InTouch

Welcome to InTouch magazine – your insight into the latest news and updates from across PAHT.

In this edition, you can read about two special visits to our hospital in recent weeks. We welcomed Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party, and Angela Rayner, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, to the emergency department (ED) and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Unit on 27 January (p.4). On 24 February, Sir Rod Stewart, singer and songwriter, visited a mobile MRI unit at The Princess Alexandra Hospital, having kindly funded a day’s worth of scans for our patients (p.3).

You will have begun to hear about the Patients – Quality – Productivity (PQP) programme across your divisions. Helping to deliver our PAHT2030 strategy, PQP is our approach to ensuring that we focus on improving the quality of care and experiences for our patients, while driving forward our productivity and financial efficiencies. You can find out more and how to share your ideas on p.5.

We have reached a major milestone for our new electronic health record (EHR), having signed the contract last week – you can read more on p.6. Additionally, please take a look at our latest update on the new hospital (p.6).

We also cover the appointment of Giuseppe Labriola as our new deputy chief nurse (p.7) and the achievements of teams including maternity (p.8), dermatology (p.7), IT (p.9) and radiology (p.13) – well done all.

In addition, you can read the latest updates from our charity (p.12), feedback from our patients (p.14), wellbeing tips (p.15), and much more.

This magazine is for and about you, our #PAHTPeople –please contact the communications team if you would like to see your team featured, at paht.communications@ nhs.net.

I hope you enjoy the read.

Best wishes

Lance McCarthy Chief executive