🌟 🐝 *Supporting Care for Patients with Learning Disabilities and Autism*🌟🐝 Buy your ticket today for £1 per ticket! 🎫 Our goal is to create a more inclusive, supportive, and calming environment across both paediatric and adult departments ✨ *Be a Part of the Change *✨

Safeguarding Champions Day 2025!💙 30 brilliant colleagues from across the trust participating in all things adult, child & LD safeguarding! Huge thank you to everyone for attending😁Excited for next year! @WestHertsNHS @MichelleMulvan2 @o_burke147 @kellyMcgovern21 @breed_hayley

Safeguarding and LD Champions Day is in FULL swing! Thank you staff for your engagement! @WHTSafeguarding

The Summer Safeguarding Newsletter is out!🙌☀️ Our SG teams have been out visiting different adult & paediatric areas delivering our latest newsletter. Do please give it a read! We hope you enjoy our updates😁 @MichelleMulvan2 @WestHertsNHS @kellyMcgovern21

Castle Ward- Thank you for having me for your theme of the week, it have been a privileged speaking to you daily about LD and Autism and discussing how we can improve the care we provide as a acute Trust.

Another day another purple PARTY! 💜 Well done to the Palliative care team for achieving this amazing award and your pledges @LizLizsumner @Chelles2Sorley You have a amazing team that is truly inspirational in defining the way forward for the Trust in care for patients with LD

💜 Well done SACH DSU on your Purple Pledges 💜 Paving the way forward for the Trust, in delivering the highest quality of care for patients with a Learning Disability

Congratulations to the fantastic DSU at SACH on achieving your Purple Pledge Certificate today, awarded by a very proud chief and deputy nurse! Providing excellent care to all patients with a Learning Disability @kellyMcgovern21 @WHTSafeguarding @WestHertsNHS

Shout out to the amazing children’s safeguarding team who are always happy to help and always approachable ready to share their knowledge #Thanksforeverythingyoudo @WHTSafeguarding

We are really excited to be piloting our “This Is Me - On My Best Day” on Castle ward, the team were fully engaged and keen to be part of this! Thank you for embracing this. #champions #LD #thisisme

We’re celebrating #LearningDisabilityWeek2025! 🎉 We’ve been raising awareness of the vital role our teams provide, giving expert guidance on reasonable adjustments and advocating for patients with learning disabilities to ensure they receive the best possible care.

Day 4- Learning Disability Week, paediatrics thanks for hosting me. Talking about our service, what support we can offer to patients and parents 💜

Day 2 - LD week we are at Hemel Hempstead talking about all things LD! Great to chat with staff and see what you are doing on other sites! Outpatients Hemel we hope to get you on the purple star strategy very soon!!!! 💜

Learning Disabilities Week! With @mencap_charity "Do You See Me" campaign. Our AMAZING LD team out on the wards playing soft sign BINGO & spreading awareness with goodie bags, cakes and a raffle! @MichelleMulvan2 @breed_hayley @WestHertsNHS @Mel_Chambers76 @kellyMcgovern21

Day 2 of our “Trolley Tour”@WestHertsNHS celebrating #CarersWeek… today AAU Level1 unit , pharmacy and AAU3… fantastic engagement & shining a light on the importance of identifying & supporting carers using our services and our own workforce carers … thank you 🤩 @carersweek

thank youfor coming down to AAU and shining a light on the importance of Caring for Carers.Your presence meant a lot and were truly appreciated by the whole team. Let’s keep the conversation going and support those who support other @WHTSafeguarding @WHTHFFT @WHTSafeguarding

Our wonderful Children's Safeguarding Team with CED/ED/PAU sharing on all things Mental Health & the importance of HEADSS Assessments for our adolescent patients. Brilliant interprofessional collaboration! #MHweek @o_burke147 @MichelleMulvan2 @kellyMcgovern21 @Mel_Chambers76

Sister Olivia received a safeguarding star for her wonderful work with our LD patient as nominated by @o_burke147!🥳 Congratulations once again, well deserved! @MichelleMulvan2 @kellyMcgovern21 @Mel_Chambers76 @WestHertsNHS

A shout out to Hayley Breed who is our new Matron for Learning Disabilities and Autism! 💙   Hayley will be taking the lead on supporting patients within the Trust who have learning disabilities or autism, as well as their families, loved ones and carers.

Here’s Emily, Debby and Fozia from our IDSVA Service raising awareness of the  #16Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign 💙 They will be in The Dining Room at Watford General until Tues 10 Dec. For more information, email westherts.safeguarding@nhs.net.