We provide services for community health, mental health and learning disabilities in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.
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Here’s the moment 87 year old David Brindley from Glenfield becomes the first patient in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland to have his Covid-19 vaccine. Our vaccination programme has begun!
Congratulations LPT consultant psychiatrist
@aluzri1
who is is to oversee international work of
@rcpsych
in prestigious Presidential appointment. Read more in our media release
Tonight everyone at LPT wants to show appreciation to all the key workers outside the NHS who are keeping us all going at this challenging time. A big THANK YOU from all of us!
#ClapForOurCarers
Today is
#InternationalNursesDay2020
and the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale. Join us in saying a massive thank you to all our nursing teams today as we share some of their stories. We’d love to hear yours too. Thank you so much for your care and compassionate everyday.
We extend deepest sympathies to the Srivaddhanaprabha family and
#LCFC
family & fans from our LPT family. We share in your grief and our thoughts are with you at this very tragic time. For all affected, please look after your mental health and remember support is available.
Hot off the press. We are proud and delighted to announce two of our nurses have been awarded the title of Queens Nurse by
@TheQNI
. Julie Potts
@JuliePo35705301
Diana Childrens Palliative Care Lead Nurse AND Sam Screaton
@SamScreaton
Learning Disability nurse - big congrats 🎉👏🏽
From singing doctors to dancing flash mobs, our amazing specialist staff have been vaccinating people with acute learning disabilities or autism. Find out more here. Super well done to all our staff and a BIG thank you for stepping up to great!
@jowhiley
- we are on it!
Words fail me.....today I have taken receipt of 4 Google tablets for the patients on Clarendon ward to remain in contact with their families. The person who donated wishes to remain nameless but thank you do much 😇
@LPTnhs
@CHSInpatientLPT
@skashton
#WeAreInThisTogether
NHS CEO
@AmandaPritchard
has been visiting our community crisis response service today and tells our joint nursing & social care teams she is blown away by their passion & can do attitude to work together to keep local patients safe at home and out of hospital
#2hrcrisisresponse
A very warm welcome to
@AngelaHillery
our incoming CEO who has begun her transition into LPT today with a handover week with
@LPTCEO
. Angela will take on accountability from next week, as we continue our journey to
#StepUpToGreat
!
We are introducing pharmacy technicians to give medicines to inpatients. Our first, Susan Lees at Coalville Community Hospital, explains why.
@cmphuk
@APTUK1
@AMoonesinghe
@lptjobs
Today we say goodbye to Prof. Sab Bhaumik OBE, who passed away this weekend. He devoted his life to the Trust and to learning disabilities psychiatry, and was well renowned locally, nationally and internationally. Our sincere condolences to his family and friends. Thank you Sab.
Congrats to LPTS dr Girish Kunigiri on your first London Marathon and in record heat . Unofficial time of 4.13.35 and amazing boost for
@LeicesterBridge
. Thanks for sharing your start pic
Mental health ambulance triage service part of extended LPT mental health services to help ease A&E pressures thanks to £299,000 ‘winter pressures funding. Read details in our media release
Kully Sidki is given a rousing send off when he is sent home to his family after an eight week battle with Covid-19. See how Coalville Community Hospital staff helped him recover at:
.
@LPTnhs
's Asha Day receives the British Empire Medal for “services to the NHS + minority ethnic equality during the Covid response.” Asha chairs the Trust’s BAME staff support group, is co-chair of
@BINA_UK
, fellow of
@iHealthVisiting
, vice-chair of
@Unite_CPHVA
#NewYearHonours
We are pleased to announce that after a rigorous recruitment process Dr Avinash Hiremath has been appointed the new Medical Director for LPT. Read more:
The winner of this year’s excellence in Research award goes to Paula Otter, occupational therapist at St Luke’s Hospital
#LPTstars
#CelebratingExcellence2019
. Many congratulations!!! (6)
This morning at 11.10am senior LPT mental health nurse Saskya Falope will be live on
@BBCLeicester
with Summaya Mughal talking about
#BlackLivesMatter
, the impact of racism on mental health and how emotional wellbeing can be supported.
Five Leicester consultant psychiatrists are at the forefront of a national initiative to support non-English speakers to maintain positive mental health through Covid-19. Read more:
A big thank you to all our fantastic staff going above and beyond at this difficult time to keep everyone safe. You are all amazing!
#WeAreLPT
#ThankYouNHS
We have launched an urgent mental health support service for anyone in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland in need of urgent NHS help with their mental health. Read more in our media release
A big well done and congrats to the team supporting our workforce race equality award in the
#HSJAwards
- not winners tonight but definitely our winners!!! Congrats to everyone shortlisted!
It’s
#InternationalNursesDay
today! A massive thank you to all of our nurses - thank you for the incredible and selfless work you do. We truly appreciate the phenomenal effort you put in each and every day.
#NursesDay
#ThisNurse
We are delighted to have secured final approval from
@DHSCgovuk
to build a new 15-bed mental health inpatient facility for young people on Glenfield Hospital site. Subject to contract
@InterserveNews
will begin work next month, completing for Aug 2020.
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Patient Experience Network awards for our
#KneadtoChat
mental health and baking project run by our wonderful volunteer
@malcolmheaven
. A great initiative supporting people to talk whilst learning to bake.
#LPTvolunteers
We are delighted to announce that our Chief Executive,
@AngelaHillery
has been recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours List.
Angela will receive a CBE, the highest-ranking Order of the British Empire award, other than a knighthood or damehood.
We're looking forward to tonight's virtual Celebrating Excellence awards ceremony, celebrating the achievements of our staff, teams and volunteers from 2019/20!🤩Check back here for live tweets of the show from 6-8pm and tweet us using
#LPTStars
Today we officially launch Mum's Mind, the first dedicated perinatal mental health ChatHealth text message service supporting mums' mental health in pregnancy and baby's first year. Read our media release at
Avril Archibald, registered children’s nurse in our Diana service, has been awarded a prestigious national Cavell Star award in recognition of her outstanding contribution to nursing in the NHS. 🌟👏
Read more:
Today's
#LPTboard
is taking place virtually and being recorded. Cathy Ellis our
@LPTChair
starts by congratulating Dr Avinash Hiremath - our new Medical Director.
A big thank you to 70 plus community health staff from across our Trust who have volunteered to support community swabbing for Covid-19 within the last 12 hours. You are all amazing and we are proud of you!
#WeAreLPT
#teamofTeams
Thank you to all our staff, and to the care workers, council staff, teachers, check-out assistants, delivery drivers, call centres, charities and to our community who
#StayHome
to
#SaveLives
. We’re all in this together 💙💙💙
LPT is proud to be confirmed as one of the first 'Veteran Aware' mental health trusts in the UK, confirming our commitment to Armed Forces veterans as well as serving personnel, reservists and their families. Full details in our media release
… and the winner is Patsy Huband 🎉
Patsy was nominated for her support to our international recruited nurses, working in our community hospital wards and her enthusiasm to do the best she can for her patients.
#LPTstars
Very sad news today for us as we hear of Dr Bhaumik’s passing. He was an inspiring colleague for so many and will be remembered for his compassionate nature. Our condolences to his family at this difficult time. Rest in peace 🙏🏽
RIP Professor Sabyasachi Bhaumik OBE.
@rcpsych
made him an Honorary Fellow in 2015, the highest honour the College can bestow. He will be remembered for his intellect, his huge contribution to the care of patients, but most of all for his humour, humility and kindness.
An exciting day for
#CAMHS
as we celebrate work officially starting on our new mental health inpatient unit for young people at Glenfield Hospital. Chair Cathy Ellis had the honour of 'cutting the first sod' with Andrew Jowett from Interserve, service users and clinical staff.
On Sunday, with the help of our fantastic vaccinators, support staff and volunteers, we gave our 100,000th Covid-19 vaccine dose at the Peepul Centre in Leicester! 🎉
Find out more about this huge milestone 👉
Today we said goodbye and thank you to our deputy CEO
@DanielleCecchin
- all the best for your new adventures Dani and thank you for all you’ve done for LPT, the local system and our NHS and patients! We will miss you!
We are pleased that today's CQC report has removed all ‘inadequate’ ratings and showed improvements in numerous areas. Although our overall rating remains the same it is great to see that ten ratings have moved up, six of which have moved up to ‘good’.
8 unregistered LPT therapy staff are being supported to study for physiotherapy or occupational therapy degrees
@covcampus
while they earn and treat patients as apprentices. They will have 20% time at uni, 80% on wards/clinics/community.
We are delighted to announce our
#PENNA21
shortlisted finalists! 👏👏👏
Head to to see the list in full. We look forward to sharing so many incredible projects in September!
#PatExp
#PatientExperience
Anyone in Leicester, Leics or Rutland with urgent concerns about their own or someone else’s mental health can call a single Freephone number 0808 800 3302 any time of day, any day of the year. The new all-age mental health central access point is provided by
@LPTnhs
and
@TP_LLR
Well done to our community health services team being shortlisted for the
#HSJAwards
Partnerships award with
@LeicsHis
@Newton_Europe
@TPP_SystmOne
- you may not have won this time but you are amazing and we are so proud of you! 👏🏽👏🏽
Our community health services director
@rachelbilsboro1
has been with the NHS for 35 years, and retires end of the year. She is thanked by
@LPTChair
and the board and says thank you to
@AngelaHillery
, the board and the system for their support. All the best Rachel!
#LPTboard
… and the winners are: Emily Robertshaw and the LPT Youth Advisory Board members🎉
The
@LptYab
are a group of young people aged 13-21 years, who meet to share their views and help shape ideas to improve services for other children and young people (CYP) across LLR.
#LPTstars
Today we say goodbye to our fantastic chief nurse and deputy ceo
@aj25childs
. Adrian is NOT retiring but off to new ventures! Thank you for your 38 years service to the NHS and thanks from all of us at LPT. We wish you the very best for the future!
THREAD: We recognise the impact that Covid-19 continues to have on the mental wellbeing of our local population, and want to ensure that people can access the right help. The resource below has been translated into 11 different languages to signpost people to support. (1/13)
We then celebrated our colleagues who achieved an amazing 30 years service in 2022. This included Catherine, who was delighted with her certificate and gift bag, kindly donated by our event sponsor
@DunelmUK
#LPTlongservice
We are proud to have launched a new research partnership with
@uniofleicester
and
@Leic_hospital
linking excellence in research, education and health service delivery for local people.
This year marks 100 years of learning disabilities nursing - and that's 100 great reasons to say thank you to our dedicated and inspiring LD nurses, who got together to celebrate this landmark year
#100yearsRNLD
@AnneMNewham
We are wishing foundation doctor, Jess Speller, good luck for tomorrow, as she is up for a
@rcpsych
Award!
Jess, who worked
@BradgateUnit
, is making a big impact to patients lives and those embarking on medical careers with a disability.
Find out more:
We understand you might feel anxious around lockdown in
#Leicester
and beyond. We are here for you, with our partners, offering mental health and emotional wellbeing support and advice if you need it. Don't be afraid to reach out!
#ItsOkayToNotBeOkay
@TurningPointUK
@NHSNottsCCG
Huge congratulations to LPT learning disabilities primary care liaison nurse Sam Screaton shortlisted for 'Breaking Barriers' in 2018 National Learning Disabilities and Autism awards for groundbreaking work on accessible cancer screening information
#compassion
#care
Bidding an emotional farewell to service group manager
@sarahangharad1
his afternoon - off to pastures new in New Zealand. Her phenomenal nursing expertise, operational management skills and ‘can do’ attitude will be much missed! Good luck Sarah.
(1) Older patients in
@LPTnhs
and
@Leic_hospital
on Xmas Day will each receive a present thanks to the generosity of
@ageukleics
supporters. They gave gifts which have been sorted into goodie bags. Here are some hospital staff receiving them
One of Hinckley and Bosworth Community Hospital's wards has been dedicated to caring for Covid-19 patients. To see behind the scenes at East Ward, please watch this short film .
We are pleased to launch our new zero tolerance campaign today - raising awareness of our commitment to protecting our staff from abuse, racism or discrimination. Let's all work together and give the
#RedCardToAbuse
An eight year mission to provide Bradgate mental health unit patients with a new gym to harness the recovery power of physical activity is complete thanks to a generous legacy, successful room refurb and dedication of
@LPTOTBradgate
team. Congrats to all concerned!
#WeareLPT
We've got a whole week of exciting activities planned for
#AHPsDay2020
on the 14th to celebrate our amazing allied health professionals working across Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland and wider! Keep an eye out on internal channels for more information.
#AHPsConnect
If you feel distressed and need to speak to someone urgently, pick up the phone. Telephone help is available round the clock for all adults across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
And that’s a wrap for day one of our change champions training! Real enthusiasm and positivity in the room for making a difference and improving our culture! Thank you!
#ourfutureourway
#WeAreLPT
Well done and thank you to all our 90 plus culture change champions from across LPT. After 2 days training they are ready to start the journey of discovery to improve our culture for staff. Watch out for them!
#ourfutureourway
#WeAreLPT
Sue Swanson has been made a Queen’s Nurse, one of just over 1,000 in England recognised for high standards of community nursing by
@TheQNI
.
She said: “If you are a people person and have a caring persona, there is no better place to be than nursing in the community.”
@LPT_CET
A welcome visit from
@leicspcc
with our CEO
@AngelaHillery
celebrating successful progress of partnership work with police at Bradgate Unit and looking ahead to build on it further
@FightBach