Michael van der Watt
@Mikevanderwatt
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Medical Director of West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust. Consultant Cardiologist
Joined March 2013
Big thanks from @Mikevanderwatt and me for inviting us to the volunteer celebrations! What a wonderful event to celebrate your achievements. Special shoutout to @AgaDychton and @BuddBudda for their unwavering support! 🙌 #VolunteerAppreciation @WestHertsNHS Merry Christmas 🎄
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Huge congratulations to our incredible Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Galliford for being a finalist in the Star of Herts Awards! He is a true inspiration and a shining example of dedication, leadership, and compassion. We are so proud to have him on our team. #ProudTeam
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We’re now the 7th best performing in the country for A&E waiting times – rising almost 100 places in just two years! That means we are now treating more patients arriving in A&E more quickly, more of the time. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/yTEc5QiBTT
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Your obsession with doing what's best for patients was palpable. The thoughtfulness and hard work you had put into your hospital at home program, for safe discharge of your patients and now even for the frail people in your community, is remarkable. Thank you for inspiring me!
We were delighted to welcome @Masimo founder and CEO @JoeKiani from California to our #virtualward @WestHertsNHS today
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🌟 Incredible news! 🌟The neonatal team @WestHertsNHS has earned an 'outstanding' rating in the National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) for the second year in a row.👶👏 Read more here: https://t.co/vVazziUSgy
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Well done to our amazing Doctors and VH contributors! Virtual Hospital works👍👏🙌 research study shows👇
Debut presentation for Dr Michael Shaw at the ERS on behalf of the amazing WHTH Virtual Hospital. Preliminary data suggest significant LOS reductions with non-inferior readmission rates/mortality. Well done. @Mikevanderwatt @drniallkeenan @balasmitab @drmknight
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Reaching a milestone! 🙌🥳 We have served over 1000 happy patients and made possible by our incredible partners, @CLCHNHSTrust @Masimo @HertsHelp🤝👏 Shoutout to the amazing people who started this journey and made it happen! Let's keep the momentum going! #Collab #VirtualWards
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Today Reviewing FFT feedback @WatfordED 👏👏👏👏 @WestHertsNHS @RachelHoey1 @CarterTreacle @guccichelle @BuddBudda @experiencewhht1 @westherts_coo @Mikevanderwatt @MatthewCCoats1 #patientexperience #teamwestherts
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“We feel that this can make a massive difference across the whole country in terms of freeing up thousands of beds.” Fantastic to see @drniallkeenan & the virtual hospital team featured on @BBCNews this evening showcasing how #TeamWestHerts is leading the way in virtual care.
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Pleased to join the Minister for Health, @willquince to @WestHertsNHS on Monday as the Government launched a plan to recover urgent and emergency care services, reduce waiting times, and improve the patient experience, rolling out #Watford's virtual wards nationally.
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@WestHertsNHS reaches ArabHealth2023 sharing our Virtual Hospital outcomes and UK perspectives. Key themes: passionate leadership, highly effective RPM and workflow orchestration to enable full potential and scale @drniallkeenan @Mikevanderwatt
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Delighted to hear the Secretary of State, @SteveBarclay, raise @WestHertsNHS in the Chamber on Monday as a shining example of the benefits of virtual wards after his visit last week. #watford is proud to host the UK’s first Virtual Hospital, set up at Watford General in 2020 🏥
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Delighted to welcome Sir David Sloman (centre) & Dr Jane Halpin (second left) to our virtual hospital hub on Friday! Great opportunity to show how our innovative approach and partnership working delivers hospital care to Covid, cardiac & respiratory patients in their own homes.
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Dr Zamir and Dr Patel discuss how they will transform pinhole surgery @WestHertsNHS Here's a short video from 'An evening with Dr Patel and Dr Zamir' where they share their vision... https://t.co/NuwTRtV9yh via @YouTube
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We are delighted to be the first NHS trust to install not just one, but TWO Versius robots to assist with surgical operations🤖 Our investment will benefit patients and provide valuable skills for our staff Read more on the story here➡️ https://t.co/veaYIMzDro
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Today marks a landmark moment in our history as we raised flags across our sites to launch our new status as West Hertfordshire TEACHING Hospitals NHS Trust! Watch chief exec Christine Allen explain what it means to our staff and patients. More info here: https://t.co/AcOQwnsnUJ
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@WestHertsNHS Thought I’d just flag this up! #TeachingHospital
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⭐ Well done to our superstar junior doctor Oliver, who is our latest monthly #StarsofHerts award winner! ⭐ Oliver has done great work on a project to improve patient flow, which left our Clinical Advisory Group speechless! 👏 Make a nomination here ➡️ https://t.co/DtBmCbl2Sa ⬅️
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Great to hear @sajidjavid mention our virtual Covid hospital in his speech today @RCPhysicians We’re not stopping there: virtual COPD and heart failure model is up and running already!
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