In this section, you can read the news articles published during the year.
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Tuesday, 03 January 2023 Due to the significant ongoing pressure on our services, alongside the need to act swiftly to ensure patients continue to receive safe, high quality care, we have declared a critical incident at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. |
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Winter Colorectal Conference 2022 Friday, 06 January 2023 The Trust’s Colorectal team hosted the 11th Winter Colorectal day at St Peter’s on Friday 9 December. This international inspiring conference was supported by the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) Coloproctology Section, the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland and Colorectal Disease Journal. |
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South East Coast Ambulance Service Industrial Action on 11th January 2023 Monday, 09 January 2023 There is industrial action planned by some members of staff who work for South East Coast Ambulance Service on Wednesday 11 January 2023 (00.01 to 23.59). |
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Trust Celebrates the Relaunch of its Healing Arts Music Programme Thursday, 12 January 2023 A large crowd were able to watch the first performance on the Trust’s newly purchased Baby Grand Yamaha piano in the foyer at St Peter’s Hospital to mark the relaunch of the Healing Arts music programme on Wednesday 30th November 2022. |
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Thursday, 12 January 2023 Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals have moved out of business continuity incident. This reflected a significant volume of work by colleagues resulting in an improved position, although services remain busy and work continues to address ongoing challenges. |
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Local Students Presented with the Tim Spencer Award at the First-ever Brooklands Innovation Academy Thursday, 12 January 2023 In November 2022, three students from across North West Surrey were presented with the Tim Spencer Award by Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH), in partnership with the Bourne Education Trust. The winners received their awards at the first-ever Brooklands Innovation Academy which took place at Brooklands Museum. |
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Getting the Right Care, in the Right Place, at the Right Time Monday, 16 January 2023 Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust want to ensure that the patients in our hospitals are only those who will and are continuing to need our care and treatment. This is because hospitals are best suited for treating those who are very unwell and need urgent and emergency care for serious and life-threatening symptoms. |
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No Strike Action at Trust - Services to Continue as Usual Tuesday, 17 January 2023 Nurses within a number of organisations have voted to take industrial action, next scheduled to take place on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th January 2023. Ballot returns at Ashford and St Peter’s did not achieve the 50% threshold required to give the mandate for industrial action. This means that Ashford and St Peter’s nurses will not strike and services will be running as usual on 18 and 19 January. |
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Parents Raise Over £21,000 for Neonatal Unit at St Peter’s Hospital Thursday, 19 January 2023 In June 2019, Helen and Chris welcomed their beautiful daughter Ruby to the world, Ruby was born at full term at another hospital after a textbook pregnancy and labour. During the final stages of labour Ruby did not receive adequate oxygen and after resuscitation she was left with brain injury called Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE). |
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Hospitals to begin trialling a nasal spray which could treat COVID-19 Wednesday, 25 January 2023 A new research study at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH) is looking for participants to trial a nasal spray, which could potentially slow the spread of COVID-19 and may lead to a quicker recovery time. |
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Thursday, 26 January 2023 The Eternal Garden at St Peter’s Hospital has won an award at the 2022 Pro Landscaper: small project BIG IMPACT Awards in the Planting Design Under £25,000 category. |
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Changes to visitor car parking charges Thursday, 2nd February 2023 On 1 February 2023, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals will be increasing their car parking charges for patients and visitors as part of the annual pricing review. Free parking for the first 20 minutes will continue for visitors who are picking up or dropping off patients and parking remains free for blue badge holders. |
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Thursday, 16th February 2023 Last week was National Apprenticeship Week, an annual week-long celebration of apprentices, recognising the positive impact they make to communities, businesses, and the wider economy. |
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Bowel Cancer Screening Colonoscopy comes to ASPH Wednesday, 22nd February 2023 For the first time, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have opened a bowel cancer screening colonoscopy service at the Trust. Two Colorectal Consultants, Mr Pasha Nisar and Mr Prateesh Trivedi, have successfully qualified as screening Colonoscopists and our Endoscopy Unit has been accredited in recognition of its high-quality gastrointestinal endoscopy service. |
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Junior Doctors' Strike Action 13-16 March 2023 Thursday, 9th March 2023 Following a successful ballot, Junior doctors who are part of the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association (HCSA) are expected to take strike action from Monday 13 March to Thursday 16 March. During this period we have taken steps to ensure that emergency care and cancer care continues, however some elective appointments may need to be cancelled. If you have an appointment booked, please attend as planned, unless you have been contacted to reschedule your appointment. |
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CQC publishes report on maternity services at St Peter’s Hospital Wednesday, 29th March 2023 In January 2023, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were visited by the CQC (Care Quality Commission), who carried out an unannounced focused inspection at St Peter’s Hospital as part of the national maternity inspection programme. The inspection was to look at how safe and well-led maternity services were. Following the inspection, the CQC published a report on 29 March 2023. Our maternity service has been rated Inadequate. |
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Suspension of Entonox Use in Maternity Wednesday, 29th March 2023 We have taken the difficult decision to temporarily suspend the use of Entonox (gas and air) for pregnant women and birthing people at St Peter’s Hospital and are very sorry if you are affected by this. |
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Junior Doctors' Strike Action 11-15 April 2023 Tuesday, 4th April 2023 Junior doctors will be taking industrial action from 06:59 on Tuesday 11 April until 06:59 on Saturday 15 April following the announcement by the BMA and HCSA. |
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Thursday, 6th April 2023 We took the difficult decision to temporarily suspend the use of Entonox (gas and air) in Maternity at St Peter’s Hospital from midday Thursday 30 March 2023 and are very sorry if you are affected by this. Homebirths are unaffected and Entonox will continue to be available. |
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Hospitals asks local community to ‘help us, help you’ ahead of Easter bank holiday weekend Thursday, 6th April 2023 Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is asking members of the public to use services appropriately this Easter bank holiday week and the week that immediately follows, when junior doctors’ strikes are planned to take place (11-15 April). |
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Reinstating Entonox Use in Maternity Service at St Peter’s Hospital Thursday, 20th April 2023 As you will be aware we made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend the use of Entonox (gas and air) in our maternity service at St Peter’s hospital on 30 March, and we are very sorry if you have been affected by this. We took this action for the safety of our staff who may have had extended exposure to Entonox within our maternity services, due to issues with ventilation (air circulation). |
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Wednesday, 26th April 2023 In March, Holly Ward’s shared decision-making council at St Peter’s Hospital held a #endPJparalysis event, as their first project to relaunch and raise awareness of PJ Paralysis. |
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Bereavement Café Launched at St Peter’s Hospital Thursday, 27th April 2023 Last month St Peter’s Hospital launched their first Bereavement Café where families and friends who have lost a loved one can meet up once a week to chat over coffee. |
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International Day of the Midwife 2023 at Ashford and St Peter’s Friday, 5th May 2023 Friday 5 May is International Day of the Midwife, an annual celebration recognising and celebrating the amazing work of midwives globally. International Day of the Midwife was founded by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) and is celebrated every year on 5th May, since 1992. The theme for this year’s is ‘Together again: from evidence to reality’. |
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The Duchess of Gloucester opens new staff garden at St Peter’s Hospital Friday, 12th May 2023 Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester joined staff from Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to officially open a new staff garden, The Queen Elizabeth II Staff Covid Recovery Garden, at St Peter’s Hospital today [Friday 12 May 2023]. |
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Tuesday, 23rd May 2023 Our beloved NHS is celebrating 75 years on 5 July 2023 and we would like to invite you to join us on the celebrations by fundraising for our children’s unit. |
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Community Day at St Peter’s and Ashford Hospital Sites Thursday, 25th May 2023 On Saturday 15 July from 10am-3pm we are opening our doors across both St Peter's and Ashford Hospital sites and inviting members of the community to come and experience the hospital as never before, giving you a chance to look around and get involved with some of the different services we offer. |
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Thursday, 25th May 2023 Noah recently performed for staff, patients and visitors on the piano situated in the main entrance of St Peter’s Hospital. His performance has been described by our staff and patients as truly amazing. |
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Emergency Department - Essential Maintenance Friday, 26th May 2023 From 8pm on Friday 26th May until 8am on Monday 29th May, there will be unavoidable work taking place within a walkway area of the Emergency Department at St Peter’s Hospital. |
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