Frederique is a booking clerk for the Patient Access Centre (PAC) located in the Bayview basement at Torbay Hospital. While on her day off this week she was out driving and noticed a van broken down on the side of…
Join us at our Annual Members’ Meeting – Thursday 21 September, 4pm – 6pm
Please come along to our Annual Members’ Meeting on Thursday 21 September at TREC, Torbay Hospital or watch online. Doors will open at 3.30pm when you will have an opportunity to speak to colleagues and governors and visit stands in…
Booking your flu vaccination and our winter campaign
Bookings are now open to all staff for flu vaccinations, and will be taking place in Bayview balcony (accessed through Bayview restaurant), Hengrave House, from Monday 18 September, 8am – 8pm, seven days a week. Please book your flu vaccination…
We’re changing how we share our news
It’s important that you know what’s happening across our trust and wider health and care system, and how the work you do is helping to provide safe care for all. During July our communications team reviewed the ways we share…
McCallum’s new ready to go ward is already a great success
McCallum ward has been working very hard on transforming its ward into a ready to go ward, and three weeks into the project we are already seeing great results and positive change. Before ready to go was set up, McCallum…
COVID-19 update
Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise locally and nationally. There is a new variant called Eris, which appears to be similar to other Omicron variants in its symptoms and severity. Overall, numbers remain low and are being monitored, but…
NHS75: share your story with us
The NHS employs staff from all over the world and in 350 different careers. As well as this, volunteers of all ages and backgrounds make a huge and often unseen contribution to the NHS. This year marks not only the…
Jack Doxsey wins Primrose award
Congratulations to Jack Doxsey, a healthcare support worker at Dawlish Community Hospital, for being our most recent winner of the Primrose award. Jack was nominated by a colleague, who said, “Jack came to Dawlish Hospital completely brand new to care,…
Maximising your leadership potential – a development programme for black, asian and minority ethnic (BAME) staff
Following the success of cohort 1 we are proud to announce that our BAME leadership programme, Maximising your leadership potential, is back. Beginning in November this year, the programme provides a ‘safe space’ to talk freely, to develop and share…
Changes to USB storage device access
What’s happening? Currently, USB storage devices (including USB memory sticks, USB hard drives, tablets, and cameras) can be accessed on desktops and laptops in a read only format. Due to cybersecurity risks and software upgrades this will be changing, all…