Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Last week Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon Dimpu Bhagawati hosted the latest North Thames Spinal Network (NTSN) meeting at the L&D! Dimpu was made Clinical Lead for the NTSN this year, and its great to see this role bringing other great minds to our site. Teams from the Trust and from the region came to help promote better management of spinal surgery and spinal pathways, meeting with external providers and healthcare specialists to share ideas and plan the next steps in spinal care. With the aim to improve quality of care for patients and equity of access to spinal services, the attendees heard presentations on Cauda Equina Syndrome, Failed Back Syndrome, Endoscopic Spinal Surgery, and Spine; “Let’s Talk About Sex”. We thank everyone who helped bring this together, and are excited to see future collaboration at these meetings.

Congratulations to the Critical Care team at the L&D for achieving a Bronze ward accreditation! Assessors found the staff are aware of patient feedback and complaints and make changes in response to this. Good person-centred care within the 2 units was also observed. Well done to the team, keep up the excellent work.

Losing a child will never be easy. In remembrance of all the children that lost their lives too soon and to honour the theme of ‘Love Lives On’, light a candle tonight at 7pm. #NationalBereavedParentsDay2024

We hope our Estates and Facilities staff had a great day yesterday at the celebrations! We truly could not operate the hospitals without your hard work and dedication, and it was great to see everyone enjoying a chance to relax, eat, and catch-up in the sun. Thank you to the Charity team, who funded the events at both sites and supported with the planning, and to the ISS and Catering teams who did so much work preparing the day! #EFMDay

Congratulations to Steve Kemp, Estates Maintenance Manager at the L&D, for winning the Making a Real Difference Award from apetito UK! apetitio visited the L&D to award Steve, who was joined by his colleagues to congratulate him on receiving no less than five nominations (four in his winning category)

Congratulations to Riverbank Ward for achieving their Bronze ward accreditation! The assessment found that "staff demonstrated exemplary behaviour, showing kindness and professionalism towards patients, visitors, and colleagues alike." Well done to Helen Lindsay-Clarke, Julie Sharpe, and Olivia Zielinska for your leadership of the team.

A huge thank you to the members of staff who are away from their families this Father’s Day so that they can care for our patients. We are also thinking of those who find today difficult.

14 June 2024 marks Student Midwives Celebration Day! To say thank you to our incredible student Midwives who are a vital support to our workforce, celebrations were held on our Maternity units earlier today with food, gifts and peer nominated awards. We hope you had a wonderful time celebrating! #StudentMidwivesCelebrationDay

Howard Ward recently received their Bronze Ward accreditation, well done to the staff and team leaders! The team were found to be friendly and approachable, providing key information to patients and visitors easily, having calm and confident key staff, and demonstrating excellent knowledge in safeguarding, medicines management, patient safety and end of life care.

Congratulations to Shand Ward, who have received their Bronze ward accreditation! The feedback was that staff fostered a supportive atmosphere with kind and respectful interactions, had excellent awareness of reporting processes and infection control, and good care planning for patients. Well done to matron Jane Dove and Ward Manager Vilas Thomas for your leadership of the team.