Liverpool Heart And Chest Hospital

If you or a family member or friend are impacted by cardiomyopathy, why not come along to the next Cardiomyopathy UK support group meeting taking place at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital on Saturday 29th June, between 2-4pm. Find out more about #cardiomyopathy and #myocarditis, meet others and share experiences.
For more information please call 01494 791 224 or email: alison.thompson@cardiomyopathy.org.< br>

If you're at Edge Hill today, why not pop along to meet the team and find out more.

Register your free place on our Healthy Lungs event by calling the Membership Office on 0151 600 1410 or email membership.office@lhch.nhs.uk. Find out more via
http://www.lhch.nhs.uk/…/april/invitati on-to-healthy-lungs…/
We hope to see you there.

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated at our LHCH Nurses' Day Awards yesterday afternoon. The winners were:
Best Healthcare Assistant / Assistant Practitioner - Jackie Connor
Best Inspirational Leader - Yvonne Heslop
... Best Nursing Team - Critical Care
Best Patient and Family Champion - Sue Parsons
Best Registered Nurse - Sherly Mathew
Best Specialist Nurse - Jo Crowe
Best Student Nurse - Charlotte Donnelly
Best Community Nurse - Daisy Mellor
Outstanding Contribution to Research - Vision Study
Special Recognition Awards - Lisa Ellis - Ward ANP’s - Kate Burke - Linda Griffiths - Pain Team (Ruth Devonshire & Helen McCormack)
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Here's just a few moments captured from today's Nurses' Day celebrations at LHCH. Congratulations to all our fabulous Nurses' Day Awards nominees and winners. We're so proud of every team member and for the outstanding care that they provide to all our patients and families... more pics to follow! 🥳🎊🎉🎈

We're celebrating Nurses' Day at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital today, reflecting on the impact our teams have had on the patients and families they've cared for during their nursing careers.
If you're as proud of our outstanding nursing teams as we are, why not tell them today... or if you've got a story that you'd like to share about the nursing care you or your family received, let us know by emailing: communications@lhch.nhs.uk

Huge congratulations to Gill, our latest employee of the month winner. Her colleagues said: "Gill is an unsung hero and brings a smile to the staff she works with and her own team benefit from her hard work and helpfulness. She always goes over and above to put patients first."

Don't forget our photo competition. Enter now to be in with a chance to win a gift voucher for Wilkinson Cameras. The competition is open to all photography enthusiasts - please see our website for the categories and competition details http://www.lhch.nhs.uk/news-archi…/…/ photo-competition-2019/

Join us for our next free health event on Monday 10th June, 11am at Halton Stadium. Hear from our team and find out more about the diagnosis of respiratory conditions, inhaler techniques and lung health. All welcome. To register your place please email membership.office@lhch.nhs.uk or call 0151 600 1410.
http://www.lhch.nhs.uk/…/…/invitation -to-healthy-lung-event/

As part of National Dying Matters Week (13-19th May) our teams at LHCH will be raising awareness of the importance of talking about bereavement, death and dying.
To coincide with this, we're also looking to place an appropriate and sensitively designed piece of original artwork, painting, drawing or textured collage (no photographs) in our bereavement room on Mon 13th May.
Can you help.... if you're artistic and creative and have, or would like to produce, an original piece t...o be considered for display by our Palliative Care Team, please get in touch as soon as possible.
Message communications@lhch.nhs.uk for more details.
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We're looking for a specialist #physiologist in #echocardiography with opportunity to participate in complex echo techniques inc. stress, contrast echo and TOE.
So if you're interested or know anyone suitable, please take a look at the full details on the LHCH website: http://jobs.lhch.nhs.uk/job_list/s5/Healt h_science_services…

Liverpool AF Support Group
If you'd like to know more about your atrial fibrillation, why not come along and hear from professionals at the Liverpool AF Support Group on Saturday 27th April, 2pm, Research Centre, LiverpooL Heart and Chest Hospital.
Join us for advice and support from our friendly group.
... Call Charlene Payne on 01789 867 533 or email c.payne@heartrhythmalliance.org to confirm your place or alternatively, email: rebecca.king@lhch.nhs.uk
Atrial Fibrillation Association Arrhythmia Alliance STARS - Syncope, RAS and POTS Support Group
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Would you like the chance to abseil down the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral on Saturday 24th August 2019?
LHCH Charity has a very limited number of places, free to take part, but you must raise a minimum £100 sponsorship prior to the abseil taking place.
Get in touch with our Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity team as places are going fast: enquiries@lhchcharity.org.uk

As part of National Dying Matters Week (13-19th May) our teams at LHCH will be raising awareness of the importance of talking about bereavement, death and dying.
To coincide with this awareness week, we're also looking to place an appropriate and sensitively designed piece of original artwork, painting, drawing or textured collage (no photographs) in our bereavement room.
So if you're artistic and creative and have, or would like to produce, an original piece to be considered for display by our Palliative Care Team, please get in touch.

Huge congratulations to our latest employee of the month - Rachel Roylance. Rachel was recognised for being a brilliant member of our fabulous theatre team - always going above and beyond to support her patients as well as her colleagues.

Walk to Work Day 2019 - who's in?
Walking is simple, free and an easy way to get more active, lose weight and become healthier.
Did you know that walking briskly can help build stamina, burn excess calories and improve heart health and even just a few minutes brisk walking every day can have lots of health benefits. Find out more: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/wal king-for-health/

After 20+years at LHCH, we're saying goodbye to Dr Mark Jackson, Director of Research & Innovation, who is moving to a new role at Liverpool Health Partners.
In his time at LHCH Mark has made a huge contribution to research, innovation, cardiovascular services and much more and he leaves with the very very best wishes of us all.
Good luck Mark!