7th June 2019
If it wasn’t for our fantastic volunteers we would probably have gone off the air decades ago. But unlike many charities, we don’t have the luxury of paid members of staff – we are totally run by volunteers. And all those involved in Harrogate Hospital Radio do so because they want to. Volunteers are the […]
6th June 2019
Thursday 6 June 2019 UK’s only NHS-approved complementary therapies training school celebrates first year The only training school in the UK approved by an NHS trust to offer complementary therapy courses to help people with a diagnosis of cancer is celebrating its first successful year with more than 140 students from across the country enrolling […]
1st June 2019
Welcome to my June blog. As Harrogate Hospital Radio is a self-funding organisation, we have to raise sufficient funds every year to operate here within the hospital. On Monday, May 20, Ellie Jackson, Mike Steeton and myself gave a talk to The Nidderdale Society, at Dacre Village Hall, about Harrogate Hospital Radio, its history and […]
21st May 2019
A North Yorkshire Health Visitor has described how she is “thrilled” after being made a Queen’s Nurse by the Queen’s Nursing Institute. Jane Jones, a Health Visitor and Practice Teacher with Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust’s Growing Healthy North Yorkshire service, has been awarded the title of Queen’s Nurse for demonstrating a high level […]
20th May 2019
Staff on Oakdale Ward at Harrogate District Hospital have been praised for their “team spirit” after inpatient falls fell by an impressive 70% in under a year thanks to safety huddles. Oakdale Ward at Harrogate District Hospital – part of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust – has seen a reduction of 70% in the […]
16th May 2019
North Yorkshire NHS staff are supporting the ‘Are We Ready?’ message for Dying Matters Awareness Week this week. Staff at Harrogate District Hospital and Ripon Community Hospital, part of Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, are marking Dying Matters Awareness Week by encouraging the importance of talking about wishes and preferences for those who have […]
14th May 2019
A Harrogate nurse who found her “perfect role” through a Harrogate NHS trust recruitment event is encouraging prospective nurses to come along to the Trust’s next event later this month. Mae Hartley joined Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust as a qualified Staff Nurse in September 2018, after attending a previous recruitment event in August […]
13th May 2019
Staff at Harrogate District Hospital and across Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust’s community locations have been celebrating yesterday’s International Nurses Day with cake! International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on 12 May every year, and volunteers along with Executive colleagues at the NHS trust have been handing out cake to patients, visitors […]
8th May 2019
Friends, families, companies and organisations are invited to step forward and take part in Harrogate Hospital and Community Charity’s second ’It’s a Knockout’ – a day of inflatables, water, foam and fun to raise valuable funds for NHS services at Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. Teams will go head to head and take on […]
1st May 2019
Welcome to my May Blog What a busy month April was for Harrogate Hospital Radio!. After a turbulent time when the hospital terminated its contract with Hospedia, we are going from strength to strength. Thanks to our fabulous team of request collectors our evening request shows are busier than ever, and this will continue as […]
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