Speech and Language Therapists on ICU have developed ‘Conversation Stations’ that include resources to help support communication for every patient on the unit. The stations include writing tablets, picture charts, phrase charts, pain scales and orientation boards. Great work!

Thrilled to be nominated for the staff excellence awards! Thank you @SLT_LaurenGray and Felicity for nominating me! Proud to be part of such a brilliant team on ICU Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 😊 never been nominated for anything before! Can ✅ that off the life goals 👍😊

Treats for staff on ICU Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust from a previous patient who had a long stay on ICU, such a lovely gesture 😊🥰 #thankyouNHS

Happy #AHPsday2021 to all my fellow AHP’s! Particularly proud to work with an awesome AHP MDT on ICU Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 🫁 🦠Sara Slade 💙 Andrew Hurden Sarah Churchill Rose Branch jordanya Chelsey Tyler

A couple of brilliant e.g’s of team work today: 1) a consultant helped me carry a chair to a patient because he was “going that way too” 2) physio, OT and TA enabled a patient to go outside for fresh air and see family 😊💙💚🧡 jordanya Sarah Churchill @EwanOuzami

Clinical psychologist with sessions in Critical Care ⁦Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust⁩ 🙂 beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Incredibly difficult conversation but so important to ACTUALLY have them with loved ones while you can & while they’re able to make decisions and be involved in planning, you’ll know their wishes were met rather than wondering if you made the right decision on their behalf 💜

Asking the same question, over and over again. It’s not called getting old, it’s called getting ill. Support and information about a dementia diagnosis is just a phone call or a click away. Visit bit.ly/3L2QUgA or call 0333 150 3456 today. #DAW2022

Our brilliant OT Sarah Churchill on ICU Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 💚🌟

Our AHP wall of fame now up in critical care Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 📸 Many thanks to Rose Branch for making us all pose and pulling this together! We will get you too Beth Board! Andrew Hurden Chelsey Tyler Sarah Churchill Sara Slade 💙 Luke Carter

⁦Congratulations to ⁦Chelsey Tyler⁩ who went above and beyond to support her MDT colleagues and most importantly a family member who needed kindness at one of the toughest times of life! ⁦Chelsey your an inspiration to all of us ⁦Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust⁩

I’m so proud to work with the respiratory Physio team Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! The last couple of weeks have thrown up some challenges but the team work is glorious 🤩🤩 Sara Slade 💙 Chelsey Tyler Andrew Hurden Jack Beth Board Rose Branch Luke Carter Sarah Churchill ,Rachana, Steph

HELP please 🙏 🏥.. Who completes FVC monitoring for patients with Guillain-Barré/Myasthenia Gravis in other hospitals?! #CriticalCare #CCOT BACCN 💙

Promoting slippers & good footwear in the only way we know how! Great so see so many patients wearing good fitting shoes & slippers on the wards, staff engaging with this initiative - more likely to get up with shoes on! 👟 @RJefferies01 ReconditionTheNation #GetUpGetDressedGetMoving

Happy #ICURehabDay23 🥳👩🏻‍⚕️🫁🩺 here’s a quick snippet of what we get up to on our unit Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust #rehablegends #rehabiscritical Sara Slade 💙 Amy Arnold Chelsey Tyler Andrew Hurden Beth Board

Celebrating #ICURehabDay2023 Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our wonderful critical care colleagues competing in the ICU Rehab Games #rehablegends #RehabIsCritical 💪🏻

Rehabilitation is an integral part of recovery from critical illness. Recently, our teams demonstrated their work through rehabilitation exercises such as grip strength and bean bag throwing. 🎥Watch our video here: youtu.be/qHvRCGOpgew #criticalcare #icurehab

As the Olympics came to an end, our Critical Care rehab team celebrated their colleagues who ran, walked and cycled the 368 miles from Swindon to Paris over the last few weeks. 👏 The team also supported patients to get involved with Olympic-themed exercises.💙