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Manchester's Adult Cystic Fibrosis Inpatient unit - now back home on Pearce ward from Spire Manchester as of April 21 ✨🏠
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Well it’s official we are GOLD!! 🥇
After being accredited in July we have retained our gold ward status! After such a turbulent year this year means more than ever! Well done to all involved and Thankyou to our wonderful patients who were interviewed! We are so proud! 🏆
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Huge THANKYOU to Thomas who has donated 13 bigger and better smart TVs for our side rooms on Pearce after doing a sponsored sky dive in memory of his sister. How amazing! Here he is dropping them off with Specialist nurse Dianne from outpatients! 📸💜
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People with CF are vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Support
@cftrust
to keep them safe:
1. Record a 15 second
#Dance4CF
vide 2. Text DANCE4CF5 to 70500 to donate £5 3. Nominate 3 people to
#Dance4CF
within 24 hrs
I nominate
@yorkhullcf
@CFLeeds
@BristolAdultCF
🤣
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Today we are celebrating 40years of our wonderful Cystic Fibrosis Unit 🥰 Thank you to our social work department for bringing us this beautiful cake featuring many names of staff who have worked very hard over the years to make the unit what it is today 🥰
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We are applying for some funding to potentially transform some of our rooms on Pearce with some LED ‘sky lights’ what do you guys think?! Also I need your help to think of a catchy project name! 🌳🌤
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🎉💎 Nursing Assistant of the Year - our Marian! 💎🎉
Maz was nominated for adapting so well to the changes in patient cohort, smashing her band 3 training despite saying she was ‘too old’ and being so supportive to her colleagues- and she won!! We’re so lucky to have you Maz 💫
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We are home! Well done to everyone who made this move a success, it hasn’t been easy and you’ve all been amazing! To the removals guys, porters, patient transport, the CF team, our leadership team and the patients who moved with us - thank you!! 🏠
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Happy Pharmacist day to our wonderful CF pharmacists! Katrina and Niz are such a fundamental part of our team, the knowledge they have is invaluable and it helps that they’re so lovely too!
#WorldPharmacistsDay2020
*picture taken pre covid*
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Accreditation update - we’ve retained our gold ward status! Picture of certificate will follow on Monday but we are thrilled with this result, Thankyou to patients who gave feedback and to the staff who work so hard to make Pearce ward what it is 🥇🏆
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Congratulations to our patient flow Julie who was nominated by our ward manager Charlotte for a Diamond award for her tireless work enabling safe and prompt discharges for our patients meaning we can keep our beds available for when you need them! 💎💫 Well done Julie!! 💫💎
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⭐ Spire Hospital Manchester ⭐
As part of our response to the unprecedented COVID-19 situation, please note that from 2nd April, we will be temporarily re-locating the Manchester Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital to Spire Hospital Manchester.
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We had a farewell breakfast for Maggie this morning who has worked on Pearce for 23 YEARS! She works nights & has looked after many patients...& staff over that time. She’ll be retiring at the end of the week & we’ll miss her dearly! Wishing her all the best! Thankyou Maggie 💕💐
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Here is Prof Webb and Dr Barry today with one of our late patients wife Joanne and brother in law Tony, unveiling our new statue on Pearce. Tony made the statue in memory of Dean and it shows the CF gene isolated on a DNA helix. We 💜 it, thank-you!
@MFTnhs
#CF
#TheBentleyStudio
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Finally our beautiful Manchester CF Bee is home back at MACFC! Designed and created by our wonderful patients & the small bees on the base are made with fingerprints from our staff. Rose as she’s now named is the perfect finishing touch to our newly renovated garden! 💜🐝 (1/2)
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Congratulations to one of our staff nurses Beth who has now been promoted to Sister! Well done, we’re sure you’ll do great things 🤩
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Did you hear Dr Barry is now Professor Barry?!
However as you can see he is still expected to be the ward handyman and of course Helen’s had him rearranging ceiling tiles today. We wouldn’t want it to go to his head….
Congratulations from everyone on Pearce Professor ⭐️
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⛅️ New Sky Lights ⛅️
What do you think?
We’re currently setting up 3 rooms but would love to hear your feedback & if it makes a difference to your stay
We hope they provide a therapeutic benefit to your hospital stay by improving relaxation &reducing anxiety & claustrophobia
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Today we said a bittersweet goodbye to Sister Janette, who has been on Pearce for 23 years and nursing for 40 as she retired to a life in the country! We will definitely miss her and she said she will miss all the patients dearly🥂💐
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Huge well done to Marian who had her flu jab today for the very first time after we dispelled some flu jab myths for her! 💉🌈
#whatsnewflu
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Our team is always growing… Some of you will already recognise Leah and I’m sure you will all recognise Marian, 2 of our amazing nursing assistants on Pearce! They are the backbone of the care we provide every day and are always there to make your stay more comfortable!
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Some of you will know already but with the pandemic we got a little distracted and forgot to congratulate Lisa Quirk on her sisters post! Lisa has worked on Pearce for 8 years and has been an invaluable asset to our management team! Well done Lisa!💫
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Guess who else was back today? Scruffy, the amazing pet therapy dog 🐾
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Bunting ready for VE Day tomorrow! We couldn’t find any so we made our own - what do you think? We think we did a pretty good job! 🇬🇧
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💫GREAT NEWS💫
Transformation funding has now been approved for our sky ceiling lights on Pearce ward! 🌿
They’ll be going in 3 rooms to begin with as a trial! As soon as we can access the funds we will order them and arrange installation!We’ll keep you updated! 🌥
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A few of our patients enjoying a visit from Scruffy today. Scruffy is a pet therapy dog and comes to visit us on Pearce ward regularly, both the patients and staff love him! 💛🦴
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The show still goes on on Pearce ward! 🍰
Afternoon tea was served direct to patients today to continue our
#nutritionandhydrationweek
celebrations! Our amazing chefs created this amazing selection! ☕️🍓🍰
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There is a lot of thanks for Drs and Nurses going around so can we take a minute to also thank our wonderful AHP colleagues. Firstly our physio team who continue to provide direct patient care alongside us in these difficult times, without hesitation or want of praise!
#DreamTeam
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Today we said farewell to physiotherapist Janet who has retired after 20 years in CF! We know you will all miss her as much as us! Enjoy you’re well earned retirement Janet 💐
You know you are losing someone special when even patients are plying them with beautiful gifts and words. Janet we are gutted you are retiring after 20 years in CF and we will really miss you😭
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Thank you so much to the beautiful Ellie
@PetsAsTherapyUK
for coming to visit us today on Pearce Ward. You have brought so much joy to both patients & staff. We are lucky to have you
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Last week, we said a very sad goodbye to our lovely Charge Nurse, Steven, as he goes off to start his new venture. Words will never describe how much we will all miss you! Thank you for everything over the last 9 years and we wish you all the luck in the world for the future
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Yesterday, our very own Sister Swinton received 2 GEM awards including one as a trust winner for professional Excellence! 💎 Tayla has worked incredibly hard on our Improving Quality Project & has also received some amazing feedback from one of our lovely patients. Well done!
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5 star cleanliness rating! We didn’t expect anything else with our dream team! Well done guys! 🎖🎖🎖🎖🎖
@ShigySudeesh
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These are some of our fab clinic nurses Libby- who is part of the home IV team, and Jo and Imran who are part of our CF diabetes team. You’ll see them on the ward teaching, advising and working with patients to keep their diabetes controlled and get them home early!
#YNM2020
🕯📸
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👋🏼👶🏼 Bye for now 👶🏼👋🏼
Some of you may know that ward manager Charlotte and head physio Lucy have been growing some special babies this year, both of whom have now safely made their arrivals into the world!
You’ve been left in very capable hands!
See you next year 💕💙
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What wonderful news and what a beautiful little girl! 🥰❤️
The best day of my life. Our beautiful daughter Adalyn has arrived ❤
Without the
@cftrust
,
@PearceWardMFT
,
@stmarysivf
,
@MFT_SMH
and the world of modern medicine this would not have been possible!
#cysticfibrosis
#ivfsuccess
#kaftrio
#trikafta
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This is Beth, you may remember her in white as one of our student nurses. She spent her preceptorship period in CTCCU before returning to Pearce ward as a staff nurse! She has quickly become a valued team member team & we are so pleased to have her back
#YearoftheNurseandMidwife
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A lovely card we received last week from one of our long stay patients and his daughter! Feedback like this is what keeps us going! 🥰
@MFT_PatientExp
@rachrobertson01
@Narinde40612684
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Pleased to see our mocktail trolley is catching on at other CF centres! 🍹
Friday happy hour on J6 courtesy of
@adult_cf
and
@Dave_Beecham
@PearceWardMFT
@laurakinseyRD
#staysupercoolfolks
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Julie doubles up as care support worker and patient entertainment lead. Shielding even in hospital can be lonely so here she is shouting bingo numbers through doors 😂
#eyesdown
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Thank you so much to Pat and his family for raising over £1,700 for the ward by running an ultra marathon 😰
Pat has been coming to Pearce ward for regular treatment and has truly become part of the Pearce ward family
Thank you all ⭐️🏅
(Posted with consent)
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Happy international nurses day to our incredible nursing team! You are all amazing but together are invincible! 🤩
#InternationalNursesDay
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To us as staff and to our patients and their families the NHS is a huge part of our lives! World class care, treatment and research all free at the point of care. Happy birthday NHS and Thankyou from us all @ Team CF 🎂💙
#NHS72
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2 Excellence awards for team Pearce today as a result of some lovely patient and relative feedback we’ve received! Well done all ⭐️💫
@MrsArdron
@rachrobertson01
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What a Christmas Day dream team (at mid day swap over!) 🎄
Thankyou so much guys for sacrificing your Christmas’s for us and our patients ❤️
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Dr Samuel Rack, our recent FY1, receiving his ‘everyone matters’ diamond award that the ward staff nominated him for from Mandy Bailey! Congratulations Sam, well deserved!
@MFTnhs
@WythenshaweHosp
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Congratulations to Tayla who was nominated by colleagues for a shining star award for providing outstanding care! Well done Tayla ⭐️💫
@rachrobertson01
@MrsArdron
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So well looked after! Thank you so much! 🍦
As a thank you to all our staff and NHS colleagues
@PearceWardMFT
@MFTnhs
who were working in very high temperatures today, this afternoon we surprised everyone with some well deserved ice-cream!
As always, everyone is doing a wonderful job caring for our patients - thank you.
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Our gorgeous garden today in the Manchester sunshine! ☀️🌺
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Looks like our Prof Webb has been on car park patrol again... 🤣
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Some very sad news to share with you all today. I’m sure you’ll all agree Daves big heart and big personality will be sorely missed on Pearce! 😔
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Finally Minu has got her band 6 uniform and doesn’t she suit it?! Minu joined us from India a few years ago and has quickly become an experienced and looked up to member of the team! She is filling in for Beth until she returns from maternity and is already doing amazingly!
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We got our staff flu vaccines a day early today ready to go tomorrow but with everyone working on multiple sites and at home we thought we’d get ahead in order to catch everyone.... 17 done already! Team CF ready to protect our patients and each other 💉💪🏼
@LOUHEY
@ShigySudeesh
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It’s our 1 year Twitter anniversary today... little did we know what this year would bring!
Hoping all our patients and their loved ones are keeping safe and know we are here as we always are if you need us 🥰
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Developing the next generation of nurses is something we’re passionate about & Mark one of our charge nurses is the spearhead of all things students! He has worked tirelessly on creating a welcome pack, spoke links & progression programme
#YNM2020
#YearoftheNurseandMidwifeMFT
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Lizzie (Marian) kicking off our jubilee celebrations on the ward.
(It’s really gone to her head now though 😂👑)
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
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If you need us out of hours we are still contactable 24/7 on our 01612914732 number and can advise over the phone as usual. Hope you are all staying safe! We are settling in to our new surroundings well!
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We’ve decided on a name for our sky light project! ‘Sunshine on a rainy day!’ Thankyou
@tomhiltz
for the name!! 🌤
Application submitted and we will keep you updated!
#transformation
@MFTnhs
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Thankyou so much to one of our lovely patients Paul and his partner Graham who have gifted us this amazing Easter hamper! We are so lucky to be able to look after such a thoughtful lot! This should keep us going for a while 🍫
#HappyEaster
💐
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Thank you so much Julie for being the best Santa-Claus bingo caller we ever did see! Even doing it virtually for the in-patients and staff working from home! 🧑🎄
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Thank you
@McDonaldsUK
for feeding the workforce and team CF! Your staff were so helpful especially lovely Khloe at your Baguley store!
@McDonaldsUK
Thankyou so much to McDonald’s in Baguley for sorting out Pearce ward with free meals. It’s made our day!
@McDonaldsUK
@PearceWardMFT
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We’re so very lucky to have our own kitchen and specialist chefs to cater for our patients specific nutritional needs. Nutrition is a fundamental part of CF care and here is Beth shining our lamp on breakfast service with Helen (the real boss of PW) and Martina!
#YNM2020
🕯📸
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As we begin our move back to Wythenshawe we will be contacting each of you and have also sent a letter. Here is a copy of the letter below. If you have any questions about the ward please contact Charlotte or Ann and for outpatients Diane or Debbie on the numbers below 🏠
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Our senior leaders presenting our accreditation certificate 🥇
So proud of our team ✨
@ShigySudeesh
@rachrobertson01
@Narinde40612684
@himynameisjaneg
Another gold accreditation certificate to add to our golden collection!
Well done guys!! 🥇
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Also... GREAT NEWS! We have now had the go ahead to have our own unit website! We will let you know when that’s up and running, hopefully will be full of useful info!! 💻
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This is Charlotte (1 of 4!) ward manager and CF specialist nurse on Pearce and here is what she has to say about nursing
#YearoftheNurseandMidwife
...
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Hello Twitter! We are Pearce ward - Manchester's adult Cystic Fibrosis inpatient unit - please follow us for any ward updates, good news stories and trust initiatives!
#cysticfibrosis
@MFTnhs
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Our final
#nutritionandhydrationweek
post is to show you how we celebrated ‘fruity Friday’ yesterday! We added some chocolate dipping sauce to up the calories too. We’ve had so much fun this week we might bring a few ideas back in the near future!
#watchthisspace
🍓🍌🍍🥝
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Another amazing delivery came today but with no name?! We’d love to know who they’re from so we can thank you!
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CF patients - we are in the process of contacting you all regarding COVID vaccines and if you don’t yet have an appointment we are now thankfully able to offer them at
@MFTnhs
As you can imagine this is a mammoth task b it we are onto it so please wait for us to contact you 1/2
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This is Charlie, staff nurse on Pearce
#YearoftheNurseandMidwife
Nursing wasn't always something I wanted to pursue but at 16yrs old & feeling undecided I had the desire to become a nurse. I wanted to make a difference to people at the most vulnerable times in their lives...
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Friday fun day winners this week..... the Drs! They deserved it purely for Sarah’s charade of Irish dancing that wasn’t quite up to Dr Barry’s expectations but still amazing! 🤩🎉
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Our nurses work closely with our expert pharmacy team to -among many other things - ensure all prescriptions are safe, appropriate and necessary. Here is Lisa and Katrina checking through our CF specific drug charts this morning!
#YNM2020
#NHSYearoftheNurseandMidwife
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Nutrition and Hydration week day 2 - snacky Tuesday! Evening snacks for staff and patients! Providing a variety of healthy and nutritious snacks as well as high calorie for those in need of the extra! 🍿
@ShigySudeesh
@rachrobertson01
@MFT_PatientExp
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Apologies for the lack of gold award certificate however we will now be presented with it at the trust excellence awards! Any excuse to buy a frock and shout about our brilliant service! The unit is also nominated for its transition work so we will keep you updated on the night🥇
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Good luck and a sad goodbye to our Sister Jess, our very own Angel of the north, as she moves back home to Newcastle!
She has been such an asset to the ward in her time with us and we’ll miss her dearly! 🌸🤍
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⭐️ More awards! ⭐️
This time for CF OPD!
Emma Jackson won an excellence award for delivering exceptional patient experience for her work with a transition patient and Diane McKenna got her long service award! Well done both! 💫
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Merry Christmas to all of our patients & their loved ones! We hope you had a fantastic day celebrating. As always, the gang on the day shift made it very Christmassy for those spending it with us. Thank you to all those that worked day & night &to you all for our lovely gifts🎄❤️
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Another very sad day on the ward as we say goodbye to Sister Laura 😢Laura you are going to be very missed by both patients & staff! Thank you for all your hard work over the years and we wish you all the luck in the world with your new job ❤️
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Congratulations to our Ben on his excellence award, nominated for delivering exceptional care in very pressured circumstances! We’re very proud of you Ben and lucky to have you ⭐️
@JamesCh99588688
@rachrobertson01
@MrsArdron
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Congratulations to our Julie who has won an excellence award for delivering exceptional care! Couldn’t be any more deserved, well done Julie! ✨
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Yesterday we said goodbye to the most wonderful Ward Clark and friend, Aggie. We will miss her desperately as I’m sure you all will too. She has kept us all going, practically and emotionally, and we are sad to see her go but wish her all the luck in her new exciting role 💜
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Last week was a stressful week for everyone so Thankyou to our amazing physio
@lucyewadsworth
for these beautiful flowers for the nursing staff! Wonderful example of MDT wellbeing ❤️💐
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If you need support starting exercise for the 1st time, motivation returning to exercise or would like 1:1 exercise support our physio team can offer an 8 week programme for all your exercise needs
For more info please speak to a physio or email mft.cfphysiotherapyteam
@nhs
.net
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We had lots of different options to chose from including monitors, pina coladas and the chefs own strawberries and cream and lemon and mango coolers! (Thats Beth ringing the mocktail bell and WC Aggie covering her ears from it! 🙉)
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Today we attended the bee brilliant launch for this quarter. Topic: looking after staff. Great ideas from staff so far, hopefully we can make Pearce Ward great for everyone!
@MFTnhs
@WythenshaweHosp
🐝
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So nice to be able to share our personal achievements and celebrate one another, especially in a year where celebrations have been minimal and not what we’re used to! Aren’t our staff an amazing bunch!! ✨
Our amazing equality and diversity board celebrating what personal achievements and events make us different but also what we have in common. Celebrating each other is so important!
@MFTnhs
@ShigySudeesh
@SarahCo77199660
@himynameisjaneg
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This is Julie, one of our HCSWs & here’s what she said about working on Pearce ward
‘I love working on Pearce because the patients,staff & ward are unique. The patients are friendly, kind & just being part of their support network makes work enjoyable’
#YearoftheNurseandMidwife
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One of our lovely patients - and queen of patient bingo - has sent us these gorgeous scented hand creams today! Thankyou so much
@robynbarnes99
we love them! 🙏🏻
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12 to go til we’ve reached our target of 70 staff! But we are currently on track for 100% CF staff vaccinated before the end of the month! 😱 💪🏼💉🦠
#whatsnewflu
@LOUHEY
@MFTnhs
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Flu jab number 55 today was for lucky
@lucyewadsworth
who was happy to have the bounty celebrations that everyone’s left! 🍬
Back again tomorrow! 💉🦠
#whatsnewflu
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Sad goodbyes for Pearce ward this week! 😭
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Fruity Friday was a little busy but even more reason to pause for a fruit-stop! Who thinks Marie should be a banana model instead of our home IV lead? 😂🍌
@BeckieHughes8
#nutritionandhydrationweek
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Here is this mornings team with the
#NHSYearoftheNurseandMidwife
lamp! We’ll be shining a light on some of what we do on the CF unit for the next 3 days so keep your eyes peeled! 🕯📸
@MFTnhs
@WythenshaweHosp
#YNM2020
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Some more news faces on Pearce ward. Meet Renju, Misbah and Danielle (left to right). They’ve all settled in really quickly and we feel like they’ve been here forever! Welcome you guys 🎉
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Happy birthday to our super chef Minesh, who spent it making sure you were all fed then sharing his cake with us all! Gordon Ramsey has nothing on you Minesh! ⭐️
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