Staff caring for patients living with dementia at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust are appealing to knitters to help them produce Twiddlemuffs. These are knitted bands that items can be attached to and which a patient with dementia can ‘twiddle’ in their hands.
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is asking anyone planning to visit its hospitals to stay at home if they or their family members have had diarrhoea, vomiting or ‘flu-like’ symptoms in the last four days.
Everyone at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been working very hard to ensure the care we provide patients is of the highest quality.
‘Hello my name is...’ asks that NHS staff pledge to always introduce themselves to patients, relatives and visitors.
Terminally-ill Dr Kate Granger, an acting consultant in elderly medicine at Pinderfields Hospital launched her ‘Hello my name is…’ campaign to encourage health workers to introduce themselves to patients.
The healthcare trade unions involved in a pay dispute with the Government have announced that they will stage a further period of industrial action with a strike on Thursday 29 January.
Doctors at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust are encouraging local women to get smear tests as part of national Cervical Cancer Awareness Week (25-31 January).
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is asking anyone planning to visit its hospitals to stay at home if they or their family members have had diarrhoea, vomiting or ‘flu-like’ symptoms in the last four days.
Help us to care for those patients in most need by choosing the right NHS service. If you have a minor accident or illness, please don’t assume that A&E is the right place to go.
Has a nurse made a real difference to your healthcare or that of a loved one? Say thank you by nominating them for the Nursing Standard Patient's Choice Award.
The Trust is delighted to congratulate two members of staff who were recognised in the New Year Honours.