EEAST have been working with Fire & Rescue services (FRS) to complete Safe & Well visits to patients' homes where concerns have been raised by EEAST crews.
A senior call handler with our Trust has received a prestigious national award for remaining “calm and reassuring” while guiding a caller through a difficult birth.
As part of this year’s flu campaign, anyone who has the flu vaccine will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win a £25 Marks & Spencer voucher.
The UKONS tool is designed specifically to assist triage for patients receiving Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatments using a Red, Amber, Green (RAG) system.
NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with the Money Advice Service to provide all our NHS employees with free and independent financial support.
Staff from across our Trust with an interest in becoming a future NHS leader are being encouraged to apply to a special training scheme to help them reach their goal.
To aid us in tackling the culture of bullying, harassment and negative behaviours issue, we are conducting a Workplace Harassment Survey to help us understand the extent of the problem and help shape and refine our response.
A further two virtual executive briefing sessions have been scheduled for this week. They offer a chance for members of the Exec to brief you on the implication of the announcement regarding special measures.
The Care Quality Commission recommended in their recent report that the Trust be placed into special measures. The recommendation has been accepted and the Trust has been placed into special measures.
Our Trust’s Medical Director and Deputy Chief Executive will share his views on the first responder’s perspective of COVID-19 at an online webinar organised by the Royal Society of Medicine.
When attending a known regular caller who is subsequently left at home it is very important that the attending clinician(s) report information back to ECAT.
Four further briefings have been arranged for this week where the Exec will talk through the CQC report and progress being made to address the issues it highlights.
During October, as part of Freedom To Speak Up month, we will be advertising both drop-in sessions and bookable appointments with the Trust’s FTSU Guardian, Janice Scott.
Spectrum.Life, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provider supplied by KaysMedical, is running a series of short wellbeing sessions all at no cost to EEAST staff during the winter months.
You will soon receive an email from Picker which will contain a unique link to the survey. The survey is easy to complete and should take you around 15 minutes.
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, a simple once-a-day tablet which has been shown to significantly reduce rates of HIV infections, is now available on the NHS.
The College of Paramedics invites members and their colleagues to offer a paper for presentation at their National Annual Research Conference in November.
October see’s the return of Black History Month, and this year more than ever, it is important to take this time to learn more about and celebrate the achievements of black men and women in the UK.
Following recent successful participation in three national research studies, the Research team is asking staff involved to complete the Participant Research Survey
