April is Stress Awareness Month and the theme this year is little by little, a little becomes a lot. This is the idea that small consistent actions each day contribute to your overall wellbeing as a cumulative effect. Stress in…
Recognising and celebrating our corporate, support and workplace colleagues
Great news! There are a number of national award opportunities to recognise colleagues working in our corporate, support and workplace services. It is important to recognise the valuable contributions of these teams as their work, though often unseen and underappreciated,…
Getting it right first time: making the most of virtual wards
The national GIRFT team, in partnership with the NHS England virtual ward programme, has published a report, ‘Making the most of virtual wards, including Hospital at Home’ The report provides practical guidance for clinicians to maximise the use of virtual…
International head and neck cancer conference 2023
Enhance your knowledge, make connections and share ideas at this two-day international conference for head and neck cancer patients, caregivers and health professionals. There will be live Q&As, an open lobby to chat and range of speakers and interactive sessions.…
Upcoming exciting events for 2024
These events are a great way to raise funds for your ward or area, or for the Torbay and South Devon NHS Charity. This year the podiatry team took part in the Inflatable 5k and raised enough to fund three…
Patient weighing scales
Clinical engineering has recently engaged with SECA to support the servicing and repair of all patient weighing scales. An engineer from SECA will be on site at Torbay Hospital and within the community to audit, service and repair our scales…
VitalPac app upgrade (please check if this affects your team)
On Monday 13 November all acute and community wards will need to move to paper observations as our IT teams will be completing an essential update of the Vital Pac app from 8am on Tuesday 14 November until it is…
Vaccination hub opening hours
There are changes to the vaccination hub opening hours, the hours for the next two weeks are: Tuesday 31 October 8am – 1pm 2pm – 4pm vaccinator will be roving the acute site Wednesday…
Tickets are now available for the SCBU Christmas draw, raising funds for HDU monitors and developmental care aids
This year tickets are available online as well as on the unit. We are also selling tickets in the main reception on level 4, Torbay Hospital: Tickets are £1 each and the draw will take place on Friday 15 December.…
Delivering joy this Christmas
After the success of last year’s Delivering Joy campaign, organised by Dunelm in Torquay, which saw over 300 gifts delivered to patients in our local hospitals over Christmas, we are proud to announce that Dunelm Torquay has again chosen is…