Royal Devon & Exeter Nhs Foundation Trust

Some of our specialist heart failure nurses from the Community Cardiac team have taken part in Heart Failure Aware's ‘Suck a Lemon’ Challenge – because heart failure sucks!
To find out more, or to take part in the #SuckaLemonChallenge go to: https://pumpingmarvellous.org/get-i…/su ck-a-lemon-challenge/

A huge thank you to everyone who generously donated Easter Eggs for the children and young people on Bramble ward recently.
Donations were received from individuals as well as a number of companies including Yorkshire Building Society, Exeter Lions Club, Exeter Vale Tesco, Gym Group Exeter, Vincent Thompson Reunion, Okehampton and District Funeral Directors and Exeter and Devon Crematorium.

An Easter raffle at Honiton's EDSKU Renal Unit raised a brilliant £280 for Biff's Battle and Help for Heroes Official last week.
Biff’s Battle was set up by Kathryn Voysey following the death of her baby from a rare rhabdoid cancer. The charity works with Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust, who look at improving treatments and care for childhood cancers.
Donations were made by patients, staff and visitors - thank you to everyone who got involved.

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Don't forget - our ward visiting times have now changed to 10.30am - 8pm. Find out more here: http://bit.ly/2HyHSvn

The RD&E has a “strong caring culture” with staff committed to putting patients’ needs first, according to a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection report released today.
The RD&E has maintained its ‘Good’ rating from the CQC – with some services showing improvements - after the CQC carried out a rigorous but routine and announced inspection of many of the Trust’s acute and community services earlier this year.
Some of the report’s highlights include:
... • Renal Services (pictured) is given the CQC’s top rating of ‘Outstanding’ after being inspected for the first time
• Leadership and management at the Trust are rated ‘Outstanding’, with the CQC highlighting a “positive culture” focused on improvement with “visible and approachable” and well-skilled leaders who were working well other organisations in the Devon Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP)
• Many East and Mid Devon community services, including adult services and Honiton Minor Injuries Unit, are rated as Good after being inspected for the time since the RD&E started managing them in 2016
• Outpatients and Mardon Neuro-Rehabilitation Centre have moved up from Requires Improvement ratings in 2015 to Good in 2019. Inspectors also re-rated aspects of patient safety in the Trust’s Medical Services division from Requires Improvement in 2015 to Good in 2019 following a series of improvements made by staff
• The Trust’s Urgent and Emergency and Critical Care Services retained their Outstanding ratings after first achieving these in 2015.
RD&E Chief Executive Suzanne Tracey paid tribute to the Trust’s 8000-strong workforce, saying: “Our staff work very hard each day in positive, well-run teams and they are incredibly committed to the needs of patients we serve. I’m delighted this has been highlighted in the CQC’s report today and I would like to thank all of them publicly for everything they do and the lengths to which they go to deliver consistently safe, high-quality services, often in challenging circumstances."
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“Kindness is catching! Pay it forward…” Executive Support Manager, Khalia Lancaster-Thomas, joins the #onekindthing campaign.

Tracey Cottam, Director of Transformation & Stakeholder Engagement, said: “Begin a conversation with a positive and end it with an appreciation for the other person.” #onekindthing

Anthony Hemsley, Deputy Medical Director at the RD&E, said: “I will make more time to listen to my colleagues”. #onekindthing

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RD&E Chairman, James Brent, pledges to “Say ‘thank you’ more often”. #onekindthing

We love this from Soniasparkles - what acts of kindness will you do today? #onekindthing

Planning to visit someone at the RD&E?
Don't forget - our ward visiting times have now changed to 10.30am - 8pm. Find out more here: http://bit.ly/2HyHSvn