👟Join us as we celebrate International Day of the Midwife #IDM2024 and International Nurses Day #IND2024 with parkrun UK.

🔗Register for your local parkrun and take part on 4 or 11 May.
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❓Did you know our Physiotherapists will be supporting the medical team at the TCS London Marathon this year?

👟With just over a week to go, we spoke to Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist and Team Lead, Lucy Macdonald about her top tips for this year's runners.

Eid Mubarak to all our colleagues, their families and friends at UHCW who are celebrating Eid al-Fitr

Generous donations of gifts and toys from members of the local community were delivered today to our children's wards 💗

The gifts were distributed by our Muslim Chaplaincy Lead, Henieh Suleman in celebration of Eid al Fitr.

Thank you to everyone who provided a donation ✨

To celebrate Easter, the Chaplaincy Team will be holding a number of services in the Faith Centre at University Hospital.

Check out the graphic below of service dates and times.

Congratulations to our latest World Class Colleague Award Winner, Specialist Physiotherapist, Nicola Morgan. 🌟

Nicola was nominated for the award thanks to her longstanding commitment to improving the Physiotherapy practice within Critical Care. 💙

✨ We are delighted to have two innovative projects shortlisted in the Health Service Journal Digital Awards.

Our W8Buddy support tool and the Trust's work using AI to reduce the number of appointment cancellations have both been recognised in the shortlist.

✨A huge congratulations to Clinical Service Manager - Outpatient Therapy, Matthew O'Shea, our latest recipient of a World Class Colleague Award.

Matthew was nominated by a colleague after going the extra mile on multiple occasions to support our patients and his colleagues.

We are delighted to be taking part in Octopus, a trial funded by the MS Society UK aiming to find treatments that can slow down, or even stop, progression of disability in secondary and primary progressive MS.

Click ⬇️ for full details.

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👁Our Glaucoma Team recently celebrated Glaucoma Awareness Week by organising stands in our outpatients departments.

Staff were on hand to provide the public a wealth of information about glaucoma, its treatment and the services we provide.

✨Did you know today is #NationalCancerCNSDay ?

Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists are experts in their field, offering a unique blend of skills to provide quality care to patients.

Join us as we celebrate the amazing work our Cancer CNSs do every day!

The completion of a new unit means researchers at the Trust will increase and widen their range of work

The Coventry and Warwickshire Clinical Research Facility (CRF) provides the facilities, support and expertise to conduct high quality clinical studies.
uhcw.nhs.uk/news/research-…

✨This week is Healthcare Science Week!

We spoke to Rachel Cleaton, Pathology Practice Education Coordinator and HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientist about her healthcare science journey.

🔗Interested in a biomedical science career? Find out more: ibms.org/registration/b…

All are welcome to join us in the Faith Centre for Tarawih every evening throughout the duration of Ramadan.

Our Muslim Chaplain, Wajid Ali will be leading the Tarawih from 8:30-10pm, with refreshments provided for suhoor (pre-dawn meal).
We hope you all have a blessed Ramadan✨

Matrons and Lead Nurses from the Trust are taking on the gruelling end-to-end Malvern Hills walk in aid of UHCW Charity to buy fold up beds for the families of end of life patients to stay in, so they can be with their loved ones in their final days 💗

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🏆 A huge congratulations to Dermatology Medical Secretary Ellaine Hughes, who is our latest World Class Colleague winner!

If there’s someone you know at the Trust who deserves our next award, consider nominating them here:
uhcw.nhs.uk/world-class-co…

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Ahmed Abdelaal recently successfully completed our first Oblique Lateral Interbody Fusion (OLIF) surgery! 🎉

Ahmed said that the surgery helps to reduce the likelihood of injury and improves patient outcomes.

📻 Congratulations to COVHOSPITALRADIO who have been shortlisted for three awards at this year’s National Hospital Broadcasting Awards! 🎉

Nominations include Best Speech package, Best Programme with multiple pioneers and Best Special Event.
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Please help us to care for the people that need us the most by ensuring you choose the right service for your needs.

Please use 111 online, access GP and pharmacy services and continue only to use 999 if it is a life-threatening emergency

If we have not contacted you, please attend your appointment as planned. The NHS will contact you if your appointment needs to be rescheduled due to strike action.

Follow this link for more information:
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