Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
@DCHFT
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The official account of Dorset County Hospital. Providing outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them. #TeamDCH
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If this doesn't brighten your day, we don't know what will! Our Emergency Department are absolutely fantastic and are working so hard for our patients - and definitely keeping spirits high!
#StayHomeSaveLives
#NHSCovidHeroes
#NHSheroes
#ThankYouNHS
#OurNHSPeople
#TeamDCH
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We are delighted to be one of the first NHS Trusts to trial the use of reusable PPE gowns. Each reusable gown replaces the need for up to 75 disposable gowns and will significantly reduce the amount of single use products put into clinical waste each day.
@NHSEngland
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A huge thank you to everyone at
#TeamDCH
who has worked incredibly hard to book and run extra vaccination clinics this weekend to vaccinate hundreds more frontline
#NHS
staff as the national COVID-19 vaccination programme significantly ramps up. 👏
#OurNHSPeople
#COVID19vaccine
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A momentous day
@DCHFT
as we successfully held our first
#COVID19Vaccine
clinic as a hospital hub. A huge thank you to our incredible staff who have worked around the clock to safely roll out the vaccination programme.
#TeamDCH
#OurNHSPeople
@NHSEngland
@DorsetCCG
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Following on from our Emergency Department's video yesterday, we introduce Lulworth Ward to the spotlight! Another amazing team we are so proud of! I think we may have started a
#TeamDCHdanceoff
!? We hope this keeps you all smiling!
#StayHomeSaveLives
#NHSCovidHeroes
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The DCH COVID-19 Vaccination Centre closed its doors today as a hospital hub in line with the national vaccination programme. Teams throughout the hospital came together to run the centre to vaccinate an incredible 24,000 health and care staff from across Dorset.
#TeamDCH
👏👏👏
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Our youngest patients can now drive themselves to theatre, thanks so an amazing donation from
@RSymonsLTD
@TeslaOwnersUK
🚗 Juno was the first one to take it for a spin on our Kingfisher Ward!
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A massive thank you to
@Waitrose
in
#Poundbury
for their donation of Easter eggs for the children in Kingfisher! A simply wonderful act of kindness! Thank you so much!!
#InThisTogether
#COVIDkindness
#StayHomeSaveLives
#TeamDCH
@RichardKeep3
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The planning committee has voted and we are delighted to announce that they have approved our planning application for the multi-storey car park.
We are very grateful to the local councillors for so carefully considering our application and recognising its importance.
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We are delighted to announce
@anitahynch
has been appointed as our Chief Operating Officer. Anita joined the Trust in 2000, and brings extensive knowledge of the hospital, wider system, and our local communities. Congratulations Anita! 🎉🙌
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We are so proud of our
#NHSCovidHeroes
here at
#TeamDCH
! We can’t thank you enough! We love this photo from our
#CriticalCare
Team and would like to see more from all our teams across the Trust! Email your pictures to communications
@dchft
.nhs.uk
#InThisTogether
#ThankYouNHS
#NHS
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To help our younger patients feel less anxious about seeing staff wearing PPE we asked for some crochet teddies with masks. This was the first batch to arrive
@DCHFT_ED
this week and they are fantastic! Thank you!
#COVIDkindness
#InThisTogether
#StayHomeSaveLives
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We are hugely proud to announce that we have been rated ‘Good’ by the CQC. All credit goes to our amazing staff who have worked incredibly hard to make the necessary improvements. They go over and above every day to offer the very best care to our patients. Well done everyone!
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Meet some of the team on Moreton Ward who have been doing an absolutely incredible job working on our respiratory specialist ward for COVID-19 positive patients requiring specialist respiratory care.
#NHScovidheroes
#OurNHSPeople
#InThisTogether
#StayHomeSaveLives
#ThankYouNHS
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We are delighted to have been allocated £62.5million of Government funding to expand key clinical services on our hospital site. The plans include the expansion of ED and ICU. The first phase is building a multi-storey car park.
You can read more here:
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We are absolutely delighted and so proud to see our hospital ranked as one of the top 10 in the country for emergency care. Well done
@DCHFT_ED
! 🎉🎉🎉
You can read the full survey results on our website at
@NJJohno
@P_MillerNHS
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A huge thank you to the anonymous person who donated 60 tubs of Quality Street to DCH. This unexpected and incredibly generous gift recently arrived from Tesco and has definitely brought a smile to our staff who are working over the festive period.
#ThankYou
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The Queen’s Birthday Honours have just been officially published and we are hugely proud to announce that our Chief Executive Patricia Miller has been awarded an OBE for services to the NHS
#BirthdayHonours
#TeamDCH
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There were memories shared and some tears today as we bid farewell to our CEO
@P_MillerNHS
as she leaves us to lead
#OurDorset
's Integrated Care Board. She has achieved a huge amount for
@DCHFT
in her 11 years here - we will miss her an awful lot and wish her all the very best😊
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Our Radiology Department are doing an absolutely amazing job and we're so proud of them! Please stay at home for our
#NHS
!
#StayHomeSaveLives
#NHSCovidHeroes
#NHSheroes
#ThankYouNHS
#InThisTogether
#TeamDCH
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Meet our wonderful team on Illchester who are keeping us all smiling at this challenging time! You are all doing a brilliant job and we can't thank you enough for all your hard work and dedication!
#StayHomeSaveLives
#NHSCovidHeroes
#NHSheroes
#ThankYouNHS
#OurNHSPeople
#TeamDCH
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Our Incident Management Team brings together departments from across
#TeamDCH
to coordinate our response to
#coronavirus
and the challenges it brings. They are working incredibly hard to keep staff and patients safe and the hospital running as effectively as possible
#InSafeHands
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Huge congratulations to our Consultant Occupational Therapist
@LouiseClark15
who has been awarded a merit from the Royal College of Occupational Therapists! We're incredibly proud and so pleased that her work has been recognised.
#OccupationalTherapy
#TeamDCH
@theRCOT
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🙌 Our anaesthetic department has been recognised again for providing the highest standards of patient care. Our staff received the prestigious Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation from the Royal College of Anaesthetists for a second time:
@RCoANews
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There's a new Baby Shark song to help your little ones learn the importance of washing their hands! Our Children's Centre took on the
#BabySharkWashHandsChallenge
in this fantastic video 👇! This will definitely make you smile this
#EasterSunday
!
#StayHomeSaveLives
#WashYourHands
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A massive shout out to our procurement and supplies teams who have been doing an absolutely fantastic job during the
#coronavirus
outbreak. They are all working exceptionally hard to support the Trust through this challenging time! Thank you! 👍
#TeamDCH
#OurNHSPeople
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We've recently been working on putting together a book so children can understand what will happen when they visit the ward for surgery and help ease any anxiety. Our final draft is coming together but here's a sneak peak at some of the photos we will be using. What do you think?
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A warm welcome to our Allied Health Professional students who have joined the Trust to support us during the
#coronavirus
pandemic. They are a team of four ODP students, a physio student, an OT student and a dietetics student. Welcome to
#TeamDCH
!
#OurNHSPeople
#COVIDheroes
🙏
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We are delighted to see Malcolm is now recovering well at home after spending a week in intensive care at DCH after testing positive for
#coronavirus
. He said he is simply grateful to be alive and reunited with wife Nicky and dog Crumble! Read more here:
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How beautiful is this photo captured by Lucy Snyder!? 🌈 Together we will get through this pandemic, but we all need to continue to play our part and minimise our contact with others.
#handsfacespace
#coronavirus
#COVID19
#rainbow
#OurNHSPeople
@DCHFT_ED
@DCH_DoN
@P_MillerNHS
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We received this absolutely wonderful photo from
#JFCobbAndSons
... isn't it stunning?! 😍 Thank you! Check out a little video here:
#InThisTogether
#ThankYouNHS
#StayHomeSaveLives
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We're absolutely thrilled to have vaccinated 89% of all our staff (as of 17 December). This is an incredible achievement by
#TeamDCH
and we're so proud! Well done everyone! 👏👏👏
#flu
#flujab
@DorsetCCG
@NHSEngland
@NHSSW
@NJJohno
@P_MillerNHS
@DCH_DoN
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Meet some of our wonderful porters! They are an absolutely amazing team and we are so grateful for everything they are doing to keep the Trust running. We would be lost without them!
#TeamDCH
#OurNHSPeople
#InThisTogether
#StayHomeSaveLives
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Meet our wonderful team on Maud Alexander and the Coronary Care Unit! They are all doing an amazing job and we cannot thank them enough for their hard work and dedication!
#StayHomeSaveLives
#NHSCovidHeroes
#NHSheroes
#ThankYouNHS
#InThisTogether
#TeamDCH
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A huge thank you to our wonderful catering team who have been doing a fantastic job during the
#coronavirus
outbreak. They have been working extra hours to provide our staff with free hot drinks and to ensure hot food is available 24 hours a day.
#OurNHSPeople
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Paediatric Consultant William Verling is currently trialling a new software which allows patients to attend appointments in the comfort of their own home. He believes it can save his patients and their parents a lot of time and stress.
Read more here:
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Our Cardiology Department has undergone a lot of changes over the past six months and the team have worked incredibly hard to keep services running. They have been amazingly resilient and responded well to all the challenges. We are so proud of them! 👏
#TeamDCH
#OurNHSPeople
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We would like to give a warm welcome to our new Aspirant Nurses who have joined us to assist with pressures during the
#coronavirus
outbreak. They are all third year nursing students in the last six months of their programme. Welcome to
#TeamDCH
!
@DCH_DoN
@NJJohno
#OurNHSPeople
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Today Carrie Ward retires as Ward Leader for Lulworth Ward. We are incredibly sad to see her go and will miss her dearly (especially her fancy dress)! She has been an incredible asset to
#TeamDCH
and we wish her the best of luck for all her feature endeavours!
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We are so grateful for all the support we have received from communities across Dorset throughout this pandemic, but rather than clapping tonight the best way to show your support for the
#NHS
is to follow the lockdown rules.
#HandsFaceSpace
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In June we announced our Chief Exec Patricia Miller was awarded an OBE for services to the
#NHS
. She recently collected her OBE at Buckingham Palace with her husband and two daughters, where this wonderful photo was taken! Well done
@P_MillerNHS
! You should be very proud! 🎉👏
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We are immensely proud to be ranked as the top acute NHS trust in England for the percentage of staff vaccinated against COVID-19. A total of 94.6% of our staff have received both doses. 💉
#TeamDCH
#COVID19
#COVID19Vaccination
@P_MillerNHS
@NJJohno
@DCH_DoN
@NHSEngland
@NHSSW
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Delighted to open the Outpatient Assessment Centre at South Walks House today as part of a county-wide effort to tackle waiting lists. A huge thank you to everyone who has worked around the clock to make this happen - a fantastic
#OurDorset
team effort!
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A
#COVID19
patient, now recovering at home after being in ICU, has written a heartwarming letter to express his deepest and sincerest thanks to all those at
#TeamDCH
who saved his life. He wished to remain anonymous but wanted his gratitude spread far and wide!!
#InThisTogether
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We are absolutely thrilled to see our Chief Executive
@P_MillerNHS
recognised in the
@HSJnews
top 50 chief executives 2021. Well done Patricia!👏👏👏
Read more below 👇
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A massive thank you to the
#Dorchester
and
#Bridport
branches of
@TravisPerkinsCo
for their kind donation of PPE. We really appreciate your support! Thank you! 🙏
#InThisTogether
#COVIDkindness
#StayHomeSaveLives
#ProtectTheNHS
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Meet our fabulous team on Fortuneswell Ward who have a very important message to share. We are so proud of them for all they are doing at such a challenging time!
#StayHomeSaveLives
#NHSCovidHeroes
#NHSheroes
#ThankYouNHS
#OurNHSPeople
#TeamDCH
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Meet Olivia 👋 she is a 16-year-old student
@thomashardye
in
#Dorchester
currently undertaking her A-levels, aiming to study medicine at university. She comes to DCH each week to volunteer on Barnes Ward and does an amazing job helping with the Breakfast Club!
#TeamDCH
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'I was proud to be the first staff member to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. It was a relief to have it.'
Respiratory Physician Dr Gerrard Phillips was our first member of
#TeamDCH
to receive the
#COVID19Vaccine
. The
#NHS
will get in touch when it is time for you to be vaccinated.
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We are so lucky to have such a diverse mix of
#EU
staff, who bring a range of talent and experience we can all benefit from. We'd like to thank all our EU staff for their hard work and commitment to patient care at
#TeamDCH
#Brexit
#InclusiveNHS
#ThankYou
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We have been blown away by offers of support from the community over the past few weeks! A massive thank you to
@tweet_kmc
for offering their accommodation to us! We really appreciate your kindness and support and we cannot thank you enough!!
#InThisTogether
#CommunitySpirit
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We are continuing to roll out our
#COVID19Vaccine
programme this week. Thank you again to our dedicated teams from across the hospital who are doing an incredible job ensuring we can vaccinate safely and efficiently.
#TeamDCH
#OurNHSPeople
@NHSEngland
@NHSSW
@DorsetCCG
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Our PAT dog Crumble has been a little naughty and we're afraid to say he hasn't been practising social distancing... the end result being that he has just become a dad! 😲
We wanted to share this wonderful news! Puppies and mum Belle are all doing well! 🐾❤️
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The rising number of COVID cases is significantly impacting our staffing levels. We will therefore only be treating serious or life-threatening injuries and conditions in our Emergency Department tonight. If you attend our ED with minor injuries you will be signposted elsewhere.
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We are so grateful for all the support from our communities throughout this pandemic, but rather than clapping tonight the best way to show your support for your
#NHS
is to follow the
#lockdown
rules. Remember
#HandsFaceSpace
.
No clapping please - just comply fully with lockdown, wear a mask, clean your hands and keep your distance - do your bit to help the NHS be there for those who need it.
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We are proud to publish our
#BlackLivesMatter
pledge as part of
#InclusionWeek
to show our commitment to creating a culture of inclusion. Our Trust Board have also made their own personal pledges. You can find out more on our website:
#TeamDCH
#OneTeam
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Meet our COVID Testing Unit Team 👋
They have been doing an incredible job during the pandemic, running seven days a week to ensure any symptomatic staff (or symptomatic members of their household) are tested as soon as possible.
#OurNHSPeople
#ThankYou
#TeamDCH
#OneTeam
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You should only leave your home for essentials such as food/medicine, for work, or to exercise. When you do, you MUST
#KeepYourDistance
from others.
You should keep two metres from others as demonstrated by our lovely team on Barnes Ward.
🚶🏼♂️ ⬅️[2 metres]➡️ 🚶🏾♀️
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You may have noticed some new signage around our hospital? Lead Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nurse, Pearl Avery, wanted disabled signage to be more inclusive and cover hidden disabilities for people like Mesha (pictured right). What do you think?
#notalldisabilitiesarevisable
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We want to take this opportunity to thank our amazing community and fellow key workers for all your support during the
#coronavirus
pandemic. We hope you like our new sign! 🌈👏🙏
#ClapForOurCommunity
#ClapForOurKeyWorkers
#ClapForOurCarers
#ThankYou
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Let's give a big welcome to our new clinical support workers. They are all second year adult, children and midwifery students and have opted in to support
#TeamDCH
during the
#coronavirus
outbreak. 🙌🙏
#OurNHSPeople
#InThisTogether
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. We were honoured to have Her Majesty officially open our hospital in 1998 and know that many people have fond memories of that day. We offer our heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family at this difficult time.
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In these challenging times, it’s the small acts of kindness that show how valued our health service is, and how grateful we are to those who work in it! We are so proud of all our amazing staff here at
#TeamDCH
! Let’s see you
#ClapForOurCarers
!
#ThankYouNHS
👏
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Some of our patients, especially our younger ones, have been a little anxious about seeing staff wearing PPE so we have knitters kindly making teddy bears with masks for children to help relieve children's anxiety - and someone has even knitted Agnes with her very own mask! 🐴
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Proud to announce that our CEO Patricia Miller has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer Designate for Dorset’s Integrated Care Board (ICB). Patricia will be overseeing the planning and delivery of NHS services across Dorset:
Following a competitive recruitment process, we can confirm Patricia Miller has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for Dorset’s Integrated Care Board. Read more about the appointment and what this means for Dorset➡️
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A bit shout out to our wonderful Pharmacy Department for everything they are doing for us! An amazing team! Thank you all!
#TeamDCH
#StayHomeSaveLives
#ProtectTheNHS
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It's a week of celebration here at DCH! Not only did we receive a 'Good' rating by the CQC but we also reached our £1.75m target for our Cancer Appeal! We would like to say a huge thank you to the community for supporting our appeal - it wouldn't have been possible without you!!
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Our amazing Maternity Unit has been recognised as one of the best in the country in the latest national survey results. Read more about why their service is rated so highly here
#Maternity2021
#TeamDCH
👶
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A massive thank you to
@BryanstonSchool
in
#Blandford
for donating us some eye equipment! We really appreciate this kind offer and will be forever grateful for your support!
#InThisTogether
#CommunitySpirit
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Another phase of our Emergency Department refurbishment is complete, with a new resus and majors area now live. Thank you to patients and staff for bearing with us while work is ongoing. These improvements also support long-term plans to develop our site:
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We want to give a massive shout out to our amazing recruitment and temporary staffing teams. They have been working incredibly hard during and have been a great support to our entire Trust! We would be lost without them!
@LyndsEB
@hilary_harrold
#NHSheroes
#OurNHSPeople
#TeamDCH
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This week marks
#InclusionWeek
and the launch of our
#IAm
exhibition to celebrate the
#diversity
of our amazing staff here at
#TeamDCH
! We've lined the corridors with staff photos to show that although we all come from different backgrounds, we are one team.
#inclusion
#IAmDCH
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So proud of our anaesthetics team who have been recognised for providing the highest quality care to patients. They have been presented with the prestigious Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation (ACSA) from
@RCoANews
Well done to everyone involved, a real team effort 🙂
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We are pleased to announce that, following a robust recruitment process, Dorset County Hospital and
@DorsetHealth
have appointed Matthew Bryant to the role of joint Chief Executive Officer. Matthew will start his role in spring next year. Read more:
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We would like to say a huge thank you to seven-year-old Imogen. Inspired by Sir
@captaintommoore
, she ran 150 laps of her garden to raise money and buy some goodies for the team on Barnes Ward. A wonderfully thoughtful gesture, thank you Imogen! 😊
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This week sees the new older peoples assessment service (OPAS) come into operation. The team will be working predominantly on Illchester and the aim of the team is to provide a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to frail patients admitted to hospital.
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Thank you to Mr Hartley from
@Wey_Valley
for donating safety glasses and gloves! Also thank you to
@Vets4PetsGroup
,
@QESDorset
and to Paul Baxter from
@MartechWeymouth
for all their PPE donations! We are so grateful!
#InThisTogether
#StayHomeSaveLives
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#TeamDCH
will be observing a minute's silence at 11am on Tuesday 28 April for workers who've lost their lives during the
#coronavirus
outbreak. Who will be joining us?
#NeverForgotten
We're urging the country to observe a minute’s silence on Tuesday to remember all the health, care and other key workers who have lost their lives to
#coronavirus
. Please help us spread the word.
👉
#IWMD20
#NeverForgotten
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We're in love with our new exhibition at DCH. 'Unmasked' is a project by photographer
@AScaysbrook
and journalist Emma Pittard to reveal and celebrate the faces of health workers fighting the battle against COVID-19 in Dorset.
@Artsinhospital
@NJJohno
@P_MillerNHS
@DCH_DoN
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We want to celebrate all our amazing laboratory staff we have at
#TeamDCH
this
#BiomedicalScienceDay2020
. They are all amazing and go above and beyond to support the Trust - and they certainly have in the recent months!
#AtTheHeartOfHealthcare
🔬🦠
@dchftneal
@DCH_DoN
@NJJohno
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We've seen a dramatic rise in in
#coronavirus
admissions
@DCHFT
and
@UHD_NHS
. Please play your part, minimise your contact with other people and help
#ProtectTheNHS
and
#SaveLives
.
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A massive shout out to our amazing HR team. In response to the
#coronavirus
outbreak they opened a hub to support staff seven days a week with a helpline service as well as coordinating staff testing. They have now handled more than 1,100 calls. A fantastic team!!
#OurNHSPeople
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Our Director of Nursing and Quality, Nicky Lucey, wanted to give this message this
#InternationalNursesDay
👨⚕️👩⚕️
We want to take this moment to say a massive thank you to all our wonderful nursing staff at
#TeamDCH
! We would be lost without you!
#ThankYouNurses
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Today we treated our first patient on our new True Beam linac at our Robert White Centre! Thank you so much to everyone who has supported this project - what a journey it has been!
@Poole_Hospital
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Whilst two members of our Acute Hospital at Home team visited a patient in the community last week, an anonymous person kindly placed this thank you letter and some chocolates on their vehicle’s windscreen. It made their day! Thank you!
#COVIDkindness
#InThisTogether
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After meticulous planning, The Great Field parkrun has arrived in Dorchester! There has been a lot of work behind the scenes from our very own Catherine Abery-Williams and Susan O'Flanagan, as well as the rest of the core team. 🏃
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Working in the
#NHS
is thirsty work! That's why we are so grateful to
@palmersbrewery
for donating 240 bottles of lemonade and 240 bottles of (non-alcoholic) ginger beer to
#TeamDCH
which our brilliant team of volunteers will continue to distribute in the coming days!
#ThankYou
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Another heartwarming night last night as the community came together to
#ClapForOurCarers
and
#ClapForOurKeyWorkers
. But it was also an opportunity for us to
#ClapForOurCommunity
and thank you for staying home! Thank you from our Microbiology and IPC teams!
#InThisTogether
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Very proud of our team.
@DCHFT
#CriticalCare
Thank you to
#Dorchester
community for the incredible support. Regular goodwill donations arriving at the hospital.
#InItTogether
#DoYourPart
#NHS
#COVID
ー19
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A massive thank you to the lovely ladies of Child Okeford and neighbouring villages for making us scrub hats, head bands and face mask adapters. Behind the masks our staff are definitely smiling! Thank you!
#COVIDkindness
#InThisTogether
#StayHomeSaveLives
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Fantastic night celebrating staff and volunteers who go the extra mile at our
#GEMAwards2022
. Look out for a round-up next week!
#ThankYouTeamDCH
🙌
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On International Day of the Midwife we would like to give a massive shout out to all our amazing teams
@DorchMatUnit
@CygnetHomebirth
. You are all amazing and have shown huge courage to support women during the current pandemic!🤰👶
#IDM2020
@MidwivesRCM
@DCH_DoN
@NJJohno
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We are thrilled to see our Anaesthetic and Critical Care Departments score highly on the latest GMC National Training Survey. Our teams were ranked first in the region in ten areas including teamwork, handover, support, feedback, teaching and rota designs. 👏
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A massive thank you to our wonderful
@DCHFT_ED
for all their hard work and for keeping us all smiling through this tough time! You are all amazing! 🙌
#StayHomeSaveLives
#ProtectTheNHS
#NHSCovidHeroes
#OurNHSPeople
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