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Staff recognised for outstanding feedback from patients and their families

If a member of staff has been named positively more than five times in a three month period, there is an award that has been developed to celebrate this, the “Patient Recognition Award”. Over the last...

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COVID-19 - Confirmation of patient deaths

"Sadly, we can confirm that 425 patients being cared for at our hospitals, and who had tested positive for COVID-19, have died. "Five of those deaths have been announced since last Wednesday (8 July)....

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Chief Executive of Leicester's Hospitals, John Adler, is to retire this year

Making the announcement today (Thursday 11 June), Trust Chairman, Karamjit Singh CBE, said: “As you may know, our Chief Executive, John Adler, has been on extended sick leave since March this year. As...

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Let's Talk Incontinence Continence Awareness week

With 14 million people in the UK experiencing bladder problems and 6.5 million people experiencing bowel problems (that we know of). It is more common than diabetes and asthma, and yet, people can go...

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Online rehabilitation programmes made available to all

The offer from Leicester's Hospitals comes during Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week (15-22 June 2020). Pulmonary rehabilitation is supervised exercise training, health education and breathing techniques...

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NHS To Launch Ground Breaking Online Covid-19 Rehab Service

Nurses and physiotherapists will be on hand to reply to patients' needs either online or over the phone as part of the service. The new 'Your Covid Recovery' service forms part of NHS plans to expand...

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New national study into long term health impacts of COVID-19 launched

The PHOSP-COVID study has been awarded £8.4million jointly by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). This study is one of a number of COVID-19 studies...

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Obese BME people at 'higher-risk' of contracting COVID-19

Previous research has shown that ethnicity can alter the association between the body mass index (BMI) and cardiometabolic health so the researchers wanted to explore whether a person's weight could...

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Virtual NHS consultations hailed a success during coronavirus pandemic

From an 82 year old veteran learning how to administer insulin for diabetes over a video link with a practice nurse, to patients accessing online consultations with hospital staff, for health visiting...

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UK first: Next generation of world's smallest pacemaker fitted into heart of...

Within two weeks of a having heart rhythm disturbance identified, Leicestershire teacher Mr Short, who is otherwise fit and healthy, was back at home following a day procedure that saw him fitted with...

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