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H Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

With the highest ED attendance rates in Greater Manchester, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has seen relentless demand and strain on its healthcare services. To tackle issues created by congestion within the ED, BFT built and implemented a new dedicated unit in February, the Clinical Assessment Unit. The CAU was launched with maximum capacity of 19 patients, operating seven days a week from 10am to 10pm, but is specifically designed for higher volume of patients with the primary goal to function as a single stream for acute medicine admissions.

H Hull University Teaching Hospitals

Wards at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital were among the first in the country to use patient safety equipment made from recycled materials as part of Hull University Teaching Hospital NHS Trust’s mission to reduce its impact on the environment. The eco-friendly ‘slide sheet’ is used to move patients safely in their beds and protect their skin from tissue damage caused by friction and shear.

H Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust The West Midlands Adult Eating Disorders Provider Collaborative, led by the Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, is a new way of working which offers a real opportunity to look at how services can be delivered differently. The Collaborative consists of five core partners together with people who use the service, their family and carers and other partner organisations. It provides adult eating disorder services serving a population of 4.5 million covering the West Midlands.

H Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital

In March nearly 500 new beds were delivered to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) as part of a rolling programme to replace equipment used across the hospital. The delivery, initially, forms part of a £1 million investment that will see all beds, mattresses, trolleys, cots, chairs and wheelchairs replaced over the next few years. As well as being more comfortable, the beds are safer too, with 150 low-rise beds to help protect medium and high risk patients from falls.

H University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton introduced the use of ‘Redirooms’ in its hospitals to prevent Covid contacts, reduce nosocomial infections and outbreaks, enhance patient flow across the emergency admission pathway and increase confidence in patients and staff. A positive outcome was a greater degree of positivity from staff in other wards to take patients into their care from the MAU ward, because they were assured that patients who had subsequently tested negative for Covid-19 had not been in contact with Covid-19 positive patients.