The doors of the Vaccination Centre at the SSE Arena Belfast have closed for the last time. A piper led our amazing team of vaccinators and many other staff out of the arena to thank them for their superb work which will continue in venues across NI.
We are proud, but also sad, to announce that our Chief Executive Hugh McCaughey has been appointed National Director of Improvement for the NHS, a prestigious job taking his patient safety and quality improvement work in our Trust to a national level. We wish him well.
Kara-Lynne is on her final shift this weekend at the SSE Arena for the BIG JAB WEEKEND 💉💉
Gates open 8am-6pm for walk-in first and second dose vaccinations.
Get down and
#GetTheJabDone
More info below 👇
@healthdpt
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@paddyraffcomedy
BREAKING NEWS 👶
Meet Nylah, the 1st baby born in Northern Ireland who will have a full digital health record 💕
This little cutie made history when she arrived this morning at 1:25am weighing 6lbs 14oz.
All Nylah's records will now be available at the touch of a button 📲
What a send off 👏👏
Cheers and applause filled the hallway in our Emergency Department as we bid farewell to legend porter Ian Patterson on his final shift after an incredible 42 year career 🎉🙌
Enjoy retirement Ian. You will be greatly missed ❤️
New Chief Executive Appointed at South Eastern Trust.
Roisin Coulter, who began her career as a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London in 1987, has been appointed as the Chief Executive of the South Eastern Trust.
Read more ➡️
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr James Irvine on winning the prestigious Turner Warwick Prize for the NI region🏆
This recognition highlights Dr Irvine’s significant contribution to the field of stroke medicine & commitment to improving patient care💙
Read more 👇
CONGRATULATIONS to our former Director of Nursing, Primary Care & Older People, Nicki Patterson on receiving an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours🏅
Nicki put the patient at the heart of everything she did, with a career in HSC spanning 4 decades.
EXTREMELY WELL DESERVED 🎉
A strong message from Dr Julia Courtney, Respiratory Consultant at the Ulster Hospital 👇
You are saving lives!
Please stay at home this bank holiday weekend 🏚️
#StaySafe
#StayHomeSaveLives
At exactly 12.01 this morning our new ED opened at the Ulster Hospital. A huge amount of work, which began over 10 years ago, culminated in this moment. It is a massive achievement and will benefit both patients and staff. Well done to everyone involved 👏👏
@healthdpt
** Trust Staff **
We are currently experiencing pressures in the system and would appeal for any Trust staff who can help out this evening to contact their Department Manager.
100,000 VACCINATIONS 🌟
Last night, our vaccination centre reached a truly remarkable milestone as the 100,000th vaccine was administered within the South Eastern Trust 🎉
The monumental effort of our staff has made this all possible 🙌
#ThankYou
#TeamSET
#proudofourstaff
🌈
Today we have reached another outstanding milestone in our fight against COVID-19 as our 70,000th vaccination has been administered 💫
We are so proud of our staff who have made this all possible 🌈
#ThankYou
#TeamSET
#SETLeadership
We are proud to be the FIRST Health Trust in NI to GO-LIVE with encompass on 9th November 2023 💻
This new digital system means everyone will eventually have 1⃣ health record, reducing the need for info to be stored on multiple, ageing systems & on paper.
It's a game changer!
Our Director of HR and Corporate Affairs Myra Weir, has taken early retirement after 36 years in Health and Social Care 👏
We wish Myra well for the next chapter in her life and wish Myra and her husband Andrew many happy years ahead 🌈
Director of Children’s Services and Executive Director of Social Work, Bria Mongan, has retired after a career spanning 42 years.
We wish her a long and happy retirement 💙
“Nicki Patterson is an inspirational role model for every Nurse in NI.”
Director of Nursing, Primary Care and Older People and Deputy Chief Executive Nicki Patterson retires from the Trust after a distinguished nursing career, spanning four decades 💙
You will be sorely missed!
Maggie Magowan, Lead Nurse in our Vaccination Centre, takes a call from
@KensingtonRoyal
.
HRH the Duke of Cambridge was anxious to congratulate some of the top performing vaccination sites across the UK and asked Maggie to pass on his thanks to her colleagues 👇
Our Vaccination Centre has reached another great milestone! ✨
Today the team have delivered over 1,180 vaccines in ONE day, the largest number to date.
Well done to the team 🎉
#Proudofourstaff
#TeamSET
A message from Julia Courtney, Respiratory Consultant at the Ulster Hospital who has been caring for Covid-19 patients since March 2020 👇 Please stay at home and follow the public health guidance
#InItTogether
And the corridors, offices and wards went silent.
Today at 11am we bow our heads for those key workers who have lost their lives caring for others.
#NeverForgotten
#IWMD20
💙
#minutesilence
An incredible TRIPLE twin arrival at the Ulster Hospital on the 75th birthday of the NHS 💙👶
Today we welcomed a set of twin boys, twin girls and a boy and girl!
SIX beautiful bundles of joy 🌈
#NHS75
#HSC75
Read the full story here 👇
Our staff are working extremely hard to limit delays and care for the high number of very sick people in our hospitals. They have worked extra hours and shifts without complaint. We appreciate the messages of support and thanks. We are very
#proudofourstaff
3...2...1....WE ARE NOW LIVE! 🚀 🎉
encompass has launched across the South Eastern Trust.
It is a proud moment.
Thank you to everyone who made this happen 💙
@healthdpt
Our Interim Chief Executive, Seamus McGoran, has retired after 35 years in Health and Social Care ✨
We wish Seamus well for the next chapter of his life and thank him for his dedication to our staff, patients, clients and service users. 💙
We said farewell to our Chief Executive
@HughMcCaughey
today & wished him well in his new role as National Director of
@NHSEngland
&
@NHSImprovement
Hugh paid tribute to all
@setrust
staff. He will take the quality & improvement journey from his Trust to a national level.
What an incredible team effort to open our new Emergency Department at the Ulster Hospital at 12.01am. Fantastic achievement. A new Consultant led Minor Injury Unit will also open at 8am this morning at the site of the former ED. Thank you everyone!!
@healthdpt
Thank you to the staff and owners of La Taqueria Restaurant for their generous donation of £3362.00 to Ward 3A in memory and honor of their dear friend and colleague Adam Lynas who sadly passed away in November this year.
Thank you La Taqueria 🌈 💙
#GrabAJab
and
#GrabAPoke
🍦
There will be an ice cream van at the SSE Arena from today until Sunday providing those who received their vaccine a free ice cream.
Please show your vaccine card to receive your free poke.
#CrushCovidNI
#GetTheJabDone
It was such an emotional morning when teams arrived from near and far (even virtually!) to witness this historic moment 🎉
We went live with our new digital patient record system, encompass at 4am. Bang on time! 🚀
The atmosphere was ELECTRIC ⚡️
@healthdpt
“The greater your storm, the brighter your rainbow.” 🌈
One of our support staff captured this image this morning.
It is rather fitting that in the same week we reflect on the first anniversary of lockdown being introduced, we celebrate the delivery of our 100,000th vaccine 💫
IT HAS BEEN AN EPIC JOURNEY 🚀
We are just hours away from the biggest transformation in healthcare in a generation ⏰
This video captures the true ‘can do’ spirit of
#TeamSET
Together we made this happen 💙
@healthdpt
Today we said farewell to our Head of Communications, Jeanie Johnston!
We wish you a happy retirement and thank you for your dedication to the Trust throughout your career. 🌈 You will be greatly missed by all!
#TeamSET
#SETLeadership
During this wave there has been an increase in young people being admitted to our hospitals with serious COVID-19 infection.
We're appealing to people to take the opportunity this
#BigJabWeekend
to
#GetTheJabDone
👉
Congratulations to James Chapman, Charge Hand Porter at Lisburn Health Centre on receiving a BEM in the 2022 Queen's Honours List 🎉
We are so proud to see our porters get recognised and rewarded for their role within healthcare.
Zaina Alam & Naveed Alam, sharing a message for the public to
#StayHome
. Their Mum, Dr Jeenat Khan is Specialty Doctor in Stroke & Geriatrics at the Ulster Hospital and their Dad, Dr Nashid Alam is Consultant Physician & Geriatrician at Antrim Area Hospital.
#StayAtHome
#COVID19
Nicki Patterson, Director of Nursing, was one of our first Covid vaccinators to get her vaccination today.
Nicki will be part of the mobile team delivering the Covid vaccine to residents and staff in our care homes.
#vaccination
#covidvaccine
Today we celebrate
#ThankfulThursday
, by thanking ALL staff, across all disciplines, including those who were redeployed and those who returned from retirement!
Thank you for your dedication in the fight against COVID-19. 💙🌈
#TeamSET
#ProudOfOurStaff
#SETLeadership
Congratulations to Dr. Tony Tham (Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist in the Ulster Hospital) who received the President’s Medal from the British Society of Gastroenterology 👏
Learn more about Dr. Tham's prestigious award ➡️
Meet Dorothy Agnew who has turned 80 today! 🎂 🎉
Dorothy has worked with CSSD for 6 years and is a treasured member of staff here at the South Eastern Trust ⭐
Thank you Dorothy for your hard work and dedication to your job!
Happy Birthday from everyone at SET!
"Professor Semple's a trailblazer in cancer nursing, and an example for all staff”
Professor Cherith Semple was awarded the British Association of Head & Neck Oncologist 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award for Head & Neck Cancer Services🏆
Congratulations👏
The team in the Emergency Department, Ulster Hospital would like to wish Sister Sylvia Ritchie every blessing in her retirement.
Sylvia gave 27 years of service in A&E at Ards Hospital before coming to the Ulster and serving a further 22 years.
Thank you Sylvia🎉🌈
Ward 6b, Ulster Hospital, have developed care baskets for relatives of end of life patients.
The basket contains toiletries and items relatives may need when staying with their loved one. 💕
#proudofourstaff
#transformingcare
#qualitycare
🔹BREAKING NEWS FOR ANYONE OVER 18 💉
For the first time, tomorrow Sunday 27th June you can just walk into the COVID-19 Vaccination Centre, at
@SSEBelfastArena
WITHOUT an appointment for FIRST DOSE of PFIZER.
It has never been easier to get the
#JabDone
Congratulations to June Cairns, Ward Sister at Lagan Valley Hospital on receiving an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 🎉
June said, "I am absolutely humbled and delighted to receive my MBE. I am proud to have achieved so many wonderful things in my career."
#ProudOfOurStaff
ED Cst Andrew Dobbin reinforces the message on
@UTVNews
to those who haven’t received their vaccine to take up the offer to reduce hospital admissions. Some patients have had to wait up to 57 hours in ED. To those attending, please be kind and patient staff are doing their best
An innovative I/V drugs preparation service, the first of its kind across HSC, has been established at Ulster Hospital to help deal with
#COVID19
. The service, involving nurses, midwives, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians aims to save time for ward nurses
The Trust was delighted to welcome our new Health Minister, Robin Swann to the Ulster Hospital.
He chatted to staff & patients in our Emergency Dept & Acute Medical Unit where he was able to see our new digital patient record system, encompass, in operation 📲
@healthdpt
The world's first dedicated heart scanner is launched in the Ulster Hospital. Consultant Cardiologist Dr Patrick Donnelly with patient Keith Miller from Bangor, and radiographer Sarah Smythe
We recently wished a fond farewell to Dr Tuck Goh who has retired after 38 years 👨⚕️
Dr Tuck leaves behind a long legacy not just as a SAS Doctor but as an AMAZING photographer, with his photo book 'Together' published late last year 📸
Congratulations Tuck! 💙
The Trust will open its new state-of the-art Emergency Department at the Ulster Hospital at 00:01am on Wednesday 6th September.
We are delighted that in addition to our new ED, a new Consultant led Minor Injury Unit will also open on the same day.
Introducing Professor Semple 🎓
CONGRATULATIONS to Reader in Clinical Cancer Nursing for the South Eastern Trust, Cherith Semple who has been promoted to a Professor at
@UlsterUni
🎉
What an AMAZING achievement ♥️ 👏
Last night, we reached another significant milestone in our vaccination programme as the 100,000th vaccine at the SSE Arena was administered 💉
Thank you to our staff and the wider public who came forward to be vaccinated for making this possible 🌈
#TeamSET
#proudofourstaff
Seamus McGoran, Interim Chief Executive has recorded a message for our amazing staff who are working to provide the best possible care while dealing with the impact of
#COVID19
#TeamSET
#ProudOfOurStaff
Lisburn Health Centre LEGENDS, Valerie and Jimmy close the doors for the final time 🚪
Valerie has dedicated an incredible 45 years service to our Trust, THANK YOU!
Jimmy Chapman, 87 years old is looking forward to his next EXCITING chapter at our fabulous new Lisburn PCCC💙
“I had a cardiac arrest on an operating table in April last year. Few thought I would survive but I did. Watching the dedicated team of Nurses care for me inspired me to become the Nurse I am today.” 💙
#IND2023
#TeamSET
A picture’s worth a thousand words. This perfectly describes a captivating photo book compiled by ED Dr Tuck Goh 📸
Appropriately entitled ‘Together’ it’s been gifted to our staff to say thank you. It poignantly documents how we journeyed through the pandemic, standing together.
CONGRATULATIONS to Kate Cleland & Angela Reed who were invited to Buckingham Palace's Garden Party 🌷 ☀️
Kate was awarded a British Empire Medal last year and Angela was nominated to attend in recognition for her work on encompass ❤️
Well done ladies 👏
14 month old Charlie Lorimer was born premature at 28 weeks and spent 8 weeks in ICU/SCBU at the Ulster Hospital.
Here he is handing over a donation made by his family & friends to the Neonatal Unit in the Ulster Hospital for all the care & love they gave him during his stay 🌈
A dedicated phone line for relatives has now been installed in the Emergency Department at the Ulster Hospital, allowing families to check up on their loved ones and receive updates on their condition & the care they are receiving 📲
More info ➡️
Dementia-specific JAM Card has been launched by
@Dementia_NI
and
@NOW_Group
. The JAM Card allows people with dementia, learning difficulties and communication barriers to ask for an extra minute of patience when in customer service situations. Info:
“What you do does make a difference so please follow the guidance”
Dr Julia Courtney, Respiratory Consultant at the Ulster Hospital, asks the public to follow the guidance to ease the pressures on our health care system 👇
HUGE congratulations to Joan Brolly who is retiring after 41 years in Children's Safeguarding Services 🎉
"It's been a wonderful journey & I've had fabulous colleagues that I have grown to love." 💙
Thank you Joan for your amazing service & dedication throughout your career 🌈
Chief Executive, Seamus McGoran congratulates 16 year old Dominic Kent, who is cared for by the Trust, on his fabulous Christmas trees made from recycled wood which have been a best seller this festive season. 🎄 ❄️
We are delighted to win ‘Best Social Media Campaign in the Public Sector’ and runner up in two other categories as well as finalists in two more at this year’s NI Social Media Awards 🎉
Thank you to every one who likes and shares our posts across our social media channels 🙌
We need your help to stop the spread of Coronavirus in our community!
Three simple steps can help save lives:
✔️ Wash your hands regularly
✔️ Keep social distancing (2 metres where possible)
✔️ Wear a face covering when required
We are
#InItTogether
🌈
Pastor
@mark_mcclurg
told his wife ‘this is it, I can’t breathe no more’.
Three months on, he’s reunited with the team which helped him survive
#covid19
‘For me the Ulster Hospital will always be the place - not only where my babies were born - but where my life was saved’
Meet Vince Rosales
#TeamSET
’s ONLY male Midwife! 👶
He has welcomed countless babies into the world with his legendary rendition of Happy Birthday 🎶 and has had the privilege of having 2 babies named after him! ❤️
ABSOLUTE LEGEND
#DayOfTheMidwife
🙌
A MUST watch 📹⬇️
And we won! Huge congratulations to our Psychological Therapies Implementation Team who tonight scooped the prestigious Burnett Nursing Award for Mental Health Nursing.
@HughMcCaughey
Congratulations to our staff Paul Devlin, Georgina Calwell, Dr Joe Palmer and Richard Knight who have all been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours awards. Well done to you all!
#proudofourstaff
Congratulations to this years RCN Nurse of the Year Award winners, Roisin, Joanne, Anne & Tracey and Noeleen McCreanor, AD of HR, who won a national award at this years HPMA Excellence Awards, ‘Deputy HR Director of the Year 2018’.
#proudofourstaff
Check out our new heated musical
pod in the new enchanting garden at the Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit 🌳🌻
The pod offers a place of refuge when someone wants a moment to themselves and can also be used to deliver a range of therapies.
We understand that
#COVID19
is having a serious impact on those living with Domestic Violence & abuse & also on Children. Dial 0808 802 1414 for the Domestic Violence Helpline or 0300 1000 300 for the Children's Services Gateway Team. Watch the video clip below for more info 👇
Our Emergency Dept is here to help you, 24/7.
In the most challenging of circumstances, our staff will continue to provide the best possible care.
We ask you to
#BeKind
to our staff & remind you that there is a ZERO TOLERANCE policy of abuse towards our staff.
Thank you.
Congratulations to Zoe Boreland, Former Head of Midwifery & Gynaecology and Sheila Simons, Sector Manager Social Services in being awarded an MBE.
#ProudOfOurStaff
#TeamSET
Farewell to Dr Ralph Roberts & Dr Penny Hill 💙
The husband and wife duo retire after years of dedicated service to Maternity, not just locally but across Northern Ireland and beyond 🌍
They will be greatly missed by their colleagues 🤝
Wishing you a happy retirement!
"I have achieved so many wonderful things in my career but I was absolutely humbled and thrilled to receive my MBE". 🎉
Congratulations to Acute Frailty and Rehabilitation Manager, June Cairns who was recently presented with an MBE at Windsor Castle.
An AMAZING achievement 👏
District Nurses were transported to house calls by tractor after the Beast from the East brought challenging weather conditions to Northern Ireland. Read the full story below
#SETSnowHeroes
#proudofourstaff
#beastfromtheast