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We are excited to be trialling the use of reusable suture instruments at our A&E department in Brighton, replacing single-use kits. The programme supports our Trust-wide target to reduce our carbon footprint by 57% by 2025.
Read more on our website➡️
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Congratulations to our very own intensive care doctor, Dr Sammy Batt-Rawden, who is a finalist for the
#WhoCaresWins
Doctor of the Year award!
Sammy has been recognised for her amazing work advocating for those inside the NHS.
We’re so proud of you
@sbattrawden
!
From specialists to campaigning docs - the docs up for Who Cares Wins Awards
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Today we wish the happiest of retirements and fondest of farewells to our outstanding
@UHSussex_CEO
Dame Marianne Griffiths. After 43 yrs in the NHS and 13 leading
#Sussex
hospitals Marianne said she couldn’t be more proud of her
#UHSussex
colleagues
#happyretirement
Marianne
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Our next
#AdaLovelaceDay
role model is the inspirational Sammy Batt-Rawden (
@sbattrawden
), intensive care doctor at the trust.
She shares her experiences of looking after very sick patients and the strong female role models that showed her what’s possible 💙💙💙
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Congratulations to Anthony, Physiotherapy Assistant, whose 'quiet leadership' saw him shortlisted for an Inspirational Support Worker award from
@NHS_HealthEdEng
🎉
Anthony supports teams in rehabilitating adults with extremely complex needs after a neurological injury. 💙
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It's not everyday you get a Thank You message from
@GaryLineker
!
We couldn't be prouder of our Major Trauma team at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and the amazing work they do.
Get well soon Lizzie.
#ThankYouNHS
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Today we welcomed back Dr George Findlay to start his new role as Chief Executive.
"I am proud to be Chief Executive here at UHSussex. I am really looking forward to working with colleagues to ensure we deliver the best services for our patients and the population of Sussex"
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We are truly devastated by this tragic incident.
Our deepest condolences and thoughts to the families of those involved and our colleagues at
@SECAmbulance
.
It is with huge sadness that we confirm the death of a paramedic involved in a collision on the A21, near Tonbridge, Kent, yesterday evening (5 January 2022). A full statement is available here:
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Our Clinical Team of the year winners are our incredible infection prevention control team. The team have been the backbone of the organisation during the COVID-19 response. Huge congratulations to all!
#OurStars
#UHSussexStarAwards
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We're excited to announce that Dr George Findlay will be our new Chief Executive.
He will succeed Dame Marianne Griffiths, who is retiring after almost 14 years in charge.
Read more here:
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Today we say farewell to our wonderful colleague, Gethin Hughes
@HughesGethin
who has been with us for many years.
We wish him all the best as he joins
@CwmTafMorgannwg
as their Chief Operating Officer.
🏴yn dymuno'r gorau i chi🏴
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Before the Victorian Barry building in Brighton Hospital had started being demolished the team found an old boarded up tunnel, this is what they found! (Sound needed).
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Congratulations to Helen, our first winner of the night!
Within Helen’s nomination, she was described as an inspirational leader. “She has created an incredible legacy of people who believe in themselves. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for Helen.”
#OurStars
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The
@LoveYourHosp
and
@BSUHCharity
winner is Reverend David Hill. In 2020, David and his wife Sandra, donated more than £100,000 and commissioned the amazing new Serenity garden at Worthing in loving memory of their sons, Jason and Stuart.
#OurStars
#UHSussexStarAwards
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💙 We wanted to take a moment to reflect on the current pressures that NHS staff are currently facing, both at UHSussex and across the country.
You are all outstanding. Thank you for all you are doing every single day 💙
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Today
@BBCSouthEast
's
@MarkNormanNews
interviewed our critical care team and chief nurse
@maggiedavies
about the pressures NHS staff face and the amazing work they do in these challenging times.
Watch tonight at 6.30pm on BBC South East Today.
@Sussex_HCP
@BSUH_icu
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As part of the preparations to open the Louisa Martindale Building at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, the building's external signs were put up this week. Check them out here and get to see the building from an unusual angle.
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Congratulations to Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital Paediatric Matron, Lynne, who was awarded a
@CavellTrust
Star medal for going above and beyond to support her colleagues and patients throughout the pandemic. 🥇
Read the full story on our website:
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🎉 Congratulations to anaesthetic trainees James Wright and Leonie Murphy who have been awarded a prestigious gold medal after finishing top of the class in an international final exam.🎉
Read more here:
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Today is World Kidney Day! The Sussex Kidney Unit at UHSussex is helping to raise awareness by having a stand in the Louisa Martindale building accompanied by the Sussex Kidney Unit band, the ‘Dip Sticks’. Any kidney related song requests?
#WorldKidneyDay
@NKF_UK
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We’re so touched to see our colleague, Dr Conor Alakus, helping organise donations to send humanitarian help to Turkey. 💙
He’s arranged a stand to collect essential items at Royal Sussex County Hospital that will be delivered to Turkey to help those affected by the disaster.
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"Kids from this school don’t get to become Doctors" – until they do.😎
Read about how a careers advisor from Crewe set Dr Andy Heeps, our interim Chief Executive, on the road to UHSussex.
@andyheeps
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📢📢📢A huge thank you to our dedicated charities and everyone who has generously donated towards more than £350,000 to improve staff rest areas across all our hospital sites, since 2020 🥳
Read more here:
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This
#OverseasNHSWorkersDay
we’re proud to celebrate all our amazing overseas staff!🎉
At UHSussex, we embrace our diverse colleagues from around the world, bringing with them different cultures, languages, and values, and making us a better Trust for it.💙
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Reconstructive Scientist.
I help rehabilitate patients who have lost part of their face due to trauma, cancer or congenital defects by designing and making small prosthetic body parts such as 👃,👁️and 👂 helping restore their confidence. 💙
#HCSWeek23
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Our Director of Nursing Edmund Tabay would like to thank all of our staff, in particular our international colleagues.
Thank you for your dedication, especially in a time where many have not been able to travel home to loved ones.
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Allan, our heroic housekeeper, will spend today cleaning a 24-bed space and looks forward to wishing each of his patients a Merry Christmas. 🧹
We're so grateful to all our incredible colleagues who keep our services running over the festive period. 💙
#WorkingatChristmas
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A leading pharmacist at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded a prestigious national award in recognition of her lifetime’s work.
Read the full story on our website:
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We are so excited to reveal the name of our new building at Royal Sussex County Hospital following our 3Ts Share-a-Name campaign 🎉
Join our staff as they reveal the name:
See how we took possession of levels 1 to 9 of the building in yesterday's post.
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Happy
#InternationalNursesday
to our incredible Nurses at University Hospitals Sussex. Thank you for all you do for patients, families and colleagues.
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The Louisa Martindale Building opens in June! 🎉
The new 11-storey building will house a range of outpatient, inpatient and specialist services. 💙
Find out what our staff are saying about the new building:
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Read Dr Luke Tester's account on swapping A&E at Royal Sussex County Hospital for Birmingham Airport to help Afghan refugees arriving in the UK.
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The Louisa Martindale Building, the new multi-million-pound facility at the Royal Sussex County Hospital will open fully to patients this April.
100,000+ patients a year will be seen in the new building, named after a pioneering local doctor and surgeon.
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The Louisa Martindale Building at the Royal Sussex County Hospital opened its doors for the first time today.
We asked patients and members of the public to tell us what they think about the new building.
Find out more on our website ➡️
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Today’s
#Maternity2022
CQC survey results reveal we performed better than most other Trusts on several questions, while in no area was our care rated below average.
A huge thank you to those who shared their feedback and congratulations to all our amazing maternity colleagues.
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A group of nurses from The Philippines celebrated a fantastic 20 years of service at our Trust. 🥳
We have many Filipino colleagues across our hospitals, and it makes us so proud to see this group of nurses who started with us two decades ago still call UHSussex home. 💙
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From today, NHS organisations in Sussex will reintroduce mandatory mask wearing for staff and patients in order to protect everybody from rising rates of COVID-19 infection.
Let's all do our bit to
#KeepSussexSafe
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Our new building at the County Hospital will open within 12 months. We’re inviting everyone to have their say about food, drink and retail services in the new building. To help us make these services a success please fill in our online questionnaire.
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We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Andy Heeps as our new managing director for West Sussex.
Read more here:
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Today is
#TransDayofRemembrance
, and we remember all who have lost their lives to transphobic violence and hatred.
We stand with our transgender and trans-diverse colleagues, patients and loved ones.
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UHSussex are fortunate to have the most wonderful, caring midwives and maternity staff who continue to provide excellent care for our patients and their families.
#IDM2021
#ourstaffareamazing
#shareyourexperience
#nhs
#maternity
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🎄From all at UHSussex, we wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Wishing you all a safe and joyous festive period.🎄
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We are very saddened to hear the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and send our heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family.
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The nursing team at Worthing Hospital’s A&E department has been recognised as Star of the Month for their outstanding commitment, professionalism and teamwork in getting ambulances back out on the road in record-breaking time. ⭐
Read more on our website:
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What a fantastic day at
#brightonpride
🏳️🌈 where chief executive Dr George Findlay joined staff for the celebration. The day was full of fun, laughter, dancing and a lot of walking. 💙
#Proud2bNHS
#inclusion
#celebrate
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We have seen unprecedented demand on our services in recent weeks.
Despite this, our people continue to work tirelessly to provide the highest possible standards of care.
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Broadwater ward in Worthing Hospital wish you all Happy Holidays in Hindi, the national language of India.
Many of our ward colleagues will be working over the festive period. Thank you for the care you provide for patients 365 days a year.
#ChristmasAtUHSussex
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Congratulations to our amazing Maternity Teams for winning this year’s Chairman’s Award.
Our Chairman recognised the hard work teams across the Trust have made to improve services in a short space of time.
Well done to all maternity colleagues!
#OurStars
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Congratulations, Gina!
We’re in awe of your incredible journey from HCA, to nursing associate to a registered nurse and hearing how proud your fellow colleagues are of your efforts is truly heart-warming.
We hope you had a brilliant first day to kick off an amazing career. 💙
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David aka 'Rocky', our fantastic volunteer, will be volunteering on Hurstpierpoint and Poynings Dementia Unit today.
He said: "I will be making breakfast, setting up the ☕ trolley, delivering breakfast to patients in a Santa hat, cheering them up and making them smile." 💙
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Yesterday, we welcomed Dame Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for NHS England, on a tour of our new facilities in the new Louisa Martindale Building and the current A&E in Brighton, which is set for a £48m overhaul.
@CNOEngland
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Staff at UHSussex have been recognised for their care of patients and families during the pandemic, through a commemorative painting.
Read more:
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When Andrej first came to the UK, he had only a summer holiday in mind. What started as an opportunity to work whilst improving his English, stemmed into a 14-year career
@UHSussex
where he expanded his knowledge + skills and was recently made a junior rotational physiotherapist.
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Worthing Hospital's calm and compassionate site manager wins Star of the Month award for upholding and exceeding outstanding care to support patients, colleagues and the hospital. ⭐
Read the full story on our website:
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Nurses, midwives and allied health professionals doing the Chief Nurse Fellows Programme attended our Chief Nurse Fellows Symposium.
The new fellowship programme is already making a positive difference to our patients.
Well done to the team, it was a truly inspiring day!
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💙💙💙“Thanks for all you do” 💙💙💙
Today we welcomed Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England, to our maternity and neonatal wards at St Richard’s Hospital.
She met colleagues and praised them for all their hard work and rising to the challenges of the last few years.
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We are so proud of
@rebeccamallick
and the Sussex Endometriosis Centre team for the incredible work they do for patients with severe endometriosis 💛
Read more about how the centre maintained its accreditation by surpassing the national requirements:
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And we’re off! Look out for announcements of the winners after 9pm tonight.
#GoodLuck
#ourstars
#UHSussexStarAwards
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👏Congratulations to Luke Tester, who works in A&E at The Royal Sussex County Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital, for being named as one of the most outstanding volunteers in the UK.👏
Read the full story on our website:
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We have seen exceptionally high demand for our services in recent weeks. Our staff continue to work extremely hard to care for patients and families.
Please be kind and treat everyone with respect when you attend our hospitals.
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At UHSussex we have more than 450 staff working with us who were recruited internationally in the last year, including nurses and diagnostic radiographers.
We are so grateful to have such a wealth of knowledge and skills from all over the world.
#OverseasNHSWorkersDay
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Our Clinical Team of the Year winners are the amazing Baily Ward!
Always working together to provide excellent focused patient care, the whole team are patient, kind and always go above and beyond.
Well done to the staff on Baily Ward; you are all incredible!
#OurStars
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Ever wondered what happens when your blood is taken? 🩸
Our Royal Sussex County emergency department now screens patients for Hep C (and HIV) when having routine blood tests unless they opt out - supported by our brilliant pathology and virology teams.
#HCSWeek23
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Congratulations to our Innovator of the year Andrea Yeboah. Andrea has developed a free online digital programme for Obstetric patients called WEPP (Well-being and Exercise Programme in Pregnancy)
#OurStars
#UHSussexStarAwards
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Over the last nine years, Uma has developed her career and progressed through the Trust. Starting as a HCA to becoming a newly appointment Deputy Ward Manager. What an incredible achievement! 👏👏
Read Uma's full story on our website:
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A commemorative artwork remembers patients who lost their lives to Covid. 💙
The Shared Hearts project saw handmade hearts donated by the public to patients in hospital with Covid, with a matching heart given to a relative unable to be at their bedside.
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Congratulations to
@TheAlexBrighton
for their
#NIHRAward
in recognition of the support they give to research studies and research delivery.
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Through tremendous efforts, our Digestive Diseases Outpatient department and Hepatology team have cut the number of patients waiting for a liver scan by almost 90%. 🎉
Mel, a Health Care Assistant, played a🔑role in introducing weekend clinics to help patients be seen quicker.
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We’re excited to welcome all our shortlisted nominees and honoured guests at tonight’s
#UHSussexStarAwards
. It’s been a long time coming…
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We’re enormously proud of our staff who have all worked heroically throughout the last 18 months, as shown by
@bbcsoutheast
.
And so thankful to them for always going above and beyond and continuing to do everything they can to care for our patients.
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It’s day one of the ward moves from the Barry Building, the oldest acute NHS building in England, to the Louisa Martindale Building, the newest.
Find out more about the teams who have started their move and how they are doing on our website ➡️
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After nearly 14 years as chief executive, Dame Marianne Griffiths, has announced that she will retire in June next year.
Read the full story here:
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This year’s final award is the Chairman’s award. Congratulations to our amazing Vaccination Hubs. You are worthy winners of our final award of the Patient First Star Awards 2022.
#OurStars
#UHSussexStarAwards
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Our Compassionate Care winner is Caroline Bailey!
Caroline has always shown amazing care and compassion to patients, their relatives and colleagues. This year Caroline retired after a lifelong career in the NHS.
We thank you for your long service and years of care.
#OurStars
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We are delighted to welcome
@WHSmith
and
@marksandspencer
to the Louisa Martindale Building.
The hybrid store will provide a variety of food and newsagent options for patients, visitors and staff at the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
Read more ➡️
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Just when we thought it was all over; a final award and standing ovation to the apt sounds of ‘this girl is fire’: to
@UHSussex_CEO
Dame Marianne Griffiths for more than a decade of service to improving healthcare in Sussex
#thankyou
#ourstar
#UHSussexStarAwards
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Our brand new hospital building in Brighton is opening soon and we're recruiting nurses across our services to join us now.
If you're looking for your next step, make it with us in sunny Brighton!
Join us at our open day on June 6, rsvp: uhsussex.nursingrecruitmentteam
@nhs
.net
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All Star of the Month winners are shortlisted for our Star of the Year category.
This year’s Star of the Year award goes to our Laundry Team!
Over the years, our Laundry Team have demonstrated their commitment to deliver high-quality service to our patients.
#OurStars
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Our Non-Clinical Team of the Year are the EBME team!
The team give unwavering support and dedication to keep services running smoothly.
Many clinical services simply would not be able to operate without our non-clinical teams working tirelessly behind the scenes.
#OurStars
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Ramadan Mubarak to all our colleagues observing the holy month.
While safe to be vaccinated during fasting, we invited our Muslim colleagues at UHSussex to bring the date of their second jab forward if they preferred.
Here, Dr Zahra Ashena shares what this meant to her.
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💙 Today, we celebrate an incredible 75 years of service💙
We want to thank all staff and volunteers who have made the NHS what it is today.
Keep an eye on our social throughout the day to see messages from our staff and to find out more about our history.
#NHS75
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Grandfather Ron Thompson has become the first person in the UK to undergo a new form of heart valve surgery after a pioneering procedure at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
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Through hard work and tremendous efforts, our Endoscopy teams at Royal Sussex and Princess Royal hospitals have significantly cut waiting lists by 70%. 🎉
An amazing achievement and a huge well done to our teams. 👏🏽
Find out more 👇🏽
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Amazing mentors are hard to forget. Our winner, Matthew Halford, has shown he is unforgettable to the security team. Congratulations Matthew, our first winner of the night!
#OurStars
#UHSussexStarAwards
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Breakfast is served...by patients 🥣
Patients are regaining their confidence by serving breakfast themselves on Burlington ward. By using a modified walker and with staff support, they prepare and take away their breakfast independently, supporting them with leaving hospital.
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🎄 Our staff work incredibly hard throughout the year and the festive period is absolutely no exception.
In the lead up to Christmas, we will be sharing the faces of our staff
#BehindTheMask
and finding out what working over Christmas means to them. 🎄
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Four UHSussex staff have received national recognition for outstanding care and compassion. Pip, Terrie, Claire and Shailen each received Chief Nursing Officer Silver awards. Huge congratulations to all the nominees and winners!
Read more here -
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While restrictions have eased in many settings, you must continue to wear a surgical face mask in our hospitals.
Omicron is extremely transmissible and our patients are vulnerable to Covid.
Please help us reduce the spread of the virus and keep our patients and staff safe.
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Congratulations to our August Star of the Month, Obs & Gynae Consultant Dr Praneil Patel, nominated for his supportive attitude to helping those around him. 🎉
Praneil was described as the ‘epitome of team working’, stepping up to support his colleagues in their time of need. 💙
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The nominees in our Environmental Sustainability Champion category have all helped us take steps towards our aim of being the greenest Trust in the NHS. Our winner is Sharmila Jeyasingh! Well done Sharmila!
#OurStars
#UHSussexStarAwards
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A general surgery team from University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust has been nationally recognised for an innovative sustainable healthcare project that was judged good for patients and good for the planet.
Read the full story on our website:
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As we look to the future as University Hospitals Sussex, here’s a look back at some key moments over the last year and what we’ve achieved together during the pandemic as Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals and Western Sussex Hospitals.
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Throughout what has been yet another challenging year, a huge thank you to all NHS colleagues who have shown unwavering dedication, commitment and compassion in caring for patients and each other. Here is some of our year in numbers.
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We’re lucky to have some truly incredible AHPs who work extremely hard to help assess, diagnose and treat our patients. Without them, we’d be lost. 💙
This
#AHPsDay
, hear Chief Executive Dr George Findlay express just what they mean to UHSussex.
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Congratulations to maternity colleagues from Brighton & Haywards Heath for graduating our Patient First programme.👏
They were amongst the first to complete the programme since the pandemic, which aims to develop our people’s ability to solve problems and improve performance. 🎉
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Congratulations to our Innovator of the Year, Mel Drayton.
Mel’s dedication to reducing the waiting list has truly embodied putting the patient first and foremost. Using innovative ideas, Mel was able to reduce waiting lists significantly.
Well done, Mel!
#OurStars
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