A specialised group of volunteers at the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust are estimated to have saved hospital staff more than 700 hours over a thirteen-month period. Wearing a bright red uniform, the hospital ‘bleep’ volunteers are available to run errands across the West Suffolk Hospital site – each volunteer carries a phone on their…
The new state-of-the-art acute assessment unit at the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust was officially opened by Jo Churchill, MP. This dynamic unit has been helping the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds to transform how emergency patients are assessed and treated. It is designed to support emergency patients and GP referrals that need…
People in West Suffolk with a devastating condition which affects their speech are being supported to use pioneering technology to create a permanent “voice bank” for their loved ones. Voice banking allows a person to record phrases which can then be converted to create a personal synthetic voice when they no longer have the ability…
Mum and daughter duo, Karen and Natasja Pinches, who both work at the West Suffolk Hospital, have returned from the Netherlands 2019 International Field Archery Association European Field Archery Championships. And what success they had. Charlie (Karen’s husband and Natasja’s dad), came a close fourth in the barebow compound male category, with Karen gaining bronze in the…
Six members of staff from the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (WSFT) were invited to 10 Downing Street to attend a tea party hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Each of the staff members were chosen by WSFT chief executive Stephen Dunn, CBE, in recognition of their hard work. They were also peer-nominated ‘Shining Lights’…
The West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust has been named as one of 40 CHKS Top Hospitals for 2019, as part of the leading data-driven healthcare awards ceremony. Running for 18 years, the prestigious, national CHKS Top Hospitals Awards recognise hospitals that are safer for patients, more effective, more efficient and have lower mortality, comparing the…
The West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (WSFT) has once again scored top in the East of England for doctors’ overall training satisfaction in acute trusts, in the General Medical Council’s (GMC) national training survey 2019. The doctors surveyed by the GMC at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (WSFT) rated their overall satisfaction at 82%, a…
Dr David O’Reilly, consultant rheumatologist, has retired from the West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust after 26 years of service. He leaves behind a thriving rheumatology department that he was instrumental in developing. After graduating in medicine from Jesus College, Cambridge in 1980, David trained in general medicine in Manchester and Nottingham, before changing to general…