Last week saw the publication of the final ‘Ockenden Report’, which looked into failings with our maternity services, and through this column we would like to again offer our wholehearted apologies for the pain and the distress that has been caused. As a Trust, we take full responsibility for our failings and acknowledge the determination of the women and families [...]
Patients and carers are crucial to help us shape the care we provide to our communities in the future and we are looking for those who have used our services to become part of speciality groups at our Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for them to give their valuable insight and perspective as part of the Speciality Patient Experience [...]
The number of COVID-19 patients in our hospitals has risen considerably over recent weeks, as levels continue to increase in the community. Given this, it is valuable that a spring (or second) booster jab will now be made available to those at extremely high risk from COVID-19. Those eligible for the Spring booster are: adults aged 75 years and over; [...]
You may have heard that guidance related to visiting hospital settings has been updated by the NHS. Throughout the pandemic, we had to make the very difficult decision to suspend visiting at our hospitals to protect our patients and keep you as safe as possible. We continue to support our patients and their loved ones as best we can with [...]
It is so important at our Trust that we gather the views of our patients and their carers so that we can all work together to help improve the care we provide to our communities. We would like to reflect the direct experience of those we care for here at the Trust and to help in this we are setting [...]
Here at the Trust we like to acknowledge the dedication and commitment of our colleagues and this Friday (4 March) we will be celebrating the contribution of our international staff for Overseas Workers Day. It is an opportunity to recognise our internationally trained doctors, nurses and the other countless professions within the NHS. Here at SaTH I am proud to [...]
In my last column, we shared the positive news of a recent Maternity Survey which showed that progress had been made within our maternity services at both hospitals. I am further delighted to report this week that we have recently welcomed our new Director of Midwifery Annemarie Lawrence and Divisional Director of Nursing Julie Plant to the Trust. Bringing with [...]
At the Trust, we are constantly striving to improve the care that we provide and I was pleased that a recently published Maternity Survey has shown the progress that is being made in maternity services. The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) 2021 Maternity Survey – which was run at 122 Trusts right across England – is based directly on the experience [...]
Our Trust is celebrating National Apprenticeship Week and it gives us the opportunity to raise awareness about the opportunities offered in a wide range of fields, as well as celebrate the huge contribution our current apprentices make right across our hospitals We currently have 185 colleagues on apprenticeship programmes. There are a number of roles at SaTH including Customer Service [...]
As a Trust we always strive to provide the best possible care for our patients and we endeavour to improve the services we provide by listening to our colleagues, patients and their carers. As mentioned last week, a key part to improving the care that we offer is that we do this in a way that reflects the direct experience [...]
