The project is having a positive impact on patient experience - and our Executive Chief People Officer, Amanda Rawlings, visited colleagues to present them with a 𝓟𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓗𝓮𝓻𝓸 Award to recognise their outstanding work (3/3) 🔗 https://t.co/W38MMQxEqY

The teams were inspired by Prostate Cancer UK's 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗶𝗻𝘀 campaign, which aims to ensure all men have access to bins in their toilets to dispose of used products appropriately. (2/3)

"It is a simple change that can make a 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 difference to our patients." UHDB colleagues have been praised for identifying a need for bins in men's toilets, to support men who have prostate problems, or have had prostate surgery, resulting in continence problems. (1/3)

There will be free admission, a BSL interpreter and information tables and refreshments. You can also park for free in the UHDB School of Medicine Car Park (next to the Education Centre) (3/3)

the talk will be led by Suzanne Filon, Parkinson's Disease Nurse Specialist and Fiona Lindop MBE, Specialist Physiotherapist from UHDB's Centre of Excellence Parkinson's team (2/3)

You're invited to our next Health and Information Talk discussing the topic of Parkinson's Disease. 📅 Taking place Thursday 11 December from 𝟲.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺-𝟳.𝟯𝟬𝗽𝗺 (doors open from 5.30pm) (1/3)

Find out more about what we are doing and how you can support reducing missed hospital appointments 🔗

These cost the NHS valuable time and resources every year. Thanks to innovative use of technology, the Trust has already achieved a significant reduction in DNAs, helping thousands more patients receive the care they need sooner. (2/3)

"When someone doesn’t attend, it’s not just a missed opportunity for them, it’s time that could have been used to treat another patient." 📆 UHDB is calling on local communities to play a role in reducing missed hospital appointments – known as ‘Did Not Attend’ (DNA) cases (1/3)

Here is a helpful graphic that explains some of our birth statistics

You can read more about the Generation study and how it is helping our communities, or find out how you can get involved, here:

More than 1,600 parents and babies are now involved in the Generation Study across Royal Derby Hospital and Queen's Hospital Burton, which investigates the genomes of newborn babies to see if their DNA can help us find and treat genetic conditions earlier. (3/4)

In addition, this month, we want to tell you about how 𝓤𝓗𝓓𝓑 𝓲𝓼 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓸 𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰, 𝓭𝓲𝓪𝓰𝓷𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼, by taking part in a research trial. (2/4)

Each month we share birth statistics to show how many families have been supported through our maternity services - and in October 2025, 701 𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓫𝓸𝓻𝓷 at UHDB. (1/4)

The Cardiometabolic service is shortlisted for the Medicines, Pharmacy and Prescribing Initiative of the Year category after their joined up and integrated approach led to a reduction in the number of patients waiting for specialist lipid care:

The East Midlands Breast Pain Pathway National Collaboration are recognised for the Primary and Community Care Innovation of the Year category:

The EPR procurement team are jointly shortlisted with Chesterfield Royal Hospital for the Provider Collaboration of the Year award - read about it here:

Good luck to our EPR, Cardiometabolic and Community Breast Pain Clinic teams for tonight's @HSJ_Awards ceremony. All three teams are making a real difference to our patients and communities.

You can find out more about the service and the care the team provides here: Colleagues who support patients with breast pain shortlisted for prestigious HSJ award | Latest news | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS (3/3)

The East Midland Breast Pain Pathway service, which is up for the 'Primary and Community Care Innovation of the Year' category of the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards, was set up in response to an increase in women attending hospital with breast pain as a sole symptom (2/3)