Hexham General Hospital

We’ve got a very special Shake Up message from our Lionesses!
Get your kids ready to ROAR with more 10 Minute Shake Up games inspired by Disney The Lion King: http://po.st/Lionesses

☀️ Many of you will be out enjoying the weather today, but remember to make sure you stay safe in the #heatwave.
Cover up, wear a high factor sunscreen and drink plenty of water. Take a look here for more information on how to cope in hot weather:
https://www.nhs.uk/…/h…/heatwave-how- to-cope-in-hot-weather/

A Northumbria led project which has improved patients’ experiences of having an operation has been recognised nationally by the British Association of Day Surgery
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/project-to -improve-outcomes…/

Take @Change4Life’s online quiz and find out what sports and @Disney_uk inspired games would be perfect for your kids. https://bit.ly/2Y4wSxu

Looking for ideas to keep the kids entertained over the summer? Try the latest #10MinuteShakeUp games from @Change4Life and @Disney_uk https://bit.ly/30z4ul4

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We're delighted to have once again been chosen as one of the country’s best performing NHS organisations for providing safe, high quality patient care
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/top-hospit al-northumbria-be…/
#CHKS

To help celebrate the NHS birthday, our deaf awareness coordinator Margaret has been helping to teach our staff members how to sign the happy birthday song
#NHS71 #OurNHSPeople

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers who have been celebrating the NHS birthday today #NHSBigTea
#NHS71

The Hexham Male Voice Choir helped us celebrate the NHS birthday in style with a performance at Hexham hospital earlier this week!
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/live-choir -performance-at-h…/
#NHS71

Very proud to be named patient safety organisation of the year at the HSJ Patient Safety Awards!
We were also named infection prevention and control initiative of the year and another Northumbria-led project won the perioperative and surgical care award
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/northumbri a-named-patient-s…/

If you need urgent medical advice, ring NHS 111 – it’s open 24/7. Please remember our emergency department at our Northumbria hospital is for those who are seriously ill or injured...

It’s very busy in our emergency department, we are seeing and treating patients based on clinical need and you will face a long wait if you are not seriously ill or injured - please use alternative services…

Our emergency department at our Northumbria hospital is very busy, unless you are seriously ill or injured please make use of alternative services to allow our teams to focus on those who need our help most….

As part of this year’s NHS birthday celebrations, the Hexham Male Voice Choir will be performing at Hexham General Hospital
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/live-choir -performance-at-h…/

Today we are showing our support for all of the men and women who make up the Armed Forces community. A huge thank you for all of the hard work you do defending the UK #ArmedForcesDay #Thankyou

As part of this year’s NHS birthday celebrations, the Hexham Male Voice Choir will be performing at Hexham General Hospital
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/live-choir -performance-at-h…/

This week we have been marking #ArmedForcesWeek and our reservists and veterans enjoyed a special breakfast this morning with our chief executive Sir James Mackey, executive director of nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals Marion Dickson and chair Alan Richardson