Your hospital’s charity has launched a search to volunteers who are willing to sell some books of Big Easter Raffle tickets to friends, family and colleagues – can you help? If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning a romantic meal for two, which will be given away to the person who [...]
Members News
Would you like to help judge how well our hospitals are performing?
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Every year, East & North Hertfordshire Trust is inspected on the quality of a range of non-clinical services including patient privacy and dignity, cleanliness, hospital food and tidiness of wards and waiting areas. These inspections are part of the national Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) assessments that every inpatient healthcare facility in England with more [...]
Help make a difference this Christmas
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Our Trust’s charity needs volunteers to support the Children’s Ward Christmas Star Appeal. They would love to hear from you if you would like to help them sell Christmas gifts at the Lister hospital on 15th November, 22nd November or 5th December 2011. Any help would be much appreciated, so to help raise as much [...]
Making your NHS Better Cheshunt event
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
We have heard from many of you recently that you want to be more involved in shaping local health services and making sure that they are better tailored to meet the needs of a diverse range of people. We want to talk to you more about how we can improve local services for people based [...]
Patient forum for inflammatory arthritis
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Would you like to share your experiences and coping strategies with arthritis? Please come along to the first meeting being organised by Rheumatology to help educate and support their patients with arthritis, 2nd November 2011, 6.15pm to 8.00pm. Find out more about the patient forum and book your place, by contacting Michelle Want on 01438 [...]
Our 2010/11 Quality Account
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Our 2010/11 Quality Account is now available on our website. It follows a strict national format and shows some of the many ways we are monitoring and improving quality. Our Quality Account 2010/11 If you would like to help us identify priorities for future reports then please tell us what aspects of care or services [...]
Member invitation to the Trust’s AGM
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
We’d like to invite you to come along to the Trust’s annual general meeting on the evening of Thursday 15th September 2011. The meeting, which will review the Trust’s performance during 2010/11, will be held from 6.00pm to around 8.30pm at the Onslow St Audrey’s School in Hatfield. The school was chosen following the popularity [...]
Prospective Governor Awareness Event
Friday, July 8th, 2011
We recently held an event where members could find out more about becoming a governor for when we become a foundation trust. Over 90 of our public members and staff members attended the event to hear more about the role of governor, on Monday 4th July 2011 at Campus West in Welwyn Garden City. Our [...]
Attend the Trust’s Prospective Governor Awareness Event
Friday, June 10th, 2011
The trust is holding its first Governor Awareness event, to give all members a chance to be able to hear about the role of governor from the Trust’s Chairman, Richard Beazley, and the Chief Executive, Nick Carver. This is also an exclusive opportunity for members to find out more about the different stages of the [...]
Support to kick the habit offered on No Smoking Day
Monday, April 18th, 2011
We joined forces with Stop smoking advisors from Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) and Hertfordshire Tobacco Control Alliance to promote ways to kick the habit via stands at the QEII and Lister Hospitals this year. Staff and visitors to our hospitals were informed of ways to access smoking cessation advice and support through the Trust’s occupational [...]
We need readers!
Monday, April 18th, 2011
We have a Readers’ Panel that is key to our approval process for patient information leaflets. They help us make sure all our leaflets make sense and are appropriate for our target audience. What are the leaflets about? The leaflets can be about services, treatments, procedures, conditions, advice, and support available from us. What does [...]
Thank you to the Patients’ Panel
Monday, April 18th, 2011
At its last meeting, chairman Richard Beazley formally thanked the 20-strong committee of dedicated residents who have formed the Trust’s Patients’ Panel over the last eight years. During this time, the panel, made up of patients, carers and relatives have shared their views and those of the groups they represent in the local community to [...]
Midwives and nurses deliver a successful event for the public
Monday, March 28th, 2011
Over 30 public members, community representatives from women’s and children’s related organisations and charities came to hear about the future of maternity and neonatal services on Wednesday 23rd March 2011. Chief executive Nick Carver opened the event, which gave expectant mothers and their loved ones the chance to talk directly to our midwives and nurses [...]
Time to Quit on No Smoking Day, 9 March 2011 – find out more
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
We’d like to let you know that on 9 March 2011, national No Smoking Day, there will be an opportunity for members to find out how we are promoting ways to lead a healthy lifestyle. Stop smoking advisors from Stevenage Borough Council and Hertfordshire Tobacco Control Alliance will be on hand with information on quitting [...]
Maternity Showcase
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
….Delivering maternity services for the future Members are invited to an event to showcase the new midwife-led and consultant led units opening at the Lister in October 2011. You will have the chance to hear from our doctors and nurses about the choices open to expectant mothers at the Lister as well as the services [...]
Your hospital needs you!
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
Your hospital’s very own charity is looking for new volunteers across the Trust who would be happy to help raise awareness of ’The Big Easter Raffle’ and promote raffle tickets to friends, family and colleagues. With the grand prize of an Apple iPad (already donated by Tescos) amongst many others, the charity hopes to raise significant [...]
Latest news!
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
We have received the exciting news that the Trust has been approved to move to the next stage in becoming a foundation trust (FT). After a successful meeting with our Board, the East of England Strategic Health Authority gave its support to our application to become an FT, which was submitted on February 1st. We now [...]
Back by popular demand – New tour dates for 2011
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Due to the popularity of tours of the new developments at the Lister Hospital in 2010, we have set a series of new tour dates for 2011. Our members can find out more about the exciting changes happening on site on free guided tours from our project managers throughout the year. You can book your [...]
Staff celebrate hair-raising efforts for prostate cancer
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Around 25 members of QEII staff took part in the national ‘Movember’ month-long moustache-growing campaign to raise money for The Prostate Cancer Charity. Doctors, nurses, consultants and porters raised £1,200 for the cause for growing and sporting a moustache for the month. Although all involved had great fun taking part in the 30-day bonding exercise, [...]
Help us support the Lister Children’s ward this Christmas
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Please buy a raffle ticket to raise funds for the Lister Children’s Ward and be in for the chance of winning £250 to spend before Christmas, plus loads of other great prizes such as £50 restaurant meals at Redcoats, John Lewis vouchers, beauty and spa vouchers and many more. A book of five tickets costs [...]
Watch new sculpture take shape online
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Part of the car park redevelopment work at the Lister is the creation of a green plaza in front of the hospital’s main entrance. As well as providing a real focal point, the plaza is also intended to provide staff, patients and their visitors with a pleasant area to sit out during the warmer months. [...]
Trust’s AGM, 15th Sept 2010
Monday, July 19th, 2010
The meeting, which will review the Trust’s performance during 2009/10, will be held from 6.00pm to around 8.30pm at The John Henry Newman School in Stevenage – which was chosen, following the popularity of last year’s event, to support more people being able to attend than has been possible in previous years. The agenda for [...]
A ton of support for bike week activities
Friday, June 11th, 2010
To promote the staff Cycle to Work scheme and highlight the health and financial benefits of cycling we held two successful stands at the Lister and QEII during national Bike Week recently.Thank you to all of you who gave generously helping to raise over £100 towards Annie Byrne’s cycling trip around 21 steam railways of [...]
Save the date – Join us on a walking tour at the Lister
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
Join us on a walking tour of the Lister Hospital to find out more about the developments that are going on at your local hospitals from members of the team managing the changes. Groups will be taken on a 90-minute whistle-stop tour of the hospital grounds focusing on the areas of greatest change and taking [...]
Members talk from A&E consultant about work in Nigeria
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
An A&E consultant based at the QEII has travelled to Nigeria to help set up a state-of-the-art teaching hospital to treat some of the country’s poorest people. And just before he went, Mr Sigmund Wilkey took time out to talk to members about the reasons behind his year-long sabbatical and what he hoped to achieve. [...]