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Nominations for the Celebration of Achievement Awards 2015 are open for just another week and York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is appealing to the public to nominate a staff member or team who they feel deserves special recognition at the trust’s annual staff award ceremony.
York Hospital has launched an innovative scheme to give young people the opportunity for real paid work experience in a hospital environment. It is aimed at helping younger people get into employment and make informed decisions about their future careers. Sixteen year 11 students will earn the minimum wage in a variety of roles around the hospital this summer to get a taste of life in the NHS.
From 1 July, York and North Yorkshire residents will be able to attend one stop shop clinics for all their sexual health and contraception needs as a new and improved service is launched.
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Alzheimer’s Society have been working in partnership to provide in-house dementia support at Scarborough Hospital.
Bridlington Hospital has celebrated its first anniversary since elective orthopaedic surgery relocated from Scarborough Hospital last April. The first orthopaedic procedure was performed at Bridlington Hospital on 28 April 2014. Since then until the end of April 2015, a total of 1,915 operations took place – that’s 817 joint (hip and knee) replacements.
Work is currently taking place at Scarborough Hospital to increase the blue badge capacity at the front of the hospital. This work will take the number of blue badge spaces from six to 27 in phase one, while phase two will produce a further 14 spaces.
Staff at York Hospital have been learning how simple small changes can lead to a fitter and healthier lifestyle by taking part in the UK’s fifth Workout at Work Day on 19 June. Thousands of workers nationwide took part in the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy’s initiative, which aims to encourage employees to avoid poor work habits and take more exercise. The day also highlights to employers the benefits of having a fitter and healthier workforce.
A scheme to provide keepsake ‘journey books’ for babies born at Scarborough Hospital’s Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) received a boost thanks to a charity donation.
Children receiving physiotherapy at York Hospital can now benefit from new specialised equipment thanks to the talents of a local student. Seventeen year old Hannah Whitehouse, a sixth form student at St Peter’s school in York, has designed an adjustable set of steps especially made for children to help with physiotherapy rehabilitation.
A service in Bridlington for people with epilepsy has been so successful that sessions have increased from one clinic a month to two a week in just two years.
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