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Tuesday 31 October 2017
250 years of Leeds General Infirmary - a year of celebration
On October 31 a timeline of Leeds General Infirmary’s 250 year history launched, officially beginning a year of celebration.
From its original purpose as a hospital ‘for the relief of the sick and poor’, the LGI has grown to become one of the foremost healthcare providers in the country. By far the longest-established of the City’s hospitals, it dates back to...Read more
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Thursday 19 October 2017
LTHT porter up for national Skills for Health ‘Our Health Heroes’ award
Paul Tobin, General Porter at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, has been announced as the regional winner of Skills for Health’s ‘Our Health Heroes’ Operational Services Support Worker award.
Paul has now been...Read more
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Wednesday 18 October 2017
Supporting Hate Crime Awareness Week
This week is National Hate Crime Awareness Week and our partners from West Yorkshire Police and Leeds City Council held a stand in Bexley wing to raise awareness of the...
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Monday 16 October 2017
LTHT teams nominated for Nursing Times awards
Our team of research nurses and the ward team from J21 are both in the running for a Nursing Times Award next month.
The research nursing team, including Senior Research Nurses...Read more
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Friday 13 October 2017
Celebrating 50 years of Emergency Medicine
Thursday 12 October marked 50 years of Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM), and LTHT has been at the forefront of this specialty since the beginning.
Mr Maurice Ellis who...Read more
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Monday 9 October 2017
NICU becomes the first in England to use video updates to connect parents and babies
Parents of babies being cared for on the LTHT neonatal unit joined neonatal nurses at an event to celebrate the official launch of vCreate. This web-based application lets nurses record...
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Friday 6 October 2017
LTHT receives Silver Award from MoD for supporting Armed Forces
LTHT has received an Employer Recognition Scheme Silver Award from the Ministry of Defence for their support of the Armed Forces.
Earlier this year the Trust signed up to the Armed...Read more
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Tuesday 12 September 2017
First Baby Box Programme in Yorkshire launches at Leeds Baby Week
New parents across Leeds now receive a free Baby Box to support safer sleeping for their new arrivals.
The Baby Box Co. provides the kit, which doubles as an infant sleeping...Read more
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Monday 11 September 2017
Research and Innovation Centre officially opens
Trust Chair Linda Pollard officially opened the new Research and Innovation Centre at St James’s Hospital on Friday. Its location near the main entrance to the St James's site puts...
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Friday 8 September 2017
Yorkshire Heart Centre celebrates 20th anniversary
Staff past and present, as well as patients and their families were invited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Yorkshire Heart Centre.
The event commemorated the move of cardiac services...Read more
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Friday 8 September 2017
Hundreds of volunteers cycle through the night to inspire new organ donors in the region
Marking the start of Organ Donation Week, two hundred generous Yorkshire residents came together on Monday 4th September to voluntarily cycle for 24 hours straight to ‘keep Yorkshire’s heart beating’...
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Monday 14 August 2017
LTHT launches Be A Hero 'Yorkshire to 50k' challenge
Be A Hero, Yorkshire’s dedicated organ donation charity based at LTHT, has today launched a challenge to increase the number of registered organ donors in Yorkshire by 50,000 in just...
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Monday 7 August 2017
LTHT supporting Leeds Pride
It was the annual Leeds LGBT Pride at the weekend and a group of our own staff were out representing LTHT for the second year running.
We are committed to equality,...Read more
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Monday 7 August 2017
LTHT appoints Richard Corbridge as Chief Digital and Information Officer
Richard Corbridge has been appointed as Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO) at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Richard joins the Trust from the Health Service Executive in Ireland, where he...Read more
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Tuesday 1 August 2017
St James’s Way edible food trail launches
As part of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Sustainability GRASP campaign, the sustainability group have now delivered an exciting project involving a series of food gardens across the St James’s hospital...
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Thursday 27 July 2017
LTHT heads to the British Transplant Games
The Leeds Adult and Children Transplant Games Teams are setting off from Leeds Teaching Hospitals to compete in this year’s Westfield Health British Transplant Games in North Lanarkshire.
23 adult transplant...Read more
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Monday 24 July 2017
Cardiac electrophysiology research team donation
One our most industrious research teams has been able to use funds generated from participation in a variety of clinical studies to supply state of the art computer equipment to...
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Tuesday 18 July 2017
Sir Peter Carr Award runners up
Congratulations to Dr Anna Winfield and Dr Ali Cracknell who were announced as runners up in NHS Improvement’s Sir Peter Carr Award last week.
Sir Peter Carr is the previous Chair...Read more
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Monday 10 July 2017
Prince Harry visits Leeds Children's Hospital
As part of his role as patron of the WellChild charity, we were pleased to welcome Prince Harry to Leeds Children's Hospital, where he met WellChild nurse Helen Tooby and...
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