A celebration took place to recognise the outstanding contribution of Elaine Brettell following a remarkable 70 years service both as a volunteer and nurse in the #NHS at Salford Royal. A big thank you from us to Elaine for her dedication and service - Elaine was just 15 years old when she started work at Salford Royal as a cadet nurse. ❤️ Speaking on her time as a nurse Elaine said: “I still remember finishing school then just a few days later heading to the matron’s office and registering to become a nurse, I was as proud as punch. I felt so privileged to be a nurse; it’s such a unique position to be in.”
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Hospitals and Health Care
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Our NHS Trust provides hospital & community health services across four localities in Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale
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The Northern Care Alliance is an NHS Foundation Trust (NCA FT) created by bringing together two NHS Trusts, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The NCA FT was formally established on 1 October 2021. The NCA has been working together as a group since 2016. Who are we? Our dedicated team of around 20,000 staff – our NCA Family – provide a range of community and hospital services to over one million people across Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Salford, as well as providing more specialist care to patients across Greater Manchester and beyond. Patients and service users may receive a range of integrated health and social care services at their home or in their community or be treated and cared for in one of our four hospitals – Salford Royal Hospital, The Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary or Fairfield General Hospital in Bury. Our aim is to save lives and improve lives. We do this by working with partner organisations in improving the population health of our local communities, and by delivering consistently high standards of care and experience each day, every day.
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For many NHS staff, the recent racist violence in this country will leave them feeling afraid and unwelcome. To those colleagues, our message is simple: you are welcome and you are valuable members of our community. Reach out for support if you need it. ➡ https://lnkd.in/ds5Fiw5
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The Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership have published their latest newsletter. Find out how our Trust is: ● Leading the way in care for people living with dementia! ● Sharing and learning to return patients home faster. ● Implementing an innovative piece of equipment known as the CleanBox to support the cleaning of surgical instruments. https://lnkd.in/eJQ_Jtyc #Health #NHS
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We're delighted that further testing will be carried out at Greater Manchester’s Hyper Acute Stroke Unit (HASU) at Salford Royal Hospital, part of Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, to establish the benefit for patients across Greater Manchester. Our HASU is the largest dedicated unit in the region and provides care for people across Greater Manchester. This work is also part supported by the Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre through the Edward and Victoria Bonham Carter fund and NHS England Network of Excellence in Pharmacogenetics and Medicines Optimisation. #stroke #NHSresearch #genetics #neurology
🗞️ Manchester leads implementation of lifesaving genetic bedside stroke test. An innovative bedside genetic test developed by researchers at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and The University of Manchester, in collaboration with genedrive, being implemented in Manchester, could dramatically improve outcomes for thousands of people in the UK affected by stroke each year. Approximately 100,000 people in the UK each year will have a stroke – a serious life-threatening condition that happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off by a blood clot. Using a simple cheek swab, genetic the test can tell healthcare professionals in approximately one hour if stroke patients will be more likely to benefit from clopidogrel, the current first-line treatment to prevent recurrence. 🧬🧪 Incredible research led by Professor William Newman and Dr John H McDermott👏. 👇 https://lnkd.in/e8rW5UZv
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The safeguarding and cared for children teams’ 'Going the Extra Mile' (GEM) award last month went to Liz Spencer, nurse for cared for children in Salford. While working with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC), Liz noticed how little the children had when arriving in the UK. To support them, Liz sourced bags with essential items like toiletries and underwear from a charity. These bags are now given to UASC children in Salford at their health appointments. Many thanks to Liz (pictured left) with the associate director for safeguarding and cared for children, Clare Kelly. #NHS #Health
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We are proud to be the first NHS Trust in the North West to commit to planting trees on every one of our hospital sites as part of the National Memorial Tree Campaign to remember healthcare workers across the country who have taken their own lives. 🌳 💙 #NHS #MentalHealth
It was my privilege to be present at The Royal Oldham Hospital yesterday where we planted another Memorial Tree to remember all our healthcare colleagues who have died by suicide. Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust has facilitated such Memorial Trees at three of their four sites so far. This commitment to the psychological safety and health of their workforce is to be commended. It was an honour to be joined by the Mayor of Oldham, Councillor Dr Zahid Chauhan OBE as well as our Trustee, Ananta Dave as well as the hospital's Chief Officer and Chief Medical Officer among many others. #memorialtrees #healthcareworkers #nhsworkers #mentalhealth
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Congratulations to Sotonye Tolofari our consultant urological surgeon at Salford Royal on this shortlisting. 👏
We’re excited to announce that our Sotonye Tolofari our Clinical Lead for Urology has been shortlisted for the inaugural Black Healthcare Awards by the Caribbean & African Health Network (CAHN) & African Health Network in the Clinician of the Year category. Sotonye led the #ThisVanCan Prostate Cancer Awareness Roadshow which saw a mobile clinic in a van tour areas of Greater Manchester over six month period to raise awareness of prostate cancer amongst Black men and offer a PSA blood test. It's an incredible honour for Sot to be recognised for his contributions to healthcare. Winners will be announced on 27 July in London. For more information see: https://lnkd.in/eQrCei3s #BHAwards #CAHN
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The link between cancer and obesity has long been established and evidence suggests that obesity treatments - including surgery - can play an important role in reducing this risk. However, we don’t yet fully understand the molecular changes and biological mechanisms which underpin these relationships. Now our team at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is working with The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Imperial College London, and IARC - International Agency for Research on Cancer / World Health Organization on the international PROMINENT programme to shed light on some of these mechanisms. The aim is to identify new routes for future prevention and treatment. The work package on obesity treatments and cancer risk is led nationally by Professor Marc Gunter and Dr Laure Dossus and in Manchester by Professor Emma Crosbie from Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Oesophago-Gastric and Bariatric Surgeon Mr Bilal Alkhaffaf is co-supervising PhD student Dr Holly Baker-Rand, who is delivering the local work for this project. Holly has already recruited her first three patients to the study who are scheduled to have bariatric surgery.
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The team at Rochdale promoted Alcohol Awareness Week earlier this month. The theme for this year’s Alcohol Awareness Week was ‘Understanding alcohol harm’. Our Alcohol and Substances team held a mini roadshow on site and across our community locations to support the national campaign, provide information to colleagues and patients and offer advice. Anne Livesey, Operational Lead Hospital, Alcohol and Substances team said: “By opening up conversations about alcohol harm and helping to reduce it, it becomes easier for us all to make more informed choices about our drinking as health harms do not just affect the heavy or dependent drinkers that we often think about. “Alcohol is often perceived as a stress-reliever and an antidote to the daily pressures in this context, and it is easy to overlook or discount the health and social damage caused or contributed to by drinking. We have been promoting a healthier, more balanced approach to alcohol consumption in a fun way through the road show. Over the last decade there has been a huge movement over to zero and low drinks." Thank you to McGuigan Wines and Not Guilty Zero for donating some alcohol-free drinks for the team at Rochdale Infirmary Alcohol Awareness Week stall! The donations allowed the team to show colleagues and patients some healthy alternatives to alcoholic drinks and provide advice on health and wellbeing.
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Watch our team on Ward 8 at Fairfield General Hospital explain why they turned part of their ward into a medical unit for people living with dementia. The team ringfenced beds and created an activity room – the results have seen patients happier and going home sooner, while families and carers love the new environment. #NHS #Dementia #Health