The refurbishment of Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust’s Intensive Care Unit hit a new milestone this month with the opening of the completely refurnished and redesigned pod to patients.
19 Nov 2024
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The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has already seen over 125,000 attendances to its Emergency Department doors this year, which makes it the highest amount of attendances going into the winter period.
14 Nov 2024
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Visitors and patients at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust are being reminded that there is no excuse for abuse with the launch of a new campaign ‘Stop! No Excuse for Abuse’ featuring personal messages from staff.
12 Nov 2024
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The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is encouraging the public to take part in the government’s ‘Change NHS: help build a health service fit for the future’ about the future of the NHS.
30 Oct 2024
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Staff from the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Gemma Peters, Macmillian Cancer Support Chief Executive, and the Mayor of Reading, Cllr Glenn Dennis came together recently at a special event to recognise the amazing work our volunteer cancer champions do to support their local community.
28 Oct 2024
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This year, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust marks 185 years since the Royal Berkshire Hospital first opened its doors. And they are inviting those interested, to join them for a morning of talks from experts on a whole range of topics
16 Oct 2024
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Two maternity workers from Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust have been recognised by NHS England’s Chief Midwifery Officer awards for their dedication in providing care.
04 Oct 2024
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A team led by Henley Business School, University of Reading, today announces it has been awarded a grant of £1.2 million for the development of RMD-Health – a machine learning system designed to significantly improve the early detection and referral of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMD).
03 Oct 2024
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Clinicians at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust have recently expanded their support to patients staying with them who want to stop smoking.
01 Oct 2024
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Organ Donation Week gives us a chance to hear from some amazing people – here’s Sidney and Kelly’s story, father and daughter from Buckinghamshire. Starting with Kelly’s perspective.
27 Sept 2024
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Working in partnership, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and University of Reading have reached a UK-first milestone in their research into the treatment of osteoarthritis.
23 Sept 2024
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Organ donation is a gift that can change lives. Nationally more than 7600 people are in need of an organ transplant, including over 250 children.
23 Sept 2024
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Based on the responses returned by patients who stayed with us, out of the 131 NHS acute trusts in England, we ranked fourth.
22 Aug 2024
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The Health Service Journal (HSJ) have announced the finalists for their annual national awards. And two teams at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust are featured. Our Elderly Care Department are finalists in the Patient Safety category, and our Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team finalists in the Staff Wellbeing category.
15 Aug 2024
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To improve services closer to home for patients, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust now offer carpal tunnel surgery at Townlands Hospital, utilising the minor ops facilities on site.
15 Aug 2024
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Staff in the Neuro Rehabilitation Unit at the West Berkshire Community Hospital organised a sports day for patients earlier this week, with games including tin-can alley, egg and spoon race, and bat and ball.
27 Jul 2024
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Work starts this week on a new surgical unit at Reading’s Royal Berkshire Hospital and residents have been asked to help come up with a name for the new unit
24 Jul 2024
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Sharon Herring, Associate Chief Nurse - Patient Experience, Workforce and Education, has been recognised for her work advocating for patient involvement, community engagement and equalities after receiving a Chief Nursing Officer Silver Award.
01 Jul 2024
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Mark Foulkes, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse and Nurse Consultant at the Trust’s Berkshire Cancer Centre has been awarded an MBE in the King's Birthday Honours list in recognition of his services to nursing.
17 Jun 2024
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Research at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised as ‘world-class’ after becoming the first NHS trust to receive full GCSA certification.
13 May 2024
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