner, Dorothy Hutton, domestics team - “She is always there to help patients and colleagues with a smile, and will always go the extra mile to help anyone.” Well done
#PAHTPeople
#EventInATent